I don't know about anyone else, but IMO we need to get a defender in. It's really going to harm our start if we get no one else in sooner rather than later and give them time to get a partnership together.
But as has already been said on this thread, we are a newly promoted side who needs to strengthen unlike a team like Newcastle whose main objective is to keep their existing side together.
Could easily be explained by cortese not actually having control over the club and continuing with business as usual. As I said though this is most likely not true.
Why are you linking to teams like city and Newcastle? The finished near the top of the table last season whilst we were in the championship. Its a totally different scenario.