Try engaging your brain...three of those teams have parachute payments, one is being bankrolled and the other has pulled quite an annoying but legal flanker to get their players in. We are not and never have been favourites for auto promotion. How hard can it be to stand back and actually THINK...
Colchester 5 Norwich 0 a few years ago in the 1st game of a season
Palace lost at least three games at the start of last season
Albion lost to a late goal last year
2 out of 3 of those teams got promoted the same season
It's a bit gutting to lose to a dodgy goal in the final minute but it was...