You bring up excellent points, and I do think that the players that City DID bring in will help the team, but I have to respectfully disagree about Jo. I'm not really sure if there had been anything going on behind the scenes there (player being in the manager's doghouse or something like that) or if it was just Hughes being under the impression that Jo just wasn't hacking it, but I still think that he has the capability to make it work in the long-term. Fingers crossed that we'll see signs of that from him while he's at Goodison.

I'd give City overall mixed marks. Bridge and De Jong were good signings, perhaps even inspired in the latter case. Bellamy will do alright as well. But not getting a target man in was a failure, no matter how you cut it. It was Hughes's top priority at the start of the window, and he didn't fill the need. It's incredible to me they didn't come up with a plausible alternative to Santa Cruz, especially when a player like Heskey was on the market.

I don't want to hear any moaning from Hughes about the like of a target man up front the rest of the year. I do think Caicedo should get a chance to fill that space, that kid's got a future.

Yes, he (Hart) is only 21 and will have loads of chances at getting back into the England fold playing for other clubs, but on merit it shouldn't have come to this. Is Given a quality goalkeeper? Absolutely, but by the same token, Hart hasn't deserved to have the proverbial rug pulled from under him.

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