Having a quick scan through the other 23 championship teams they aren’t many clubs set up with a director of football. Also worth noting there are 2-3 clubs owned by Chinese businessmen who don’t have a DoF in their structure.
I have no issue with us not replacing Dowling, providing we bring in a good enough manager/head coach and some supporting staff to have a good stab at building a squad.
The GK positions are ok I feel, with or without Johnstone.
The back 4 are likely to stay the same, adding Kipre as back up and maybe another addition or two.
Midfield is now threadbare, with Harper leaving. The new man only has Livermore and Sawyers available in the middle, possibly Snodgrass too depending on where he will be played and his recovery.
Wingers we seem ok with, Phillips, Grady, Robinson, plus any new additions.
Grant and Zohore available up top. Still think we can get a tune out of KG, but will need to bring in at least 2 more to support.
If we can bring in a new boss soon enough, there are plenty of decent players out of contract, some of which are playing at the Euros so probably won’t sign any contracts until they are knocked out and see what interest is available.
I’ve said before, my biggest concern is trusting Ken and Lai with making the right choice, with no ‘footballing’ brain left on the heirachy we are trusting them to pick the right candidate without really knowing too much about them.