Stayed away for a while as I couldn't cope with the whinging that was bound to happen when we discovered how hard the Premiership is. I have supported City, for God knows how many years I was about six or seven when I went to my first match I'm now nearly 70, so its a long time. I have a piece of string hanging out my arse, its blue and white and on the other end is a yo yo, that's me, I've been up and down more times more than Casanova with this club and it seems that the pattern is continuing. We are a good honest club, with good owners and believe it or not a good manager. There is no doubt we need to strengthen if we are to survive, some of the players from last season are not good enough. I have my opinions on who they are, but I am sure we need a good central defender, and a striker able to partner Ulloa and neither will come cheap. The midfielders are good enough if they are going forward, but they have to spend so much time fire-fighting at the back, there is no link up play. This leaves the forwards isolated and when they do get the ball they are trying to do things on an individual basis which will never work unless your Messie or Ronaldo. We can survive, it will be interesting to see who Pearson signs in January.