Blues boss Paul Jewell says there are some positives to be taken from the 2011/12 campaign, despite the Blues finishing 15th in the Championship.
Asked what he could take out of what he admits has been a disappointing season overall, Jewell said: "I think the way we’ve finished since the turn of the year, since we played West Ham. We’ve played some really good football at times.
"And some of the signings. Not all your signings are going to work out, but Cressy’s been terrific and I think Emmanuel-Thomas is starting to show the potential we knew he had.
"He’s probably a match-winner we haven’t had, certainly since I’ve been here, but he knows he’s got to get better, and he will.”
He says some of the players who were already at the club have progressed as well: "Lee Martin’s improved. I think Carlos Edwards, even at the ripe old age of 33 just seems to be getting better and better.
"I think there’s a bit of a togetherness about them, which probably wasn’t prevalent enough at the start of that bad run we were having.
"But we know that we need to improve, that’s me, that’s the staff and that’s the players. Everyone needs to improve for next season.”