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Sorry Sauniere, but I don't follow your argument at all.
You say Levy wants instant success in the mould of Abramovich but it's quite clear he hasn't followed Abramovich's method in the slightest. Quite the opposite in fact.
The focus on youth development and the purchasing of players not yet at their fullest potential plus a willingness to sell players on for large profit in order to be reinvested 'carefully' actually shows a man who understands that in order to break into the top echelons without the same financial clout of the sugar-daddy clubs you have to build from the ground up, gradually improving every area of the club.
The finance invested in the new training ground shows that he cares about the long term infrastructure rather than trying to purchase 'instant success' by paying over the odds at every opportunity vis a vis Chelsea and Citeh.
So many people on here blame Levy for not appointing the next Mourinho or Fergie as if that's the easiest and most obvious thing to do ever. It's a bit like telling a film director to only make great movies. Oh yeah, why didn't anyone think of that before?
Everyone of our managerial appointments came with a good argument and Levy and co weighed these up before committing. One also has to bear in mind the availability of head coaches coupled to the draw of managing THFC. That they haven't worked out as optimistically as we all hope you can't deny the club has been on an upward trajectory since the beginning of his tenure.
Our PL finishes during this time shows the trend clearly, even if we have plateaued recently (Bale's departure, new squad, manager chops etc).
But I certainly don't think we're in a bad place right now and actually we're pretty much where we were at the end of last season when we had the best points total ever *yawn* ie qualified for Europa League.
Meanwhile, our squad is packed with talent and the money invested by Baldini and co has been spent wisely, in my opinion. The only error of last summer being the oversight at left-back. If we had secured Coentrão or similar I reckon our season could have looked quite different.
Obviously the next managerial appointment is key as we're at a juncture between possible improvement or further stagnation but considering the supposed fiasco of this season just gone things actually aren't so bad.
I for one am relishing the prospect of Lamela and Eriksen in the same side next year and with the right guidance believe this team could actually prove very tasty indeed.
I was referring to instant results from a managerial point of view mate. I don't disagree with any of your points about youth, training and preparing for the future and yes they do allude to a long term "project" (hate using that word after AVB ) All of that has been put into place but it's my opinion that he wants a manager to walk into the job, wave a magic wand and achieve top 4 as a minimum from this day forward and when it doesn't happen it's on to the next.
The line I've highlighted in your text I disagree with - certain appointments came with a good argument, not all of them and not every dismissal had a good enough argument either.