I'm not overly convinced that we'll recruit many new members of our starting XI this summer. Maybe just two (CB and LW).
The players we already have are greatly suited to Rowett's system (in the main), and they got us to 8th in the form table over the last 25 games of the season. We'd all be happy with 8th next season. You might say "but all the other teams will improve".....this is simply not true. We saw it last season with the likes of Hull; players are lost to the higher leagues, and it is certainly not a given that the replacements will elevate the team higher than they were; in fact, it is anything but.
We are good in goal, at RB (where I see Ter Avest really kicking on as no.1 with Long as backup - who knows about Kioso). LB is Currie and Leigh with Brown as third choice. We obviously need a CB to replace Nelson. Helik, Moore, Brown, Long - they are fighters but there's not enough quality on the ball there.
Midfield engine room of Brannagan, Matos, Vaulks is settled. We need to bring equally capable players in these areas (and lose the likes of Sibley, El Mizouni, who started well and faded and clearly aren't quire in this bracket, nor are they suited to the Rowett "way").
At 10, we might lose Goodrham, but we have multiple options in this area and I'm still not convinced that 10 is a pivotal position for Rowett - it's far more the dual DCM pivot and the wide players. As such, we need a new LW, I would say, to compete with Dembele. Placheta and Mills cover the right; perhaps another squad player for this position.
I've thought long and hard about the striker position. I'd be quite surprised if Harris DOESN'T start the season as no. 1. Who else out there fulfils the Rowett criteria: all-out effort, good in the press? Not many at this level.
I'll probably be completely wrong. Nothing unusual there. But I won't be disappointed if we don't bring in four or five world beaters who significantly disrupt how we go about things. If anything, the opposite could well be quite sensible.