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In most cases parachute payments are swallowed up by debt which has been created, in the first place, by the awarding of hefty Prem contracts for mediocre players. Bolton Wanderers will receive £12 million in parachute payments and it won't touch the sides as it cover their massive debt...

It is in most cases. I don't see Blackpool spending big with their parachute payments, or Hull before them, or Birmingham City, or Bolton Wanderers. The exception seems to be Blackburn Rovers who gambled on Jordan Rhodes, and Blackburn are a VERY badly run football club.

Yes but the parachute payments are there ostensibly to finance the contract wages of those players still on big Premiership money. If this was such a decisive factor it would be exactly the same 6 teams going up and down every season.

My question is in two parts: After how long of topping the average match day attendance table for this division would it be reasonable for an Albion fan to expect to: a) Finish in a play-off place? and b) Finish in a promotion place? The table currently is as follows, and this bearing in mind...