4 years, it’s been 4 years since we win a trophy. As
@SilentWitness says, it depends on how you measure ‘success’. I didn’t want a team that has to fight to get 4th and wins the occasional FA Cup, I wanted a team that can challenge for titles over a decent period of time, as I think that’s more a measure of how good a team actually is.
Of course, I want them to do both, and will continue to adjust my thinking if we continue to miss out on trophies, but I’ll reserve judgement on that just now.
Ultimately, this is an Emery thread, and that would be my issue with Emery. I really like Emery, I’m very happy he’s doing well, I hope Villa go on to finish top 4 and win the Conference League. But I’ll remain of the opinion that I don’t think Emery is the manager that can get you to the near 90 point mark needed to win the Premier League. That’s not a massive slight on Emery, as I don’t think many managers are. I’ll be honest though, I didn’t think Arteta was either.