We should savour out punching those clubs who enjoyed parachute money - thank goodness we don't have Bolton's debts, Blackpool's Chairman or Fulham and Reading's foreign owners who are all currently making a pigs ear of what should have been a privileged financial position.
Quite. But unfortunately there are some serious dissenters too who expect us to splash the cash no matter what and would sack the board if we flinch at doing so.
That's all very well in theory but I seem to recall we had a more protracted managerial selection process over the summer after Oscar jumped ship at short notice. Meanwhile we brought in Toko (who?) and a couple of youngsters. Ideally you actually bring in players that suit your new manager's...
I tend to agree. We won't play Leeds and Bolton every week - although Blackpool are on the horizon!.
So it's early days and the progress over the last couple of games is very encouraging, but we aren't serious contenders - yet. I hope that another 2-3 weeks together will enable our revamped...