I don't necessarily disagree.
I think Brighton have been smart - aided by Chelsea's idiocy - and also have really good recruitment. Dan Ashworth is a super administrator in this area and set them up brilliantly (as he's now proving again at Newcastle) and they seem, so far, to be carrying on his work. Losing Caceido and Macalister in the same window will be a real test though.
I agree that status quo is underrated. I think our starting XI only needed one upgrade - a replacement for Bailey done with Diaby - and this summer was more about quality depth and challenge so we can rotate/make subs without a large drop off in quality and compete on four fronts. I think we have largely done that - our signings to date have been top notch - but injuries to key players have set us back.
I don't want to sell Kamara - he has been great for us - but I didn't want to sell Jack either. Sometimes your better players want to move on to "bigger" clubs - many obviously don't have the same emotional attachment to Villa that we have - and even Citeh recognise that if a player really wants out it's best to allow that and rebuild stronger. I think we panicked after Jack's departure - Ings was not the right man for us (fortunately Wet Spam's panic has partially bailed us out) - and I think you always have to have a plan because these things happen. My question was, if Kamara went, would Amrabat and Adams work whilst still creating a surplus to invest in a top LW (as I said, this would be added to, say, the £20m that we might have earmarked for that spot). I don't think Amrabat or Adams are better than/have the same potential as Boub (although, again as I said I haven't seen enough of them to really judge) but was looking at the squad as a whole.