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I didn't see it but I'll try and catch a repeat.
I'm not one of the fans who thinks we'll become the next Chelsea, although plenty do. On the point of Bilic, though, I'd say it's more difficult. The board did show ambition in trying to get Benitez, Klopp, Bielsa and Emry. That they all turned us down just showed that we're not able to attract that calibre of manager and so we ended up with Bilic, who's closer to where we're at right now. That had nothing to do with a lack of ambition, though.
As for the Champions League, the problem for a club like West Ham is even if we do become richer, the teams already filling those places also become richer, so we kind of stand still. The best we can hope for in the foreseeable future is consistent mid-table security. That's why I'm glad we're out of the Europa League; I see this season as being a real test and we could very easily find ourselves in a relegation battle.
Either way I do think the club is being shafted and its history erased by the self serving business decisions of Karren Brady, et al. But I'm probably in a minority of WH fans in thinking that.
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