You can't deny that we do have a better squad then 4 seasons ago, do we have a great squad? No, but he's right in saying that we can now cope with injuries/suspensions and not get relegated.
That is a sign of a decent established prem side.
We're building slowly and I have no problem with that!
Just goes to show how much top level football is in the mind and decision making.
Eden Hazard being the classic example, has all the same technical attributes that Boufal has but his decision making is 10x better. If I was on the saints coaching staff I'd seriously sit him down and show him a load of clips of Hazard and tell him that's the player he should model himself on.
Real quality number 10's are very difficult to come by, Lampard will go down as one of the best we've ever seen due to his goals but people forget his work rate and amount of tackles/interceptions per game. You won't get the same from converted wingers in my humble opinion!
We generally try hard to look after our academy graduates rather than discarding them like a piece of rubbish! I'm happy the club gave him another year, it was a pretty low risk strategy that hadn't really paid off but gave him the chance to do so.