After 25 years - the wait is over

[Getty Images] The kid in a sweet shop, or not being able to sleep on Christmas Eve, is genuinely how gnarly old me feels about the Sky Blues being back in the Premier League after 25 long years away! The landscape, particularly financially, has changed enormously in the intervening quarter of a century, which is why it's refreshing – and slightly surprising – to see the owner Doug King sanction spending of – by all accounts – more than £120m of their £200m-plus windfall on enhancing last season's Championship-winning squad. That's no guarantee of success, of course, but in theory it gives you more chance than if you'd just banked the dough and hoped for the best. Frank Lampard was vibrant and positive at his pre-match media conference, while at the same time acknowledging that their front foot, attacking philosophy, which yielded 95 points and 97 goals last season, might have to be tempered, particularly at places like Arsenal. But they were excellent on the counterattack for the majority of last season, and with what they've added, that should be the case again this time. As plenty of people have said throughout the summer, die-hard fans and casual observers alike, if you offered City a 17th place finish now, they'd probably take it. That isn't being pessimistic, just realistic. If you're asking me, I honestly think they could do a little better than that - 14th or 15th, as the first step along the road to being a stable and sustainable Premier League football club again. We've all had long enough to wait… Listen to Sky Blues Fancast Live every Monday and Friday at 18:00 and subscribe to the Coventry City page on BBC Sounds