I can't see any progress, on or off the pitch. It's like they are just making things up as they go along, winging it. There appears to be no set plan from the Glazers and/or Worzel - other than hiring and firing managers and playing staff. The transfer strategy (if it exists) seems to be find a marquee signing, get the tabloids and the media to hype him as the next big thing, then when it's apparent the player's not up to pro standard, dump him in the lower leagues, here or abroad, whichever is most likely to go under the radar and attract negative attention, then rinse and repeat.
We can come back this time next year and the scenario at the shit-pit will not have changed: they will still be a club without a direction, without a blueprint for the future, without any hope of improving things.
They will still be selling the plastics from Thailand, Pakistan, Japan etc, the same old bullshit about forthcoming signings, advertising deals, a sparkling new stadium to rival the very best, the same-old, same-old.