Swansea City's season is at an end.
'Transition' is the word you're most likely to hear when asked for an assessment on Russell Martin's first season in charge. There have been notable highs in this campaign, but the defeat at home to the R's was certainly a disappointing way to end the campaign.
Here are some key moments you may have missed from Saturday's curtain call.
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Russell Martin was understandably held up as the Jack Army's messiah after completing a historic South Wales derby double earlier in the season, but Saturday was perhaps a reminder that there remains an undercurrent of dissatisfaction among some supporters.
Swansea were booed by some sections of the home crowd during what was admittedly a disappointing performance, and there were similarly audible jeers at full time. Clearly, Martin's brand of possession-based football still hasn't quite convinced some sections of the Jack Army, some of whom still feel their team's obsession with keeping the ball comes at the cost of real attacking intent.
It's a view Martin himself would fiercely disagree with, of course, and the reaction to one passage of play in particular appeared to irk him. Midway through the first half, Andy Fisher sprayed the ball out wide to the left, and watched on as his team-mates, with little on in the final third, worked the ball back to him. He played an almost identical ball out wide, before exactly the same thing happened.
The frustration from the home crowd was palpable, prompting Martin to send a message to his players. Visibly annoyed by the reaction, he appeared to tell his side to 'keep passing', an apparent message of defiance in the face
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