All three of the promoted clubs are currently languishing in the Premier League relegation zone after tough starts to the season with the gap between the top flight and the Championship growing ever bigger
Remember when managers trotted out the 40-point line every other week, or day?
That is the target. Reach 40 points and then we know we are safe and can start looking up the table. That old chestnut. Some of them still do it.
Blimey, Sheffield United, Luton and Burnley will be lucky to get 40 points between them this season. Thirty points will keep you in the Premier League for the 2024/25 edition.
This is the stark reality. The gap between the elite and clubs promoted from the Championship has never been greater. And mostly, of course, it is down to money. After promotion, Sheffield United had a net spend of -£6.8million in the summer transfer window and sold, arguably, their best two players in Sander Berge and Iliman Ndiaye.