Conventional wisdom that teams promoted to the Premier League will battle to avoid immediate relegation has been turned on its head recently, with the likes of Swansea City, Southampton and Norwich City quickly establishing themselves among the big boys.
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Of this season's new boys, big-spending Cardiff City appear to be making the right moves to ensure their debut Premier League season and first in the top flight since 1962 will be more than a one-year flirtation.
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Under the ownership of billionaire Malaysian businessman Vincent Tan, who controversially changed the Bluebirds' colours from blue to red, manager Malky Mackay has spent heavily, breaking the club record transfer fee three times in luring Andreas Cornelius from Copenhagen, Steven Caulker from Tottenham Hotspur and Gary Medel from Sevilla.
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While the trials of Queens Park Rangers has proved clubs cannot always spend their way to success, their outlay has been in areas that needed strengthening, and Cardiff have a solid core of old hands that should ensure they will be no pushovers.
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Craig Bellamy, 34, will lead the line with guile, David Marshall and Peter Whittingham offer plenty of experience and South Korea attacking midfielder Kim Bo-kyung showed in their Championship-winning campaign that he could offer some spark.
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"I look at the three teams who came up last time and two of them stayed there," Mackay said.
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"Both West Ham and Southampton strengthened, as we have, and we still have business to do. If they can do it, I don't see why we can't. For this club to be still in the Premier League a year from now would be massive."
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Cardiff's promotion also means that for the first time there will be two Welsh teams in the Premier League, adding an extra level of spice to the fixture list when they clash with Swansea.
Cardiff City is definately going to be dope next season because they've got the right determination and zeal to pull things through....