Does anyone know if Mr Lowe has ever put a timescale on his 'recovery plan' achieving its aim (the 'aim' being, one assumes, to get us back into the Premiership ultimately...) ?
If it's, say, a 5 year plan then "where we are now" is a recoverable position in a 5 year timeframe....you could even cover relegation and two promotions in that timescale.
However, if Lowe's "project" was based on a 3 year (or less) plan then our current position is indeed a risk to the project succeeding...