To be fair its always the playoff winning side that neutral supporters just assume will go down. So I do get it. They're not all following our transfer business as closely as we are, and most layman supporters haven't heard of most of our signings. They'll just see it as us buying "untested" kids.
Also, we've had some really exciting links - Bulka, Petrovic, Mikhautadze, Xhaka, Lucumi - but none of them have come off (yet). Sometimes its easy (for me at least) to get caught up in the excitement of what we MIGHT do and forget what we've actually done, which to date includes being weakened in defence (no Mepham). It's imperative we do something about it quickly (and the club are clearly trying so no blame).