No fan will think it will be easy staying up and unlike Huddersfield, Brighton are yet to splurge. The fact Anthony Knockaert has missed pre-season won't ease fears - one game at a time?
Nathaniel Chalobah and Will Hughes look like shrewd signings and Marco Silva's time at Hull did enough to inspire some hope things will be better after a pretty poor campaign last year.
The Swans would have finished eighth in the table had the season begun when Paul Clement took over at the start of 2017, so there should be reason to be optimistic.