Sure if you want to go back 10, 20, 50 years but the reality is the here and now. They have finished higher 4 out of 5 seasons, got into Europe and lost an FA Cup semi. What exactly did we do except go further backwards and this next season ain't looking too great?
Well next season isnt looking great for them is it? They were bottom 3 form 2nd half of last season. Like with respect lad, if we used projections of what might happen, anything could be argued couldn't it?
You seem to want to introduce arbitrary cut off dates. You think 5 years is here and now, but 10 years isnt. What about 2 years? Who has got more points over the last 2 years?
Team a has 96 points. Team b has 98 points. Which team is miles ahead? Or are they performing in a broadly similar manner?
And no, we havent done a lot, but we are still comparable to them. Imagine where we would be if we started performing well.