I think the other thing with midfield though, is there needs to be some sort of succession planning. Only Davies of all the current options in midfield is at an age where you'd expect them to still be a regular in 3 years. And while age is on his side, ability isn't. I think if we don't get another midfielder in in the summer (bearing in mind we don't really do January) then you're looking at a situation where you end up trying to build an entirely new midfield all the same time again. And as you've touched on, that's hard to do. The following season Allan will be 32 and in his final year, as will James, Doucoure will be 30, Sigurdsson's current contract will be finished etc. Obviously you hope for someone like Onyango to come through but I think ideally you bring at least one younger midfielder in this summer so that you're not ripping the whole thing up and starting again in 2 years. It's something we're traditionally rubbish at, but we really need to introduce that sort of planning instead of always waiting until it's too late before we replace people.@Lanolin, I agree it's a weakness - a glaring weakness.
The issue however is if you consider we've already brought in Allen and Doucouré; with the deficiencies elsewhere, it may not be top of the club's list.
Simply, we can't start next season with Coleman, and for all the great work others have done there it limits our offensive capabilities down the right.
Nor we can start next season with Iwobi as our primary option on the right or with only DCL and Richarlison; King may resolve one aspect, but we'll see.
Those two or three areas there should vastly improve how we play and for me the focus should always be on first improving the XI rather than the squad.
While the midfield is a concern, my point is/was that I expect any movement there will be dependent on moving on one of Gylfi or Gomes before we move.
That should be a priority too as your points are completely valid, but as others have said we could have James move there if other places are filled.
So for me, RB and RW > CF > CM in that order. Resolve all of that and we'd be in a much, much better position.
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