Firstly, I know Mancini, Marwood and co. aren't in for a tenth of the players we're linked to in the papers, so this isn't some knee-jerk reaction to a particular rumour.
Still, given that we're 'only' going to be playing in the Europa next season, I find it really interesting reading people's wish lists for the rest of this window.
So far we've brought in Silva, Toure and Boateng, all of whom are improvements on those we already had. When good players are available, there's always a case for doing the utmost to sign them. All the same, I'd be happy if we cooled off and didn't move for anyone else until this time next year.
The squad we already have took us to within 90 minutes of the Champions League; it isn't one that needs a massive overhaul. We don't need another central defender, a left back, a right back and a center forward on top of the three we've brought in. Further to that, we have 37m worth of strikers in Jo and RSC aren't anywhere near anyone's starting eleven. Paying 20 or 30 million for Milner (something that's been pretty much unanimously been rejected here, I know) and similar figures for an uncapped, untested David Luiz seems like lunacy when we've a very realistic shot of cracking the tier of players above them (via Champions League qualification/trophy wins/etc) in 12 months time.
I've faith that Mancini and the playing squad will get the job done this year. Already we've improved the quality of player here and, by and large, our squad size is sufficiently to challenge on all four fronts. Another great overhaul is both unneeded and unwarranted.
NQDP said something about decent players costing us 15m, good players 20+ and great players anywhere up to 100. We've set a dangerous precedent in a) paying as much as we did for RSC, Bridge et al last year and b) moving so early in this window. I think we need to be patient in order to bring the numbers down (even just a little bit) for this time next season.
What I want to know then, ultimately, is why some people here thinking we need to sign 6 or 7 players this time out when we're not terribly further along in the project than we were twelve months ago? Further to that, why do we need to sign anyone at all? With the attacking midfield department now sorted, I can't think of anymore crippling weaknesses in the squad at all.