Agreed. That is a realistic appreciation of our position. An automatic promotion place may be gone and matching 4th would require a heck of a run in.
However I am very hopeful that we will continue to flirt with the play off places which considering the circumstances could be an even greater...
I actually think you posed some reasonable questions, many of which already feature in other threads and are worthy of discussion, albeit somewhat speculative. However it was the title of your post that seems unnecessarily 'tabloid-esque'. But at least you haven't labelled you a...
The OP implies it is a seething, mutinous black hole in our dressing room.
Whereas I suspect there is probably at worst a degree of uncertainty and frustration - this is inevitable given the departure of established players and characters like Barnes and El Abd, plus the Bridcutt situation...