It's a good point aucks about who is retained is a good indicator to how many players we need
First of all the loan players going back
Armstrong
Payne
Antonsson
All attacking talent
Those coming back
Ward
Hart
Wharton
You would think out of the above only Wharton will be needed so let's look at the rest of the team
Gk raya(keep)leutwiller(keep)fisher(keep)
Rb nyambe(keep but maybe not first team)caddis(let go)travis(keep)
Cb mulgrew(keep)lenihan(keep)wharton(keep)downing(kee p)ward(let go)
Lb Williams(keep)bell(keep)
Defensively ok just a right back needed
Rm Bennett(keep)gladwin(let go)
Cm Smallwood(keep)evans(keep)whittingham(let go) Tomlinson (keep)
Lm Conway (heavy heart let go)
Am dack(No brainer)
Fw Graham(keep)nuttall(keep)Samuel (let go)
So looking at above we need to look at the midfield again and front line but totally agree with you aucks we need to be careful with not upsetting the first team balance.