Correct BUT many of us knew there was a realistic chance from October and during this period that we were in serious danger of going down due to the disjointed squad with no real starting 11 that made sense, nothing within that period suggested we would be clear of it without issues and getting to 10th didn't pull the wool over many of our eyes, sure it was better but we knew we could be back at bottom at any moment.
IMHO I think there is a realistic chance we will be in the bottom half of the league, bottom 2/3 might be a bit drastic thinking but I think we will be closer to the bottom than top UNLESS significant investment is made in the squad.
If we go in to the season with this squad we can forget promotion