They didn't need to replace their goalkeeper, Pep chose to given he didn't have Iniesta tekkers on the ball. We also needed to replace our fullbacks, in fact we still haven't done so as we had to address other areas of the pitch. We have a centre midfielder and an ex winger as our fullbacks. You speak about injuries but our only proper left back is the definition of injuries. Darmian is shite and is the equivalent of City using Navas as a fullback - only there for specific purposes. Our centre backs were Jones who is constantly injured, Smalling who just isn't very good and Rojo who was stinking up the place. Our defence wasn't any more impressive than City's, it only looked more secure as we'd have 90% posession and bore everyone to death. Bailly was purchased and is a mainstay in our team. We also needed at least one CM, as we were still over-using Michael Carrick, we had Schneiderlin who didn't make it here, Schweni who was way past it etc. Saying Toure and Fernandinho are past it, but ignoring we had Schweinsteiger and Carrick as two our of best midfield options is laughable. They needed a backup for Aguero, fair enough, our only striker options were Wayne Rooney, and two inexperienced kids in Rashford and Martial. We needed a striker more. We needed to look for a Michael Carrick replacement, a Wayne Rooney replacement, still a proper replacement for RVP etc. Looking for a replacement for Silva (who is still their best player imo) is bollocks. He's still doing great for them, even though they've brought in his replacements. He still looks better than them all. They needed a winger? Considering we'd have either Rashford or Martial up top, that'd leave our other wing options as Ashley Young, Mata and Lingard. Two of which aren't even natural wide players. They had Sterling, Navas etc. who are proper wide-men and good options. He needed to find bench players? Who were our bench players? Depay, Morgan, Fellaini? Hardly viable options either.
Jose has signed two Centrebacks, two midfielders, two strikers and an attacker. That's the spine of the squad. He addressed essentially every position in the team, except fullbacks (which funnily enough, is our weakest position). Our squad wasn't as strong as City's and I'd argue hasn't been for a long time. Pep was a disappointment and the only reason City bought so many players isn't because they needed to, it's because Pep is trigger happy when it comes to players not being able to follow his instructions. They didn't need to buy GBJ when they had Aguero, who has been one of the best strikers in the league for a while now. A good back-up would have sufficed. They are spoilt for choice when it comes to almost every position in their squad now.
Players like De Bruyne, Aguero etc. have not flourished under him like most thought, in fact they've struggled. Sane and Sterling started off incredibly but withered away. He spends the money he has, not because he needed to, but because he had to. Jose made it adamant he wanted 4 signings, indicating he still sees position he needs to address in the side. We still need another attacker and two fullbacks, given our only proper and decent fullback is a 32 year old Valencia.
What do City still need? They've got some of the World's best players in every position. Would like to see him scrap everything and start fresh again next Summer should he fail.
What the feck does on course even mean? Your prediction? Pellegrini himself acknowledged that announcing Pep was incoming helped in City's capitulation, stating he'd have not done so if he had another chance. Kompany has always had injury, didn't stop them winning the league the year before. I really don't think Sane and Jesus would have gone for 200m, regardless of the current climate of the window. Jesus played for a Brazilian team, who don't have the resources to demand money close to that amount, same with Sane. They aren't playing for Monaco's, or Madrid's, who don't need money. They won 12 points more than under Pel, who's team capitulated, after spending more money than any other team in the prem. If that isn't underwhelming, I don't know what is. As you say, we got the better players and spent less than they did in that window. They got 5 players, we got 4. So I don't see how their rebuild was so much harder than ours. It wasn't.
He's done feck all since coming to the Prem and given the fact that once again he spent more than any other team, he has absolutely no excuse this season. Anything less than a proper challenge for the CL and a Prem title will be a bad season for him. He's essentially replaced the whole team, has about 2-3 top class players in every position and now has his own players, capable of playing his magic football. He has started the season shakily, going to be interesting to see if it continues.
