I though we saw yesterday the perfect fruition of the Premier League / Neil Doncaster design of the play-off process.
It is deliberately set up to give the "big team" the maximum chance of staying up by making the wee team play themselves to a standstill before they get a crack at the top division.
County took full advantage of our inability to raise the same herculean effort for the sixth game in a row and Thistle were just unable to drag themselves over the line after the longest season in our history.
Also, by playing both ties under VAR, they allowed the opportunity for the faceless TV referees to have a wee word in the match official's shell-like if it looked like the Big Team was in any danger.
Congratulations to Doncaster and Co - their Cunning Plan worked exactly as they intended, and congratulations to County on earning themselves another season in a league they cannot possibly win, and another season of losing more games than they win.