I agree about the plan. He has a philosophy that has worked in the past and he is going to see it through.
On the transfers. I always find it amusing that people say we should has signed x player or y player. This is not FIFA. Players have to sign off on a move just like their clubs do, and a lot of players do not want to live in Birmingham.
Morpheus bangs on about Berba. He wanted to live in London. No way we would have signed him. Same with Carroll or Defoe.
The player PL made the mistake with was Dempsey. PL got butt hurt that Dempsey would rather have signed with the scum and let that affect his decision making process. This is a different team with Dempsey in it. He is exactly the player we are missing, and by all accounts he was there to be had.
Point being, if you are going to criticize the man over signings, at least make them signings that were actually feasible.