My thoughts on ground improvements short term (long term is building up) is to sort the North Stand out, make it fully usable, ie able to split it in half.
This could entail building an upper concourse, but would need rearranging the lower concourse from thirds to quarters, then rebuild the...
Their run in looks impossible
Birmingham (A)
Leeds (H)
West Brom (A)
Preston (H)
Ipswich (A)
Southampton (A)
Hull (H)
Sunderland (H)
Boro (A)
Only Sunderland looks a home banker and by then Sunderland should have sorted themselves out.