Also, these are our own players.
Last season, four of our best starting XI were on loan, and Akpom was bound to leave if we didn’t go up.
Last night, they were all our own players, with late sub O’Brien the only loanee.
The squad is improving.
The big risk is the potential loss of Hackney, Rogers and Howson - key players, all of whom will be difficult to replace. But we should get good money for two of them, to be able to do so.