Agree.
I was thinking the other day, "what if we don't go up"?
Well, even if you take out the "definite leavers" we could put out a starting 11 with a spine like this:
---------------------BB-----------------------
DB/FR--------AM-----------DS-------------DH/RD
???----------DH------------RC-------------???
--------------Guly------Barnard-------------------
The "definite leavers" IMO would be Lallana, MS and Oxo. We'd be looking at a monumental League One set of deals worth something like £15m. If Fonte or Lambert left too it could be more.
That set of players above is still very good for League One and coupled with the huge war chest we would have we would still be amongst the favourites for auto.
Retaining the likes of Lallana and Oxo without being bent over is a brilliant result. The future looks bright, however you look at it.