After their back to back promotions in 2013 saw them fly from an average League Two side into a contesting Championship one, Rotherham United have been partial to a plethora of relegations and promotions in their recent history.

The side have been relegated or promoted four times in their last six seasons- quite the emotional roller-coaster.

The Millers are stuck in the midst of the League One and Championship table and have often flirted with the two without really settling in either.

They have finished fourth in their last two seasons in League One which will give them a certain degree of confidence as they look to prepare for football in England’s third tier once more.

Currently, Rotherham have this undeniable fear of relegation whenever they play Championship football and it has directly transferred to how they play on the pitch and perhaps why they have been relegated from the Championship twice in three years.

When Rotherham take the lead in the Championship, their first thought is to not concede. They change their shape and naturally set-up to see the game out at 1-0. This doesn’t work when 90% of the teams you are playing are better than you.

This season, Paul Warne’s side played with fear and didn’t want to take advantage of their own good play. The best example of this could be seen when they hosted promotion contenders Aston Villa.

For a full first-half, Rotherham were fantastic and reduced Villa to 10-men and took a goal advantage heading into the second half.

Again, instead of looking to get at the weakened side, they sat back and thus were their own undoing when Dean Smith’s side won the game 2-1.

It would seem that scoring a goal to take the lead is the worst thing that could happen to Rotherham in the Championship.

It happened as West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City in the closing end to the season.

To get in the Championship and stay there, you need to play with confidence and believe that you deserve to be there.

Rotherham don’t and may be in for a harder time in the third flight next season as the league continues to get more and more competitive.

Last season's favourite’s Sunderland have shown just how hard it really is.