It's the end of the beginning, so where are we at?

How i feel. Well said.

Probably one central midfielder and one attacker away from feeling "comfortable" about our squad.

Yeah, agreed. Look at the teams we are competing against for the Top 4: Chelsea will finish above us, certainly. Arsenal almost always do, and they look better this year. City have a wildly expensive and huge squad. Realistically, there is one place up for grabs and Spurs, Everton, Southampton and United are all competing for it.

I think FSG will invest even more than they have this summer especially if we make CL or get back into Europa. but if we finish outside either competition then we are in a world of pain as BR was told get CL football back.

Difference with Chelsea's squad is they are playing in Europe, too. So they'll naturally need a bigger squad.

Oh and they're rich.