Quote Originally Posted by ghostrider View Post
But what is potential achievable ambition?
What money would this club have to hand out in transfer fees and wages to achieve this ambition?
What is the ambition of all clubs in our position?

Which clubs in the premier league have achievable ambition in terms of not having to worry about any implications of missing out on attempting whatever the ambition is?

Most teams appear to have an ambition of basically staying in the premier league, no matter what and then basically trying to finish as high as they can.

Most clubs in the premier league right now are going to suffer the consequences of punching well above their weight. It's going to happen, because most of them will not achieve any real ambition other than to say they had a good old bash at it but couldn't sustain the come down.

As fans, our real hope for ambition is to win the FA cup or get into the champions league.
Our real expectations are a mixture beating relegation to finishing in the top 10.

As for the first one. What can the club give out to achieve that?
What transfer pot would give us a better than average chance of achieving that?

As for the second one, I'd say it's literally achievable in short order. maybe even this season if there's no discontent.
But first things first.
Avoiding relegation is the main issue most fans seem to have, so on that note, I'd say we have a squad that is equipped enough to easily avoid it.
Last time we were relegated we had a squad who shouldn't have gone down but we did, having beaten, no thrashed Spurs, the runners up last game of the season.

We can't be complacent and think our squad is good enough. Leicester won the Prem season before last with a squad just above average, so a squad as ours was, relegation year not one of the poorest in the division, never the less got relegated.

Therefore we need a squad stronger than average to be sure we aren't sucked into a relegation fight.

It's no good for the club, the players or the supporters. Only Ashley seems to derive some satisfaction from it with no doubt some hidden agenda.