The reaction i find interesting is amongst our own fans. There is a whole generation maybe even two that have grown up with us penny piching, selling before buying and being concerned about wages and the size of the squad.
The desperation in the transfer thread to get it all done now, in case it all might not be true is evidence of this, as if its all just a dream, that will go away.
We have always traditionaly eaten at the top table when it come to going after the very best of players and attracting them into our philosephey and idendity.
The last 20 years were a speed bump, its just normal service resumed really after a barren spell. I do think their is a mental shift needed for those traumatised by the lean years to expect this is what we are, this is always what we have been, not arrogantly in fact being humble and poised is the very key to this mentality.
But to know we are where we always have been throughout our history and were we should be.