hard to say - in 2007, 2008 most people were saying the pies were no where near a premiership side, good honest team without any stars, good enough to finish 5-8 but not good enough for the big dance. They made the finals several yrs in a row and morphed into a very solid unit and funnily enough some stars were discovered/came to the fore.
You have to learn to crawl before you walk - if we can make finals again this season we are definitely building towards it and as our club becomes battle hardened, who knows where it will lead?