Big spending always means big ambitions, but shelling out so much money on so many players the way Tottenham did this summer produces problems for any manager - and there is no quick fix.
If I was given a bundle of cash and I spent every penny of it on pink shoes, brown trousers, a yellow shirt and an orange tie for a wedding, then I'm sure you would say it just doesn't work.
That's similar to what has happened at Spurs, where the board has backed Roberto de Zerbi to the hilt with an outlay of about £400m on new players.
It was an almost unprecedented occurrence from a club that has always been renowned for being careful with investment in their team, and it sent the expectations of many Spurs supporters through the roof.
However, finding a way for your team to win takes a manager in lots of different directions and they all involve time. Not only has De Zerbi not been given that early time, the majority of his players have now been taken away from him for another three weeks on international duty.
His biggest challenge right now will be integrating those players who have just arrived with the players already at the club, so the money spent is justified. All of this will take time, patience and little details that supporters never see.
In my day, we were given time to create a team and a family. For today's managers, time seems more limited than ever.
We are only five games into the season and there are already some Spurs fans who think he is the worst manager in the world, even though he has proven elsewhere how good he is. Let's give him a proper chance.
Each player needs a different amount of time to settle in a new environment and adjust to the demands of a very single-minded and demanding coach like De Zerbi.
Coaching a team to be a team takes time, patience and a sound idea of the strengths of all your players. Even when you've got that, trying to knit every player together takes time - and that is still De Zerbi's issue.
He was always playing catch-up because his players weren't all in place when the season began. He missed the opportunity to assess his squad and impose his own principles.
He is a coach at heart and he will want to be out on the training pitch putting together a system that he believes will bring success to the club. Unfortunately, this international break means he cannot do that with all of his players.