SmithAndJones
Vital 1st Team Regular
I agree entirely, a sixth place finish would be entirely satisfactory next season, and would hopefully act as a springboard for better things to come. May we never finish below West Ham again.You stumble on another point actually. There was an old big 4 domination for years and Jol could get 5th but never get close to top 4. When Harry came along, the big 4 were creaking like crazy. When Crouchy scored at City we got CL. A year later Mancini blew Spurs out of sight. In many ways, Harry's second top 4 was better, but once again our second half of the season was poor. It always was under Harry.
Nuno's big challenge is that right now it is very tough when you look up. City and Liverpool have set new limits of points in the Prem. Chelsea and Utd are on an upward trajectory and Leicester look set fair. We need those creaks to appear again and I'm not sure they will. Perhaps Liverpool and Leicester losing big players like Tielemans, ironically to Liverpool.
In Nuno's first season, the best he can hope for is 6th. We're not in a cycle where the top 4 door is open.
I'm glad to see that, after a few initial rants, the guys on here seem to be coming round to the view that this appointment may not be all bad, and that given how far the Club has fallen over the past two years or so, we just don't have the credibility to attract a manager higher up the pecking order currently.
If we have a decent transfer window I think that we may be in for a pleasant surprise results wise. Whether entertaining football, the 'Spurs way' is restored from the outset is a tough ask, but if results start moving in the right direction it will come.