That won’t happen any way.
Spuds, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal will be desparately fighting for 2 CL places until the bitter end.
The Albion need a stack of wins between now and the end of March to avoid playing Championship football 2018/19.
The search should have neen done by now, with TB and Winstanley having had a furtther few months to get everything ready. We need the new signings at the beginning of January, with more winnable games in that month.