Honestly last season was a disappointment in a way, and that is a statement by itself re how far we have come. We should have been 3rd, we should have stayed in the fight for PL longer, we should have stayed in the CL final longer.
But inch by inch we progress, too slow for most and often really frustrating. Every one of us has had the "if we had one more player/deal" or "if we just backed the manager a bit more" mental conversation, we all have, just a little more risk, a little more "to dare is to do"
But as I said, for me I realized probably a couple of years ago, Levy is playing the long game, 19 years in, and he still has his plan, his progress -> European qualification, best of rest, CL qualification, CL regular, competing for titles/trophies, training ground, stadium, improved commercials, better business model = all delivered, more to come.
I believe the stadium took his focus off the squad, hence the lack of transfers last season, certain players have run down their contracts, we didn't get rid of more dead weight earlier. I think we can see we are more active this summer, hopefully it will pay off and we end up at a stronger place (mentioned it elsewhere, the depth of the squad still concerns me in a couple of areas)
But Poch of all people must be intimately familiar with Levy now, that it is that long game and Levy may choose the less risk option again .. for the good of the long term (in his assessment, with more data than anyone else has to make that call)
