They could come straight back down but they won't be humiliated. In that one year they will earn enough to rebuild their stadium and transform their club for the next two decades. Poll our fans whether this would be the preferred route to 25k crowds and I think we all know what answer you would get.
It could - should??? - have been us. We were light years ahead of Bournemouth even as Bloom and Poyet were chucking insults at each other and making us the best Championship team of the first half of 2013.
How we ****ed it up from there is a tale to tell.
But the B'mouth with their tinpot...