[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=37906.msg1014145#msg1014145 date=1260819240]
[quote author=Fallon link=topic=37906.msg1014142#msg1014142 date=1260818986]
One title challenge in 5 years, A squad that still lacks any sort of depth, a 1st team that still relies heavily on just 2 players and boring uninspired football that is precisely 1 million miles away from what we wanted when we brought him in. IMO he either gets 4th (convincingly, by the end) and starts to get us playing something like, or he goes.
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I'm of the opinion you work towards a title challenge. I expect nothing in the first three years, only then is the squad the managers. if rafa had a '5 year plan' (and he never said he did) then he challenged for the title in year 5.
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Well I'm of the opinion that 2 years is long enough to shape a 1st team to a satisfactory point and it's certainly long enough to learn the league so I would expect a challenge in year 3. I also don't think 1 challenge is good enough in 5 years for a team that hasn't won the league in 19 years. I'd rather get a new manager in next year (if it all goes tits up this year (stays tits up I should say)) who can start building their team while we still have some brilliant talents, who's to say that if we missed out on 4th this year that we'd get in next year? Think about the players that would want away then and the calibre of manager that we'd be able to attract, we'd be a far worse proposition if that were to happen.