I think yours and Villa's experience is quite depressing proof that even if Everton were to get their act together and qualify for the Champions League, it's not the entry into the land of milk and honey we think it would be.

For all the extra money, you have to spend most of it to be competitive enough to have any chance of getting back in it the following year and if you fail then you are hamstrung by all those big contracts for the next four or five years.

I guess Forest are on a similar path now, without CL qualification, next season and the season after will see them struggling with the financial realities.

Look at Leicester's case too.

At least you used the upward curve to get that trophy winning monkey off your back though, we did feck all with our cash bonus last time around and probably won't again.