This is definitely the biggest positive of the current season. Southampton, Fulham and Huddersfield are looking as bad as us , if not worse. I feel that Newcastle, Palace and Burnley will start to pull away and it'll be left to the four of us to slog it out .
That said, if there were some long term thinking , I'd feel happy to see this season as a shot to nothing.
The idea that we were just underprepared and are unwilling to invest is a bit more "depressing".
Regardless of whether of not there is actual management and planning going on at boardroom level, at least they have a whole season now to think about how best we can transition were we to go down.