I literally couldn’t wait for us to be relegated. The wait has been torturous.

I’ve felt like we’ve been in a never ending perpetual cycle of pain and disappointment and due to the poor standard of those around us, somehow we limped on with no-one really willing to put us out of our misery.

Yet now it’s done I still don’t feel it is totally over. I’m still slightly irritated that we’ve got two more games to navigate (Brighton away, Liverpool home – fuck). Until the actual season is completely done I probably won’t feel like it really is over.

And it’s a real mix of feelings. Anger for the ineptitude and general disinterest from a lot of our players. Consuming apathy for our “style of play”. Frustration that this terrible torment isn’t quite over yet.

With that in mind, Fulham at home. Our final death rattle.

Like many of those that came before them at St. Mary’s this season they didn’t have to do much to grab the points and consign us to the Championship.

Come to think of it, did any team have to go higher than 3rd gear to put us away this year? Like those that came before them, they knew they could just sit in and wait. Like those that came before them, they knew we were absolutely no threat at all.

And like those that came before them, a quick shift up the gears and the game was out of sight.

Fucking embarrassing really.

I want to emphasise now that I actually wanted this blog to be upbeat and humorous. I started it with those very intentions but like those who have dragged themselves to St. Mary’s this season I understandably have had the life and soul sucked out of me.

What has happened at this club over the past 12 months is completely unacceptable in every way. From the muddled management appointments to the child-only transfer strategy, it’s been a fucking joke.

Like I opined on SaintsWeb at the weekend, it feels like to me there is a lot of talkers, not actual doers. Posturing and pontificating that they’re calm and collected and know what they’re doing but in reality, utterly useless. Zero substance. In life, sometimes people get promoted to positions to get them out of the way. Morons get moved up to keep them from doing to much damage. Maybe our moron brigade didn’t get moved far enough away…. And even if they did get moved to printing shirts in the club shop, they’re so useless they’d probably fuck that up too.

I bet there is plenty of these types in the club, all waffling away incessantly about metrics, transitions and xGs between plumes of vape smoke whilst they sit around in a office full of empty motivational posters imparting wisdom like ‘Believe’ and the like.

And it really pisses me off. Not just them as well but the players. They should take their share of the blame. Arsing around doing silly video intros for the team announcements surrounded by smoke and fire. Most of you can just fuck right off. No substance, nonentity wasters.

To be shit is one thing. To be shit and not bother trying is quite another. How many performances this season – especially in the second half of it – have there just be a complete lack of energy, fight and bottle?

Oh and to say in the club statement that you fought tirelessly is insulting. As if we hadn’t had enough to bear this season you’re now insulting our intelligence.

How would this lot face up to a group of ultras in Italy? Having said that, you’d probably have to find them first as the fuckers have been hiding with quite some success all season.

This club has been living in an echo chamber of self-delusion. I would have a guess that in their bullshit meetings and presentations there is no one challenging – just everyone gutlessly playing along all too scared to hurt each others fragile egos.

Yet given the chance, they’ll be espousing their individuality and brilliance to anyone who would listen to them over an overpriced coffee.

Its done now, it is what it is but I hate the fact we’ve got two meaningless games to play out now; I mean, if these wet wipes can’t get up for games when there’s something riding on it how the fuck are we going to fare against Brighton and then Liverpool?

My biggest regret was we have not held those on the pitch or in the boardroom to account for their serial failings. Whatever happens going forward as a club and as a supporter group we simply have to do that from now on to make sure this never, ever happens again.

There simply has to be attributable accountability from now on.