The truth is having a squad of 20 players isn't all about having the very best, just look at United. Dare I say (because our bunch is simply better) but Zaba, Kolorov, Barry (looking to the future), Johnson and Nasri etc are the equivalent of O'Shea, Brown, Carrick, Park, Evans etc for United. Some will have to be happy starting with every other game and others will be one in 3 or 4 but make no mistake, squad players are as important to winning the major trophies as the front line players in many ways. This is especially the case now we have the financial fair play rules as we can't just write these players off whilst replacing them with more players that will cost high prices. I think we have to accept that this is the core of the squad that is going to take us to European glory which is the exact reason why Mancini has bought players at the right age with the right experience and mentality as well as great ability.
From now on imo we will be signing players on a one by one basis, starting with centre back. Toure is gone, Savic and Boyata are far too young for phase 3 and I'm still not entirely convinced by the Kompany/Lescott partnership. After that it will be a midfielder and maybe a 4th choice striker and then, imo we will be done until we start producing our own players.
