One of two things will happen. We'll either scrape through and stay up just, which is what I think will happen. Then with the new tv deal money, they'll spend a decent chunk in the summer and we should then be in a lot better shape next season.
Alternatively, we go down and spend a couple of seasons in the championship and re-build from the bottom up. Finally get rid once and for all of the remaining couldn't give a toss high earners. It's likely most of the recent signings will be on contracts where there's relegation clauses if we do go down. We re-build sustainably within our means and be in a lot better shape when we do go back up, with a still young but more experienced squad who actually want to play for the club and taste success.
I'd much rather it was the former, but the for me the latter wouldn't be the end of the world. I've seen us go down before and it was painful but not the end of the world and we came back a lot stronger for it. The to of us doing a Leeds/ forest/ Sheffield Wednesday if we go down is wide of the mark in my book. We'd be far more likely to do a west ham and come straight back and be in far better shape to compete the season after. It is a bit depressing talking of villa in the same terms as the likes of west ham, but I think that's more realistic of where we are now than comparing us to the likes of spurs and Liverpool where we were a few seasons ago.
That's the reality as I see it.
