Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes regards the 2019-20 campaign as the most frustrating of his seven-year tenure at Pittodrie.
The Dons were sitting in fourth position, a point behind Motherwell, when play was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The SPFL declared the season officially over last Monday with fourth-place enough to earn the Dons European qualification due to no Scottish Cup winner being crowned.
McInnes’s side were scheduled to face Celtic in the last four of the national cup competition and had picked up their first victory at home with a 3-1 victory against Hibernian in their last game before football was suspended on March 13 with eight league games to go.
The Dons manager said: “I thought it was a disappointing season from a personal point of view.
“I would have liked us to have done a lot more, to have played better and been more consistent.
“When you don’t have a particularly strong home form it can be a challenging season. I didn’t enjoy the season as much as others.
“We had our own challenges with the difficulties with injuries but, leaving that aside, I still felt our standards dropped in too many games.
“It is important when we go back that we try to attain the levels we are capable of on a more regular basis.
“I do think the injuries played a part but it wasn’t as enjoyable a season and I’m sure our supporters would agree.
“Despite that, we secured a European spot and I don’t know how many teams outwith the Old Firm have managed to achieve that consistently over the years.
“It pleases me that we have managed it – but I am disappointed we didn’t get the chance to finish higher as the league was cut short.
“We have a Scottish Cup semi-final to look forward to (next season) so it hasn’t all been disappointing but it has been challenging.”
The Dons manager said moving into the club’s new training base at Cormack Park was the major positive of the campaign but felt some of his first team players could be proud of their efforts over the course of the season.
He added: “Sam Cosgrove scored more than 20 goals and was on course for 30. That was a fantastic return on the back of what he did last season.
“Another positive was the continual improvement in Lewis Ferguson and the extra responsibility he had to take on when we were without key players.
“Also, the more we ask from Andy Considine, the more he seems to give.
“There was a lot of effort from all the players but in terms of consistency those three had good campaigns despite the difficulties.”
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