Quote Originally Posted by fakeyank View Post
I dont think we have regressed. I think we are/have been at the same level since 08. We have shown improvement in grinding out wins but along with that progress, our football keeps regressing to eye gorging standards. So, we have a + and then with that comes a -. And thats why I say, we are the same level.

If you take the FA Cup final out of the way, we didnt show any real progress in my opinion. I do however think we had a tremendous amount of goodwill around the club.. something that had been missing around our club forever! We signed players early and looked set to challenge.. and then things just stopped! We didnt sign the players required and have again gone gambling on crocks (Diaby, Gibbs, Walcott).
I would say that being in a position to challenge for the title until the last leg of the race was a sign of progress.

The last few seasons before that was us clinching 4th on the last day or so.....

Having said that, i'm getting rather worried by the season so far. We really, really, really need to kick on immediately.