Good post mate.
I only quoted the above to highlight something I was chatting about with another Blue the other day and we got to talking about parallels with our current situation to that of Spurs, which is something we should all perhaps bear in mind.
In 2001, Alan Sugar sold a large chunk of his shares to ENIC International ( which is basically an investment vehicle for Joe Lewis and Daniel Levy ). I think it took them till something like 2009 or 2010 to get to the point where they held more than 70% of the shares. Since 2001, spurs have won one trophy, the League Cup.
They've been working on getting their new stadium built for about ten years now, on and off
In the eight seasons since 2001/02, their best finishes were a couple of fifth places, and it wasn't until 2009/10 that they had a fourth place finish, and, since then they've been there or thereabouts in the fight for CL places, but it's only in the last two seasons that they've hit the top four in consecutive seasons.
So, although we'd all love to be doing the same, it could take quite a few years to get competitive, and, despite having money thrown at it, we might not get there. Part of the problem with Moshiri is he seems to think money can fix everything, but it can't. What it can do though is open doors and give us an opportunity to have a stab at competing. But anyone who thinks we should, by right, be competing with the top four, has their head in the sands. Look at Spurs, it's taken them seventeen years and a few false starts to get to where they are today under their present owner, which is quite a sobering thought, and is enough to drive a man to drink !
stfu Bruce
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