Makes a good point well - its no longer good enough to have a good first X1 its now necessary to have a good 18+ players where the drop off in quality across that number is not that great.
I'd even suggest we need 20/21 rather than 18+ , even if that isn't fully achieved this window, that's our target.
18 top players plus the odd back up and decent selection of young uns. I think the old Jose special of 22 (1 for each position) is overkill