What's wrong in enjoying each stage of the process? Success is not guaranteed regardless of the level of funding, but the journey and the challenge of competing on a more equal footing is much more enjoyable and rewarding than the "knife to a gun fight" years.
Surely that's what blues are anticipating and enjoying currently. 12 months ago the idea that we would be favourites to sign Mata and Witsel, have a highly coveted manager in Koeman, ready to close on a new stadium was frankly laughable - today it is reality with much more to come.
No-one to my knowledge has ordered the victory parade bus, but at least we are in with a chance of ordering one sooner than later.