No preseason, the season very much condensed , Silva gone, Foden we still have to treat carefully , want to avoid burnout and too high expectations. Bernardo needs to up his game, Gundo and Kdb have had previous injury problems. We must learn from the start of last season with not replacing Kompany and then a major injury to Laporte. Our title challenge was over as soon as he (Laporte) was injured.I think my definition of "short in midfield" and mine are a bit different. People thought we'd struggle without Kev last time and Bernardo stepped up. This time around we might be missing David but Foden is his replacement so we're all good. We don't need anyone to be brought in to feed of scraps like Phil has been doing.