I think the league can be put into 'sections'.
1. City, united, chelsea and plop - top 4 is untouchable.
2. Spuds, arse, leicester, leeds, west ham, everton - position 5 - 10.
3. Palace, southampton, wolves. Pos 11- 14
4. newcastle, brentford, watford, norwich, burnley, brighton - relegation fight, position 15 - 20
I would expect villa in section 2.
With our current squad and strengthening i think we have a better squad than west ham, everton and leeds.
We need to be battling with spuds, arse and leicester. Are we better than those? Who knows?