what I cannot get my head round is the 'doomsayers' that they live in the real world and the 'blindfaithers' of which I must be one have no touch on reality.
Well sounds just like opinion to me but without validation. To declare we are not on target is bizarre, quite clearly the general synopsis for a good season was a cup or two and a champs league spot.
As far as I am aware we are we are very much on target for all of these. A cup final -check, QTRs FA CUP - Check, 4points off 4th place with 13 games to go- Check.
So who exactly is living in the real world? the facts dictate that we have progressed well. Doomsayers can have an opinion as much as anyone else but to say it is reality is as dramatic as those saying we could win the league.
Finally 4 of the players who were in the 2008/9 team now ply their trade in the worlds two best clubs(barca,Real), throw in Hyppia as well and then realise that less than a 3rd of the money raised by their sale was used to buy new players.this may explain where that great team went
this does not include an all firing Torres either.