I think you've missed my point which was: Assuming we fail to go up this year how will we compete for promotion when the clubs getting relegated from the PL in the future will be substantially richer than those who've been relegated to date?
Likewise I see where you're coming from, but with the increased revenue football in the Premier League IS sustainable. Indeed PL clubs could afford to let fans in free and still make money. So the relegated clubs (and those with rich benefactors) exist as a kind of de facto PL2 in the...
You said it yourself, Newcastle, Norwich and Villa will be the last 'poor' (relatively speaking) clubs to come down as in the future relegated clubs will have the vastly-increased TV revenue. Even the 'little' ones will be a threat. Bournemouth for example as a club are now about five times...