I think because of the expectations placed on United and the fact that we gave them a decent race, every slip up and less than convincing performance was probably magnified a bit.
I think Goodwin has definitely earned a crack at next season - he did well at both Alloa and St Mirren and while he was never going to survive the Darvel result and the two thrashings in Edinburgh, he had Aberdeen in a much more stable league position than either his predecessor or successor.