'Disappointing lack of promotion ambition'

On Wednesday we asked what you made of Bristol City's business in the transfer window.

There were no new faces at Ashton Gate during the window, though City did manage to hang on to Mark Sykes, while the Robins saw four players go out on loan with Ephraim Yeboah heading to Dunfermline, Kal Naismith joining Luton, Fally Mayulu going to Sturm Graz and Rob Atkinson to Portsmouth.

Boss Liam Manning said finances were partly behind the lack of incomings, telling BBC Radio Bristol: "We had quite a big summer in terms of what we brought in."

Here are some of your responses:

Gary: I may be one of the only fans who think this but I'm not too upset about not making any signings this window. January is always tough and signings don't always produce when brought in this window. Lots of people said we could dip into the loan market, do you not remember Ryan Kent and Lois Diony? Both came to the club with lots of promise but never delivered. Keeping hold of key players was important - having three fit centre-backs is a worry, but we have the pathway we can use.

Alan: Speaks volumes about the lack of ambition at Ashton Gate. We are touching distance from the play-offs. We have no reliable striking cover behind the hard-working but 34-year-old Nahki Wells. Yet we wouldn't even bring in a forward on loan. Very disappointing.

Ed: As usual, a disappointing lack of ambition from the senior management to push hard for promotion. They blame the transfer activity in the summer for a lack of funds, but that activity has produced no significant improvement. What happened to the proceeds of the sales of Semenyo, Scott and Conway?

DJ: Underwhelming January window, but having seen the recent communication from the club, I can completely understand why. It's a shame though, as with a couple of decent loanees we could have had a decent push towards the top six. I really hope after what the club have said about the academy lads not getting game time due to squad size that this now changes and I would love to see Elijah Morrison get his chance.

Darren: Frustrated to say the least as it is so obvious to all that watch how much we needed a striker. I understand that if Fally had not settled in that it's best for him to go out on loan. We are in the best position we have been in for a long time and it feels like we show no ambition to go forward, and feel we will probably fall short, but I hope the team will prove me wrong.

Ben: Keeping Mark Sykes is as good as a new signing. He's a key player. January signings don't always have a positive impact so keeping the strong team spirit is a positive step as a play-off place is a real possibility.

Alex: It was an embarrassing January but let's be honest we're still paying for the sins of the summer. The recruitment was on the whole very poor and if was done properly January would happily be quiet. We sign two strikers for big money and neither are fit or good enough to start over an ageing striker who was on his way out. Until we put competent people in charge then we will continue in this cycle of being average. All that said, to be three points off play-offs and not sign the one player who could get us over the line just says it all really.

Andy: Truthfully I am fully supportive of the club's position regarding the January window. We are a club being managed well, both at academy and first-team level and well supported by our owners. We may be a mid-table Championship team pushing for an occasional play-off place but rather that than boom and bust.

Jordan: Still need a proven striker. All these Championship clubs signing top strikers and other players and we've let Mayulu go and no one else brought in? Can't see Wells and Armstrong getting us into play-offs.