We simply now exist to make up the numbers of the PL. 8th/9th this season on the face of it might be OK, but what about next season? Remy not staying, Colo and Debucchy possibly away, Cisse being peddled, Shola leaving for pastures new (though he ran his race for us long ago) Relegation fight? Ashley may well go out and buy a couple of new strikers and a playmaker, but expecting them to hit the ground running is a massive ask.