Toela's post is typical of a 'top 6' team.
Chelsea, Arsenal both have sound long term plans and the backup plans. Manchester City have the talent and finance to immediately rectify problems and maintain top 4. Mancheter Utd have just as much finance plus the draw of playing for the World's bigget club to attract players.
The we get to Liverpool and Spurs. Liverpool's brand value is 3x ours and Spur is 2x (according to the report today in the Mail) They should be beating us every year but for 2 problems.
Liverpool's problem is they have a manager who is not good enough. He had 1 good season when a Benitez signing nearly won the league on his own but Brenda is clueless and will not get you where your club should be.
Tottenham's problem is that they have a terrible chairman who thinks he is in charge of Man City or Chelsea expecting far too much of each manager and then chucking them out.
Southampton cannot compete financially (yet. We're the 18th biggest club in the world now ya know. lol. I know how Pool fans love their stats and facts.) but with a much more sound club structure, board and chairman than Spurs allied with a better manager than Liverpool then we may be able to catch Liverpool. 2 points in less than a win. If we had drawn 1 of our game with you last season we would have finished level!!!
If it weren't for Pochettino getting lucky and being forced to put Kane into his 'favourite 15' of a first team then they would have finished mid table!!!
Against us is we might lose 2 or 3 or 4 key players in the summer. Clyne, Shneiderlin etc. Going for us is that they will being in super bucks and we will be buying more quality that our scouting network (remember what scouts are?) have beein lining up as suitable for us.
Another boost for us is the Europa League which can help our plans of world domination giving us even more exposure and unlike other clubs like Hull, Swansea, Wigan etc we have the funds and ambition to boost our squad to cope with the extra competition. We might finish next season higher than being 'just' the 18th biggest club in world football![]()
Level on points and above them on goal difference