1) get rid of some of the mediocrity clogging up the squad and establish a genuine pecking order, complete with defined tactics, and utilise what is at our disposal.
2) don't get rid of Lamela, and, y'know, actually play him. That would be like a new signing.
3) Recall BAE/get a left back from somewhere
4) don't spunk 20 million on a panic buy in an area we're already overcrowded in i.e wingers/forwards.
5) only ever buy players in positions we need who are either long term prospects happy with that role, or good enough to actually establish themselves in the first team.
Players included in point 1): Siggy, Chadli, Holtby (gone already), Capoue, Naughton, Defoe (already gone).