Squad we have now is what is available so no point chasing media pipe dreams.

The emergence of Jospeh and the strengthening in certain areas suggests to me we are in a pretty good place.

A few other players seem to have kicked on too - Junior Firpo must have been close to MoM v Hull but not sure many would have predicted that a year ago. We seem this season to just about meet the Mourinho principles - 2 decent players (certainly for this level) in each position.

Having Struijk back and fit has shown how much we missed him and how much more Ampadu can influence a game from midfield.

The wide players look at least as strong and Aaronson definitely can add something at this level.

Barring major injuries this squad is easily good enough to make the top 2 irrespective of who has left and a lack of more ‘shiny baubles’ imho.