Well yeah, but they're no where near the level of your average Premiership player, and as a team we'll be one of the strongest there as opposed to one of the weakest. Look at Wayne Routlege for us during our promotion and then during our first season up. Guthrie looked really good, Ameobi had a better than 1 in 2 record.
First season here he went through that period of popping up in and around the box and scored a few, there's been a few games too where he's been willing to zip into challenges and play the ball quickly forward, Chelsea 2-2 probably being the best example. He's not an awful footballer by any means, he's an awful Premiership footballer as he's absolutely shit scared and ends up doing silly things like diving over the ball to avoid having to take responsibility and shoot.
We still need an imposing central midfielder though, even if him and Shelvey turn out decent in this league.