Well imagine that you think our squad is similar quality to Sheffield Utd's, for the sake of argument.
If that's your position on player standard, then I'm struggling to understand why you think that they're finishing top 10 but we'd have 'no chance'.
We'd be starting the season on the same day in this thought experiment, and we'd be playing the same teams.
If your argument is that it would take us too long to find consistency coming from a lower standard league, well it hasn't taken very long for Sheffield Utd's players to do just that.