Much as I was disappointed , you're right that we obviously aren't ready for the premiership. We've progressed and perhaps it's better to let that continue naturally with the aim of being promoted properly ( 1st or 2nd) next year.
The teams come a long way and needs to consolidate the improvement. Personally I'm worried about the new style because it fails as we saw last night against technically superior players, whereas Warnockball puts you in with a chance of getting round that difficulty.
Can we suceed in the championship with a more possession based more purist style ? Quite possibly and I hope so, but can we suceed against teams in the premiership on their own terms ? Not really unless we're going to spend the kind if money they do.
Therefore , if we can suceed next season under this style , we'd need a total rethink before playing the top teams.