Plenty of people feel like this.
Unlike in 1997, the media aren't behind Labour & Starmer hasn't the panache Blair had.
However, the shine came off Blairs promises if i remember correctly, so i'd rather a more "boring" leader who delivers in spite of a much more difficult economic outlook than Blair inherited.
But Labour do have to be less timid, e.g their plans on Dentistry pretty much mirror the Tories (or vice versa) same on Gaza, the UK is miles behind many other countries and also behind where the general public are on this too.... its simply not good enough.