Lol - we closed last season on a 7 month long run in the league which was equivalent to our worst season in 15 years. With a manager who had never played or coached in a top 5 league before.
No one - no one - thought challenging for the PL title this season was credible.
In fairness to rich arlison, he almost certainly did. He probably still thinks we can do it this season. You can never accuse him of being unambitious.