To be fair to Ross he had far more challenges than Johnson and managed to rebuild the squad and took us to a playoff final and was undone by the scruffiest of goals, all whilst working under a chairman who was asset stripping the club and even sold our goal scorer(Maja) of the time and THAT was the crux of why we've being stuck in League one for so long.
People talk about player psychology, but what about the fans? I've scratched my head about the obsession around Johnson and when the new owner decided to stick with Johnson a certain section of fans were afflicted by a product of projection which meant Johnson became a made man and criticizing him became a criticism of the owner which is entirely not allowed.
As for pressure, I think Johnson will be a certainty to beat Ipswich and everyone will rally again. But remember what we discussed when things fall apart again and 5 defeats at this stage of the season is a massive red flag that the next dip won't be months away, but the game after the ipswich game or the one after that.
I wonder what the 'deep planners' will say if we finish outside the playoffs come the end of season ? and I do honestly think as you do. This season is deemed by the plan as a bonus if we did go up, but building everything from the bottom up is fine if next season everything clicks into place, but exactly what happened with Jack Ross(when we last carried out a plan) you suddenly find that instead your going two steps back for every step forward.
