Yes
No
Not quite. At the end of last season my view was that we needed a quality goal-keeper, CB (Merts is past it), DM (Coq is still young, work in progress + cover for him) & a proven goalscorer.
I'm pretty sure a new manager would see things fairly similar ( as do most on here - because it obvious ) & would do all he could to address it, a-la Mourinho.
We have so far bought the goal-keeping part of this with a few weeks to go before the start of the season, a-la Wenger.
Thats the difference, quite simple but the difference between a real winner & someone who would like to win but only within his rules.