A didn't see anyone lamenting Jones' absence while Bent, Gyan and Welbeck were banging them in.
The more i think about it, one of Bruce's biggest mistakes could well be signing Wickham. If we accept that Bruce was almost powerless in losing Bent and Gyan, we can't blame him for these players moving on, but any big money striker we subsequently brought in had to be capable of delivering NOW. I'm sure all of us would feel more comfortable having, for example, Defoe in the squad. And, naturally, a quality replacement for Gyan, too. Also, i don't think we needed Gardner and that's 6 million that could have went towards striker/winger. These decisions really count.