You can definitely argue a case against "we've only got ourselves to blame"
We had terrible "luck" on the injury front, particularly with Cerny and then Scully,just when he seemed to be improving. We also had Dumbuya injuring himself just before pre season and meaning we had to spend money on Gordon. Also, don't forget the debacle around only getting 2 games at Firhill vs our Glasgow neighbours, costing us probably over £100,000.