Defensively I’d say we have
RB Hume. Huggins won’t be fit to play this season and Pembele is likely to leave .
LB. Cirkin, if Alese is a centre half we don’t actually a left back to compete.
CB. O’Nien, Ballard, Alese, Triantis, Hjelde. Seelt won’t be up and running until January. Johnson probably out on loan. Given that we’ve played 8 or 9 players at CB in each of the last three seasons due to injury I think the five above is just about adequate, when Seelt is back perhaps a loan for Hjelde or Triantis.
I think we definitely need proper competition at fullback, ideally someone like Huggins that can play both sides. I know we have players that can play there in an emergency but fullbacks have been integral to our good start.