I sort of see where you are coming from but nothing good ever comes easily. If we ever get there we'll have earned it and it will feel all the sweeter.
No. Totally the reverse. As soon as we got Palace in the playoffs in 2013 I had the creeping onset of doom. In 2014 we pulled off a mini-miracle just getting to the playoffs and it always felt as though Derby were a class apart.
This time around I feel like we are proper contenders. We've...