In my view, its as simple as if we dont bring in reinforcements, the playoffs are out of the question..nothing wrong with consolidation in these times of course, but its unthinkable we'll get through a season without Moore/Atkinson/Long getting banned or injured. And we saw at the beginning where that left us.
We also need that pacy option to stretch teams we struggle to break down.
I sense its not going to happen at this late stage of course, and with others strengthening significantly, i feel it will be a season of consolidation.