When you think that we are only missing Laporte, our squad is way too thin to compete on all fronts. Until we have a summer where we actually increase the numbers, I feel like we have to just focus on the big two and if we get knocked out of the domestic cups then so be it. There’s really not much depth at all. And wait until we have 3 or 4 injuries (a very common thing for all clubs). Bench will be entirely kids and unable to rotate much. I can’t say that I understand why we are making the squad thinner, it was always our competitive advantage that we can rotate the most with the least drop off. We’re losing that advantage now at a really bad time with there being 5 subs allowed. If we get lucky with injuries then we can compete for all 4, but how likely is that? Wish we had 2 or 3 more senior players.