Last year our attack was ****, last year our defense was ****.
We have added 3 players with pace and skill to that attack (counting Boufal) + we have sold in attack those who had not been contributing.
We have added 1 player to our defense and kept the same defense - i still call that progress.
You can spin whatever way you want, we are clearly not worse off than last year. Our transfer window was adequate on my scale, not perfect but a progress compared to recent seasons.