Proof of the pudding is in the results on the field.
Quins' recruitment has hardly been stunning this summer and the existing galacticos have been an uncoordinated mess for the last three seasons.
Let's hope the newly appointed DoR/Head Whatever does not fall into the same cliché ridden build-up - top 6 is a minimum but it takes 3 years to gel.
We will know by the end of November whether there is any lead in the pencil.
Not entirely sure what point you’re making.
Really? It seems pretty clear to me what point he's making.
My own view is that we have a strong squad which (massively) underperformed last season. If it performs to anything like its potential this season, there's no reason why we shouldn't get straight back into the top half of the table ... at least.
I also hope that the new management doesn't arrive paving the way in front of themselves with pre-baked excuses about how long it'll take to achieve a turnaround of "the mess we've inherited". It doesn't strike me that that's Gustard's style and he must know that what he's inheriting offers a real opportunity for an instant and spectacular turnaround.