I agree with points of what you say, but let's not blindly accept a thrashing here. I'm pretty sure the management and players wouldn't.
I also don't quite get the ''we were in L1 a few years ago'' argument. We were, we did well to get back, so now let's make a good fist of staying here.
I think the fixtures were unkind, but possibly, if we look at the end of the season we can say they were ''kind'' as our run in is incredibly favorable.