Yes, which is why we need to wait for this window to close to see what our policy will be in the Premier League.
In January we had a very good chance of securing automatic promotion, so it made sense to bolster the squad and give ourselves the best shot of securing that promotion. It was a bit of a punt by Max, but once again, it came off.
Now I am interested to see how we approach recruitment in this next Premier League spell. First indications are that maybe we are looking to hold some of that huge income back ( for whatever purpose that may be ), rather than spending it all on trying to secure our PL status above all else.
In the Championship, we had promotion within reach, so it made sense to invest in January.
In the PL, our only realistic objective is to try not to get sent straight back down. So it's conceivable that we will approach our recruitment with a different mindset now that we are back in the PL because realistically, whatever we do, we are still likely to struggle to stay there for very long anyway.
So I'm very interested to see if we invest the PL millions, once again almost completely, in playing staff or if we decide to take a different approach this time around.
I still feel that attitude, commitment and tactics will be more useful in maintaining PL status than bringing in an expensive load of overrated new players, trying to integrate them and losing them all as soon as we get relegated anyway, which additionally disrupts the squad for the following season's assault on the Championship.
I think our current lot stand a fair chance if we get everything else right, so wouldn't be too upset if we don't change too much, as long as we focus on getting the maximum out of what we already have.