In Pellegrini's system we are seriously short at right back and seriously short of quality in centre midfield.
We struggled at the beginning of the season because we had three injured first choice centre backs for a spell.
All three are key positions for our style of play. We are blessed up front and could play one up front if we lose another striker to injury. (Although Aguero and maybe Jovetic are approaching full fitness).
Our weakness in the above areas wouldn't be a major problem if we weren't chasing 4 trophies, we all want to see us lift at least two, possibly three, and if we won all four then bluemoon would go into meltdown. The squad can still be improved and isn't as complete as some in the media like to suggest. Couple this with bringing in younger players to replace older ones as time marches on, and there is always reason to want one or two transfers in a window, unless the EDS and youth teams can provide reinforcements. Our EDS players don't seem ready yet, so we have to spend when the opportunity arises so we can improve.
We made the mistake of not signing players in the second last summer window, then did some panic buying which didn't improve the squad. Only Nastasic has proved to be a decent buy from the 2012 summer spending so far. We don't want to make the same mistakes again. If we can't get the player/s we need in January then we'll have to carry on as we are and hope we don't get any more injuries and some of the crocks can shake off their fitness issues.
We struggled at the beginning of the season because we had three injured first choice centre backs for a spell.
All three are key positions for our style of play. We are blessed up front and could play one up front if we lose another striker to injury. (Although Aguero and maybe Jovetic are approaching full fitness).
Our weakness in the above areas wouldn't be a major problem if we weren't chasing 4 trophies, we all want to see us lift at least two, possibly three, and if we won all four then bluemoon would go into meltdown. The squad can still be improved and isn't as complete as some in the media like to suggest. Couple this with bringing in younger players to replace older ones as time marches on, and there is always reason to want one or two transfers in a window, unless the EDS and youth teams can provide reinforcements. Our EDS players don't seem ready yet, so we have to spend when the opportunity arises so we can improve.
We made the mistake of not signing players in the second last summer window, then did some panic buying which didn't improve the squad. Only Nastasic has proved to be a decent buy from the 2012 summer spending so far. We don't want to make the same mistakes again. If we can't get the player/s we need in January then we'll have to carry on as we are and hope we don't get any more injuries and some of the crocks can shake off their fitness issues.