I'm not laughing. And to clarify, by entitlement, I was thinking more about how many on here have been hammering our transfer business this window, the fact we have spent so much since relegation, etc. and yet expect us to be top six or better.
I don't agree we are settling for small time, we ARE small time. The club has been monumentally fucked over in the last 5 or 6 years (arguably longer) and never mind our "Proud History", we are currently no better than a mid-table club in the second tier of English football.
In signing a coach with experience at this level and a track record of building teams greater than the sum of their parts, promoting young players if they are deserving and making astute signings without breaking the bank, the new owners are at least showing a willingness to change the wasteful and destructive approach of the past few years.
If we are still in this position in 12 months time, I will be happy to admit that Dean Smith was not the coach we'd hoped. But until he's had the summer window and the chance to really make his mark on the squad, I am giving him some leeway.