We could! But how p*ssed off would we all be if Tony & Chris blew it all in year one, missed and had to have a fire sale in Jan '18 to balance the books.
Professional gamblers do anything but gamble, it's a game of numbers for them and I just can't see Tony putting his money behind a "one-off"...
It is more complicated.
Personally, I think upper/mid-table is all we can expect for a couple of seasons now as we wait for the first crop of academy players to come through the system and either break into the team or be sold on (probably see the former "and" the latter, rather than "or", for...