Next season, you'd guess the Championship will be stronger. Will Wolves?
Simply, we have to be. But where do we go from here?
The most important issue to resolve is that of the manager.
It's the only topic Wolves fans are talking about. And that's all Wolves fans. You can't escape from that.
Does Mick McCarthy have the total backing of Steve Morgan? Because he clearly has lost some Wolves fans.
But how many? Is it still a small minority, or is it now a large minority? Or, sadly, has it become a small majority or the majority?
Morgan needs to be acutely aware that if Wolves head into September becalmed in mid-table after an uninspiring start to next season, the abuse levels will sadly rise dramatically.
Chief executive Jez Moxey last week queried McCarthy's fractured relationship with the fans. "I'm surprised at the sea change from "Super, Super Mick" to something less complimentary," he said.
It has indeed been a slide in popularity. There is clearly an anti-Mick brigade, but there are also a lot of us who are plain confused - don't know what to think.
I'm all for continuity if we can see progress at whatever pace. We've sacked managers in the past and it's got us nowhere; probably sent us backwards. No, definitely sent us backwards.
But scoring 53 goals in 46 league games is a desperate return.
We had four of our last six games at home. Eighteen points to play for (15 if you were realistic about our hopes playing Albion). We amassed nine.
Then there's the Freddy Eastwood disaster. His sublime pass to set up Sunday's goal simply leaves us even more bemused. What on earth has gone on there?
When Moxey queries how far McCarthy has slipped in popularity terms, the Eastwood farce has to be a major factor.
We loved McCarthy last season. Everything was honest, out in the open. What you saw and heard was what you got.
This season, he's looked and sounded increasingly stubborn. When we think we've played poorly, he's championed the effort and endeavour of his team.
All well and good, but effort and endeavour is surely a prerequisite of every football team, from Sunday League right through to Champions League.
This season McCarthy has largely ignored the fans at the end of games - leaving those of us who were on his side feeling we were being tarred with the same brush as, what was at the time, the moaning minority.
Then there are his other signings. When did you last hear or read a Wolves fan praising Neill Collins, Stephen Elliott, Stephen Ward, Darren Ward, Kevin Kyle, Darren Potter or Darron Gibson?
And even Karl Henry, Andy Keogh, Gary Breen, Jody Craddock and Seyi George Olofinjana haven't escaped the criticism.
I think heightened expectation is an excuse that's easy to hide behind at Molineux. Last season was indeed terrific, from a very low starting point.
All we wanted to see was progression. At best we have stood still - even allowing for the massive injury blow that cost us Michael Kightly.
This season's Championship has been poor. And Wolves fell well short.
In truth, we got as close as we did because Bristol City and Watford wobbled so much towards the end, and Crystal Palace waited until the end of November to kick-start their season.
Hand on heart, I want McCarthy to drive us to promotion next season.
I want pace in the centre of defence, I want a midfield playmaker to inspire and excite us, and I want Wolves to resist Everton's bid for Wayne Hennessey - which will surely come.
But most of all....I don't want another season like this.
By John Bray
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A35584635