I think it's very important to remind ourselves that Levy wanted this sort of set-up a decade-plus ago, and thought (quite reasonably) that with Jol and Arnesen, he had it. Chavs stole Arnesen, Levy's heart was broken (Arnesen was a great talker - I met him few times, believe me, he could convince you that black was white) and he tried desperately to emulate the scenario with Commoli but sadly didn't quite work out/gel for some time. Then he got caught needing a quick fix with Harry, the quick-fix became a bind as Harry took great advantage of current talent (no slight on that, he did it) but critical, Harry then failed to (a) build on it with youth, (b) he started taking his eye off the ball and (c) thought he could dictate to the club how it was going to be (duffers in on big deals, short-term, etc)...AVB apparently gave the greatest presentation ever, thus in he went, and you would argue that once again, Levy tried very hard to match the systems on and off the pitch (Baldini and AVB apparently being from the same notebook)...alas, AVB turned out to be, hmmmm, 'unique' as a personality, thus came the decision. Poch. Who we couldn't get mid-season (remember, AVB basically downed tools mid-season and went into edge mentality). Enter Sherwood, who far from stepping up and helping, decided to bend Levy over a barrel for an 18 month contract. Levy gambled, figuring that perhaps he would not end up with the 'Arry scenario and he was, thankfully, right. Bye bye Captain Bellend, it was nice knowing you not.
The Poch move was thus always what Levy had hoped for, and finally, a decade-plus later, he had the man and system he had always wanted. I think it is no accident. Levy is very hard, uncompromising but very fair. Poch is hard, knows what he wants. No hogwashters in that luncheon! I think they are congruent and I think that if we remember the last decade, we can see why. Both have always ben suited to each other.
I have't felt this confident about our long-term (LONG-TERM) prospects for close to 30 years. The chairman deserves a little more praise and analysis in the long vision.
Solvent, competitive, great facilities, young young squad, tremendous manager and coaching staff and a new stadium coming in the next 36 months. It speaks for itself.