I don't think that we'll be "back" at all this season. This set of players won't suddenly start playing nicer football, and our financial situation won't allow us to change the manager or add a difference maker in midfield/attack in the winter mercato who'll completely change the team to better, ala Pirlo in 2011.
Hence, the best we can hope for are these ugly wins. We need them because we need top 4, and we need top 4 so we won't have a summer like the one we just had.
The sooner we accept this, the better for our mental health.