Stephenlloyd
Player Valuation: £40m
So we need 2 defensive midfielders then, to play the system you’re talking about. Gomes is not a defensive midfielder, yes he drop off and gets the ball of the centre backs but it’s not his natural game.I hadn't actually seen the stat but the obvious answer is that our formation and style of play is not set up for our central midfielders to create chances in the same way that a lot of teams are. We play 4 attacking players and ask our full backs to get forward in support, our midfielders are mostly used to move the ball from the defence on to the wide players, not to create chances. There's no obvious correlation between the 2 things you're talking about.
And I would say Gana is not a natural number 6 who protects the back 4. Hrs not disciplined enough and goes walk about.
So to play the system you think we are playing, we may as well sell Gana, don’t buy Gomes. And buy 2 out and out defensive midfielders.