Yup.

Check the final tables for the last 15 years. Sobering. Clubs finishing top half with fans reasonably expecting their new standing to go on and on. 2 years later they're gone; and stay gone.

This is what annoys me when posters talk about a lack of ambition and over tight purse strings. We do not have the resources to compete. That we went up was miraculous enough. That we have clung on for a decade suspends belief.

BTW the romantic drama of our rise from near death pales beside Luton. That has to be one of the most remarkable stories of any sport.

The weed have a good manager good tactics and great team spirit. Won’t last. Ultimately they are a (for the Prem) low spend club as are Fulham and Brentford. You might as well have some serious thinking about why we finished above Wolves West Ham Everton and Leicester. They’ve all got bigger stadiums and bigger spend. Over time money talks. We are on a ten year run in the Prem. What more do you want.

Van Dijk, Mane, Lallana, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Bale, Walcott, Bridge, Shaw, Crouch, Schneiderlin, Lovren etc.