Let me put it another way. Before the first ball of the season had been kicked, looking at everything, funds available, squad strengths, new signings, experience of the relative managers, past performance over the previous two seasons, all the pros and cons, the amount of ground and points to make up, and all the mass of relevant factors I've omitted, finishing fifth and getting back into Europe, finishing above two teams we'd failed to finish above under two different managers, was the size of the task,
just to get back to having European football of any sort at Anfield.
Now, I'll be as sick as a dead dog if we're facing a CL qualifier next season. I don't want 2013/14 to join 2008/09, 2001/02, 2000/01 (possibly, though not for quite the same reason as the others) and 1996-97 in looking to be the start of something then proving to be mere pinnacles of the few years either side.
Read:
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2007/feb/15/onsecondthoughtsroyevansParagraphs 4 onwards perfectly encapsulates who we are (hopefully
were) and what we've become (hopefully
became) since 1990. It's because I'm desperate to leave it behind that I see it as I do.
Let the Blackburns and Newcastles have the one seasons in the sun. We want to get back to having an all year round tan again.
Talking of (fake) tan (sorry Martin and 224, old habits die hard

), before the owners think of budgets and Summer signings, the manager's two year extension should be sorted the day after the season ends. For purposes of stability of course, you understand.