The club is going through a transition phase - the biggest changes off and on the field the club has probably EVER seen... and we want to win, win and win all the way through it (not a bad thing).
We must set our expectations at a realistic level.
We need to build the best club in the world AGAIN bottom up. Yes we (the supporters) have and always will be there - but some others - some running the club on and off the field now - will/may not be in the future.
Bottom up for me means, scouting (done), youth (in transition first year under Rafa's full control), Melwood (done), Financing stadium (currently shambles), Financing world-class squad (in transition, bit by bit, Rafa assembling the team to tackle the world - but not a the financial pace he or the fans want)... and the list goes on (badly needed) revamped commercial strategy, local community, etc, etc...
All I am trying to say, is let's keep the faith - but let's not forget that many things must change at our club before we can apples for apples compete with the biggest clubs in the world.
Our history does not buy us titles. Hard work and talent does... combined with lashings of cash in the current era.
Yes we must stay ambitious, aim for the very top, but we must also not lose (at this particular transition stage) all sense of reality and circumstance.
YNWA IRWT
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