This never used to be my thinking, but it is now. West Brom were a yo-yo team for several season before finally managing to make things work in the Premier League. I think we'll start to see fewer and fewer examples of teams that can get up and stay up (Stoke, Swansea, etc...).
I said at the start of the season that play-offs would be where I would like us to be to consider the season 'successful'. I still stand by this point. Where I have changed my mind is that at the start of the season I wasn't too fussed over promotion. However with the new Premier League TV...