We've basically got 2 Ipswich-type momentum fiends with more cash coming up - alongside our fellow relegate-ees - all being tipped as potential automatics challengers.
If we don't get things right this summer, we're in deep shit, because automatics will be out of the question. And that's before you consider the likes of Sheff Utd. may still be in the division.
We won't know until a ball is kicked how we'll cope, of course, just like last time when we got the late win against Cov and never looked back. Wrexham and Brum may turn out to be crap at this level. Southampton and / or Ipswich may struggle even more than us. But to me, this division looks harder to get out of than it did last time, even taking the decline of our squad quality out of the equation. All we really had to push us last time was Leeds and Ipswich, and we still barely scraped the title by one point. This time there could be 4 or 5 other teams there or there abouts.
Personally, right now I'd bite your hand off for the top 6, given the parlous state of our squad and amateurs in the boardroom. Time will tell.