Targetting the league next year will in my opinion, be unrealistic. With 4 games to go, we are a massive 36 points away from the summit. The 13 point gap to 4th however is surmountable but we will face strong opposition from Newcastle, Spurs, Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea, all of whom will strengthen during the break, especially the first two who have reached soaring heights and can expect a windfall for finishing further up the table than expected. In comparison, we are rumoured to be given a mere $30 million pound warchest, $5 million less than what Andy Carroll cost by himself.

The focus from what I've been reading is to groom players from the academy. It will be some time before we can realistically challenge for the title. You don't close the gap from almost 40 points to nothing in a season without massive cash injection. It simply is not going to happen for us next season.