I would say twisting things is what you've done with your first post.
How anybody can think the squad is balanced is on some sort of mind altering drug.
Its patronising nonsense.
Including players we had out on loan last season and not likely to have this season too is completely disingenuous. There's no net gain there.
Players like Cundle or Hodge will only be included in September if they have to fudge the HG quota. Then be out on loan anyway.
Whatever we had available post January plus Mosquera is what we should be basing first team squad size on. And it's well short in lots of areas, regardless if technically Fabio or Podence have to come back to the club at some stage during the off-season.