For what it’s worth, I think the players we need to keep and rebuild the squad around are...
Dijksteel, Bola, Hall, Fry, McNair, Morsy, Tav, Watmore.
Howson has been a good servant, I file him with Leadbitter and Barry Robson, but he isn’t the future. I think he’ll be around next season but he should be more back up than starting every game.
Decent squad players like Fisher and Coulson will provide back up. Wood from the kids and hopefully one or two others (Hackney, Malley, Coburn, Jones) will get a look in.
Thats it. I don’t know how or from where we find the players to add quality, pace, leadership, team spirit and goals. Huge summer ahead, but I won’t be getting my hopes up too much.