Yeah, it's about having options.
If we have everybody fit there's probably three glaring places in our starting XI that need 'urgent' improvement - RB, GK (albeit Pickford has stepped up lately) and that third midfield spot.
However, we also need a player who can come into the squad and basically allow us to mix things up without any drop off.
For me, the player that allows us to do that even with the other midfielders etc we currently have is a pacy forward.
Gives us another outball, another goal threat. Allows us to play James central if needed but also takes the strain off Dom and Richarlison.
That player would have played 30 games minimum this season, if fit. It really wouldn't have been a case of them being a back up.