Something just doesn't feel quite right at the mo though. To me, I think the Newcastle takeover was the moment things changed. No club can compete with what Newcastle have and it won't be long before Newcastle are up there at the top with City and Chelsea. If you're looking at the league now, unless there's a change of approach at Spurs, we're just gonna become one of the other 5 or 6 teams, aiming for a possible 4th place, without the financial clout to go for it every year like we did for a while under Poch. We were pushing to be one of the big boys back then... That push now seems a lot less realistic in the long run with the likes of Newcastle being able to bulldoze their way to the top. Unless there's a change of approach at Spurs, I feel like realistically, we might have to return to looking at 6th, 7th, 8th in the league again.... maybe 4th if we have a good year... Hope I'm wrong about all that, but money talks and Newcastle, Chelsea and City all have obscene money...
Shitty sandwich, but by and large that's the new reality......
Like Chavs & City before them; Nu-castle represent yet another shift in the domestic landscape (+ Europe obv. but less concerned about that in the immediate sense).... Not to mention the inflationary impact on the trf market (Fuck you PSG too!).
Said before but the financial doping in the EPL has stunted our growth and progression more than anyone..... (Think about the financial ramifications of all our 5th & 6th place finishes becoming CL qualification and the players that may have otherwise been within our reach!)
Some have refused to accept this every step of the way since 2001; just viewing things in isolation as our failure and again we'll just get viewed as falling even further behind,.
None of this is to say that we should just accept mediocrity, but in the simplest of terms the Nu-castle take-over just shunts 18 clubs one place further down the league....... And it fucks us & Arse more than anyone.... In time Liverpool will drop back off too.
