Also worth remembering though, we have players like Dowell and Akintola because of the embargo, without it you'd have seen much better coming in during both transfer windows.
That's not to say every signing this season has been bad, McBurnie and McNair have been great, Famewo and Gyabi have been ok but it's unlikely we'd have gone for Dowell, Akintola or Phillips if we had the luxury of free choice. The loan signings have been so mixed as well; Gelhardt great, Amir pretty good, Yu looked promising too. But we've not seen enough from Collyer (through no fault of his own, mind), Koumas flattered to deceive, Lundstram you'd probably give a D- minus to and N'dala came and went without much fanfare (again, not his fault, he just wasn't getting in ahead of Millar, Joffey, Joseph or Belloumi).
In the Summer, we have to shift Kamara (contracted to 2028, if we aren't using him might as well sell him), Akintola, Omur (see Kamara reasoning), Jacob, Dowell, Palmer and possibly Ajayi too. Destan I have no idea about, didn't look terrible but not going to be in ahead of McBurnie is he? Burstow is going to find it tough going as well. The squad doesn't seem to be very balanced in terms of depth, we have a lot of forward players who don't score or assist much on the books and very little in the way of quality cover at full back and defensive midfield, while the young lads pushing through the academy don't really inspire confidence either.
The core of our squad is good enough, but given our injury record, the players challenging them for a place need to be much better than what we have.
