And the Champions League is no guarantee of milk and honey forever. I mean, Leeds got to the semis in 2001. Just six years later, they were losing to the likes of Oldham and Carlisle in League One.

I agree yet there are several clubs who I feared would leave us in the dust like Newcastle, Spurs and West Ham. They haven't because they've all made terrible decisions. So, it happens to everyone.

The incompetence of Moshiri has been overtaken by Levy at Spurs. They had a brief flirtation with trophies towards the end of the last decade yet, lo and behold, they won nothing and now are even talked of as being in a relegation battle!

If we can have a couple of seasons of stability, I am sure we can overhaul these flash-in-the-pan clubs and get up the table.

And that is exactly what we need. Some boring mid-table seasons where the squad gets stronger and we remain financially solvent and build a base at BMD.

Andrew # 2. Boring top 10 finish would be big progress. Hard to see Man Utd and Spurs being this awful again. Man Utd comically bad this year - but that's what we're now on course for.

In many ways they remind me of Everton in terms of stature and successes.

I don't think there is such a thing as a first and second 11 in the modern game. Be it through injuries, suspension or rotation for certain games, it's a squad game more than ever and that is what recruitment should reflect.

I found the possibilities, had Everton not been a bad career choice, in your first eleven very enlightening.

It just shows you what the level of challenge could have been.