Season 2019/20 Can We Finally Go Up?

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We all hoped that the January window would reinforce the squad and - even if marquee signings were too expensive for our budget - decent squad players would be acquired to allow us to remain competitive.
What do we see ( admittedly it is early days - but the signs are not at all promising )?

- A replacement striker should Grabbs get injured? Fail ( Walker & Da Costa not fit for purpose )
- Winger? Fail ( Diakhaby of dubious quality )
- DMF should anything happen to Sow / Watson? Fail ( Yates given golden opportunity last night but appeared unable to take his chance. No replacement despite Sow’s apparent inability to play every game )
- Second choice full back should anything happen to Cash / Ribeiro? Fail ( Jenkinson / Bong quite dreadful last night )
-  Number 10? Fail ( Silva substituted but Carvalho still ignored & no new acquisition )

As I said at the outset - early days. But the signs are distinctly dodgy.
Is this down to the acquisition team, is it down to availability of funds or is Sabri doing a Bielsa ( & demanding a limited squad )?
In the circumstances why did we allow both Robbo & Chema to leave?
Was it sensible to release Albert?
None of the above 3 were starters - but all capable of doing a job off the bench.
We appear to have gone backwards.

All very balanced and difficult to dispute if you look at it without rose tinted specs.