[Albion] 9 wins in each of the last five top flight seasons

[Pavilionaire]

Newly promoted Leeds won twice as many games as us and rock bottom Sheff Utd won only two less than us. Nine wins will probably keep you up but not do a lot more, hence we are always in the bottom six. Talk of top ten is ludicrous. It would mean doubling the number of wins we usually get. We haven't got the firepower to do that. All through the side, we have players who are shot-shy in front of goal, particularly in midfield. We have signed too many players who are not goalscorers.
A new striker coming in will not solve the overall problem. The whole squad has to contribute more goals and we are likely to have to try and replace our best player in midfield.

Burnley finished 7th in 2017/18 with a record of W14 D12 L12 GD-3 Pts 54. They scored 36 and conceded 39.

We scored 40 this season and had an awful xG in the process. Conceding 39 for our defence is certainly doable if Sanchez is between the sticks for the whole season.

To get those extra 13 points we'd need to convert 5 of our draws into wins, and 3 of our defeats into draws. Given we blew 25 points from winning positions then getting 13 is certainly conceivable.

And all of that just to equal Burnley's position of 7th, so 3 places higher than top half tenth spot.