Is anyone suggesting that Roy would have taken us into the CL?
I cannot see us getting into the champions league ever again.
Yes, because football is static - everything stays the same!
Things do change but we're up against it for a number of reasons....
1) our owners have already said that they will only spend money that they generate and aren't prepared to dip into their own pockets - that already puts as at a disadvantage to the top top clubs
2) there are 3 huge clubs with enormous wealth that WILL occupy 3 of the top 4 spots unless something drastic happens. (Utd, City & Chelsea)
3) Realistically, there is only 1 spot in the CL (preliminary round) up for grabs , so our objective must be to 'do something' that will leap frog us above everton, arsenal AND spurs. I can see us overtaking one of them on a semi-regular basis but we need to be above ALL three, ALL of the time, and recently we've struggled to even stay clear of swansea & west brom!
4) Unless english teams start doing better in the CL, then it won't be too long before the EPL loses it's 4th spot. If that happens, we are all stuffed!