Surely, it all depends on how you measure success. You can measure it by how many cups or leagues you win, or can it measured by what we achieve vs by what spend? Supporters expectations have to be realistic, there are only 3 domestic competitions we can win, the league, FA and league cup, we aint never going to win the league, so best we can hope for is the cups. With our size club, supporter base, for us to win a cup, we would have to be very fortunate with the draws, and also to have luck on our side.
On to the league, we finished our highest ever place in the premier league last year, 8 points above the drop, 6 places above relegation. If we would have finished 17th, this would have been deemed a huge success in my eyes also. If we had been 17th, it would have dropped our income by 4.8m ( i think you get 800k per place u finish up the league).
The point i am trying to get, you have to be realistic with what you can expect the club to achieve. For me, i wish to watch exciting football, see passion from the players and 100% effort.
I do not believe that money guarantees success, it helps of course
I personally am happy with the way the club is run financially, although i would like to see a bit better football