Impossible to say
We have thrown away 12 points already which usually means curtains but Sunderland did that before Roy Keane took over and went up.
Literally our first choice side is likely to have only 2-3 players who finished 7th last season. Impossible to say when and how well they are going to gel. You would expect us to spend weeks or months playing like a bunch of strangers, but you never know.
If we could afford to keep this first team together I would be maybe more optimistic for next season, but then we would need a new top class striker, so...