The way i see it we would have stayed up if we had the loan players from the start of the season. I'd look to sign 4/5 players, i imagine Sedge was one of the higher paid players so should have a good chance of signing a strong replacement there.
People are thinking 3 seasons of struggling so let's change everything, but with our budget at the moment we can't expect more than lower mid-table and that's overachieving. Bringing in a new squad is very risky in terms of quality- i doubt there are 10+ players of BSP quality Alty can attract. As we have seen with Barratt those that may be of the quality and are possibly interested we have competition for. Also any cohesion would be lost, which could lead to a very poor start to the season.