Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
We've lost five players who were pretty regular selections in the Premier League last season and so far we've brought in someone who was relegated from the Championship and a couple of lower division free transfers. Flint seems to be on his way, so that helps, but, given the choice, I'd prefer we kept Bruno - we have to be weaker than we were, so now our manager has to do better than he has done lately at the higher end of the transfer market in terms of fees.
When Bruno came into the centre of defence later on last season I thought we looked a lot more compact at the back. I'm sorry to see him go, and our current squad - even with the 'Warnock' effect - looks mid table at best.

From experience we all know transfer deals accelerate as the deadline approaches, so we haven't got a complete squad yet, but for a club with the lowest wage bill in last year's Prem. league and probably a current wage bill around average for the Championship, plus the parachute payments, plus the sale of Zohore and Manga - well, I could go on, but if City really want to challenge for a top 6 spot I hope they don't think they'll do it with what we've got at present...