Jon the footballing standard of the championship is average, the level of effort & focus needed to get promoted is high. The difficulty will be the additional 8 games shoehorned into the season, and Leeds becoming everyone’s cup final.
We were a basket case of a team in 21/22, and still should’ve been promoted. We’ve been the 2nd best team this season overall (possibly better than Burnley on a 1 v. 1 basis), and we’ve not been ‘that’ good.
Burnley, despite them winning the league are far from good, and Kompany is just a foreign Frank Lampard.
Should Leeds getting relegated, and that’s far from a given, there are players that need shifting on, but there is a spine of players that would be prepared to play for you in the championship, and there’ll be plenty of others that would love to join you from other clubs.
What you would need straight away is a CF that can get 20 goals, someone like Oli McBurnie, so I’d suggest breaking the bank for him straight away. 😉
Like him or loathe him, Allardyce would get you back up at the first attempt. But I think your problem at the moment is West Hamitis, it’s one of identity, actual or imagined. 🤷♂️