Title Tilt?

Jol has without doubt transformed us from a mid table, some-time cup side into a top six regular. Now it seems that Jol is intent on landing us the title...which I'm not going to argue with!

Jold told the Sunday Mirror, "My hopes for next season are to compete for Europe again. Liverpool, Chelsea, Man United and Arsenal have probably got more resources than us, but it's not only about money.

"We've got younger players, hopefully we've got the vision and we want to compete for prizes in the cups.

"We want to be in Europe and we want to do well there, but we have to be in the top six to be in Europe.

"And hopefully, if we can get players like Dimitar Berbatov, if we can have the likes of Tom Huddlestone, Aaron Lennon, Michael Dawson develop into star players, we can go even further. My dream is to compete for the title in the next two to three years."

This is certainly not completely unrealistic, but sadly unlikely unless ENIC start to spend funds like ManYoo and Chelski. We seem to be developing some great youngsters and have picked up a few in the past seasons who look really special, but Jol's point about it not being all about money is not strictly true.

It will be extremely difficult to break into the top two as their spending power means they can secure the best players when they need them, without the need to develop them. Sure we have shown intent, Berbatov was an inspired signing, but we also let Carrick go. That's not top 2 business. I hope we do push for the title. We are not a million miles away, a few good players added to the side will help, but I fear they will be on a season by season basis, not all at once as is required.

What concerns me most for next season is Newcastle. I'm not worried about Arsenal, they are in decline and the longer that moaning twat Henry stays there, affecting moral, the better. But now Newcastle have a boss with nouce, cash, a decent side and probably the best back room team in the country, I can see them upsetting the top 5.