Even Norwich City couldn’t screw it up from here. Could they"

That said, multi-goal swings do occur on the final day. Just ask Nottingham Forest or Bristol Rovers. And, of course, none of us can ever forget Craven Cottage in May 2005 as much as we’d like to.

Maybe best to not overthink it and let nature take its course.

That we’re in pole position to claim fifth place has more to do with others than ourselves. Two chances, both at home, to have claimed those two extra points that would have put it to bed have been spurned. Instead, off the back of the Ipswich win, at home we have had 180+ minutes of edginess, missed opportunities and tutting.

Luckily for us, when crunch time arrived, Hull and Ipswich did the decent thing and conjured up a six-goal draw – just about the perfect result from every possible City perspective – while West Brom continued their end-of-season death spiral.
Who knew that two underwhelming home draws would be enough to elevate us from sixth to fifth place"

Yet still it all feels a little flat, just as it was inside Carrow Road yesterday.

The fact we’re limping over the finishing line rather than bursting through it is certainly part of it, but I also wonder if, ultimately, the unpalatable prize for which we’re scrapping is also a contributory factor.

But there’s certainly not the excitement about the place that you normally associate with a charge into the playoffs. Ca...