It surprises me how many people are expecting an instant impact from any new signings we make. What if they come as highly rated players, but like Jo need at least a full season to settle down?
If we realy do sign 5 or 6 players, I can't see us improving overnight. In fact, with so many new faces and Hughes' questionable ability to accomodate new ideas, I can't actually see us doing much better than we are now, at least until after the next 6 or 7 games.
So, I'm going for 7 points from the next 5 which should leave us around 12th.
If there is any magic to come from this team with Hughes in charge, I'm not expecting to see it much before March.