Well your last point is crucial. We'll need a decent Summer of recruitment in order to cope.
From memory, certainly Burnley struggled badly in the League in the season they played in Europe (I think it was only one season?) Seem to remember Fulham struggling a bit too, and West Ham certainly...
Exactly this!
Unfortunately many of our fans still have this inferiority complex, which is of course fully understandable, given our history. But our record against both Arsenal and Newcastle in the Premier League is pretty good and, just as you say, we're a very good team.
The way we bounced...