Lentwood
Full Member
On the one hand, I agree that "one billion pound team" is meaningless, in the sense that fees paid for players does not necessarily correlate with performances on the pitch.Agree with your acid test points, those are the games where the strong separate themselves from the weak, something we've repeatedly failed to do recently.
That being said, I disagree with your whole "a team that's spent 1 Billion should be this" part. This isn't a 1 billion pound team, the whole world and it's mother knows that. So for me, it makes no sense to place that expectation on us. That's just setting yourself up for further disappointments. Set expectation on what we are, not what we should be.
However, in a thread specifically about evaluating the manager, I'd say it's relevant to point out that he's been very well-supported, and not just supported in the sense that money has been wildly thrown around. He's got a proper team working above/with him now and that counts for a great deal.