It will depend on recruitment but other teams like Fulham, Brentford, Forest and Sunderland have done it.
heart says 17th hoping to avoid relegation but whatever happens lets enjoy it and I hope that if we do lose most games every week which we may do that the fans dont start moaning and booing forgetting where weve come from
It all depends on what we do in the transfer window. At the moment probably bottom 3 but a few astute signings success would be 17th or higher.
Sunderland are the 6th highest net spenders in the PL this season, I can't see us spending anywhere near that much, but really really hoping we don't waste money on good championship players who aren't good enough for the PL like Ipswich did.
I think the mid season slump & Lampard switching to more defensive/counter attacking system will help us out next season (if we go up), as the free flowing gungho style of play we had in the first half of the season was never going to work in the prem. If Boro do go up and persist with their keep ball tactics & playing from the back they are going to be on the end of a few hammerings similar to Kompany's Burnley.
I was looking at the prem table today - for the first time in years. Wolves aside, the next three have 7 or 8 wins each all season. Beat that and we stay up. And it all depends on what happens over the summer.
If you offered me escaping relegation on the last day of the season via goal difference right now I'd snap your hand off.
Unless someone comes in with loads of cash I don't think we're going to go crazy with new signings. Just doesn't seem the way King will go. If that's how things play out then staying up would be a major achievement.
First priority is getting past the lowest ever points total.