I'm guessing Bruce is going to favour 3-5-2 to fit Long and Jelavic in the team, if that's the case we really need a new centre half. As excellent as Bruce has been defensively he's not comfortable enough on the ball at this level, he's had a couple of arse wobblers that we've been fortunate to evade punishment from but sooner or later at this level it will start getting punished.
But mainly as the central figure in a back 3 Bruce probably sees as much of the ball as any other City player in a match, I think we'd be a far more comfortable side with a more assured ball player to build a platform from.
He definitely needs a new contract ASAP though it runs out in the summer, and he's as good backup as we could hope for.
Really not sure why Hobbs went as he would have been a good option for that central role. I agree though we need a replacement for Bruce and Figueroa unless Brady is going to play LWB.


