I don't think the transfers themselves are the biggest issue - or certainly the quality of player they've signed isn't. Whatever way you look at it they have a very good squad of players. They've overspent but you wouldn't argue with that as a City fan if it brought success. What has been laughable is the way they overstocked themselves up front despite their manager's preference for 1 up front, and the money they're paying their 'back-ups' is enough that they expect to play rather than sit on the bench - there's no way to keep that squad happy, no way.
I said it ages ago and I'll say it again, they've gone far too gung ho too early, paying obscene money to big players and squad players alike. You can see it isn't a happy camp - how could it be the way they've done it? Wouldn't matter if they'd made better transfers, the result would be similar because you simply can't keep that many big money high profile players happy.
I'd back us for a title challenge next year over them simply because there's a structure to what we're doing, a logic for the moves we're making. The young players we're blooding help flesh out the squad without expecting to play every week but we know we can rely on them if we need to. For me, although the squad is still slightly thin, it does give us at least some opportunity to look at quality over quantity.
Reina
Gulasci
Johnson
Kelly
Carra
Skrtel
Agger
Wilson
Flanagan
Robinson
Spearing
Lucas
Mereiles
Gerrard
Maxi
Shelvey
Kuyt
Suarez
Carroll
isn't anywhere near as thin as some would have you believe, and that's just the players I think we'll keep for next year. I'm hoping we'll sign a left-back, centrre-back, centre-mid and 2 wingers to complement that. Easily good enough to compete in 4 competitions with the right additions - and you can see the major difference in team spirit between the sides.
I can't wait for next season.