With this squad and manager and if we added depth, it's the rare sporting/business gamble worth taking for a club of our stature.

Sadly our stature is not what we think it is. Goldberg and Jordan gambled and we know how that played out.

All this foundation-building to establish the foothold in the Prem and teaming up with American co-owners feels for nought if that's the case with this once-in-a-lifetime set of coaching staff and players.

We’ve had that before under Steve Coppell. We finished third. UEFA screwed is over and the team fell apart. Sound familiar?

I'd be more inclined to agree if they kept us at the Europa League instead of the Conference League we find ourselves in.