If they replace their goalie and forwards with quality (which no doubt means a summer of them waiting till we look like we're about to sign a striker and then hoying a bid in) then they can definitely get back in the champions league.
Ah, but you didn't see his body language. The way the eyelash 5th along from the left on his right eye shifted slightly clearly says "Fuck the champions league, I wish Alan Shearer was my dad".