Goes without saying that beating Norwich won't hurt our chances *this* season and if we're half a dozen points adrift then from top 2 or play offs then those six pointers would obviously have hurt us (if we'd failed in em).
But if we end up missing out simply on goal difference then once again...
Yes. of course. But It was still a single goal and The margins were so fine it really didn't matter who it was against. 1 more goal scored or conceded v Boro away or Burnley H or Hull A would have made just as much difference as 1 goal more v Wolves(H) Or (A), Preston (H) or (A), Derby(H) or...
Or equally 1 goal in the 17 games we drew. and the 3 other games we lost by fewer than 2 goals. Why not them ? All would have made the difference. Because there wasn't much difference.
Why does nobody ever say it was because of our record against the poorer teams. If we'd avoided defeat against Rotherham away we'd have been promoted. Thats all it would have needed. So why not them. ?
Its such fine margins that to say it was "draws", the draws in the big games when it could...