Doesn't help we were one of the "biggest" teams that voted to create the Premier League then spent most of the 90s being absolutely tosh and not knowing, at all, how to take advantage of the windfall of money it created. Seriously, you take any...
The ONLY thing I kind of disagree with is the whole "judge them at the end of the window" part. I say this every year, points in August count just as much as points in April/May.