In retrospect I should've said this with the bump message, so apologies for leaving it out:

I used the mystical search function of this board to dig this thread up, because Elite mentioned it in another thread and I'd forgotten what I'd actually said. I figured others would be in the same boat, so I bumped it.

I reckon at the time we made this thread, anyone could be forgiven for assuming SM was on his way out the door. Any previous ownership this club has had, and that string of results would have meant nothing less. Same goes for almost any owners of almost any club.

But IMO it's a testament to the success of "The Radar" model that so many of us now feel we were wrong about SM and that the owners were right all along.

Of course, everything could go pear shaped again, and we aren't even 10 games in. I just found it interesting rereading everyone's views on it and seeing the change to today.