Let's face it, it's ultimately been a bit of a failure on the park in Pars not being promoted this season and, if you take finances into account, it's a total disaster off it.
I don't know why people never take into account new signings when considering how well a team would do in the league above. Dunfermline would probably have full houses against Rangers, Hearts and Hibs next season and maybe even close to that for games with Falkirk and Raith. It was mentioned by your chairman that failure to gain promotion has cost you in the region of £1/2m which has probably increased with Hibs going down. Your budget would have been able to pish all over the likes of Dumbarton, Alloa, Livi and QoS and would have been bigger than Raith and maybe even Falkirk. No reason why Dunfermline couldn't have built a squad to challenge for the play-offs whilst comfortably living within their means.
It's an opportunity missed, without doubt, in every department and a bit of a shame from Dunfermline's point of view.