Assists
WE are missing his set-piece delivery, for sure.
But people are missing the question, because I didn't expand on it.
The real question is "What do we lose, and is it replaceable?"
The answer to assists is complicated, because most of Gerrard's assists are from corners and free kicks. He also takes most of the corners and indirect free kicks. So we won't know what impact his absence will have, until someone else takes the corners and free kicks.
His non-set-piece assists, though, are on a par with the rest of the team. We have 12 players who have assisted a goal for a total of 20 assists. Gerrard has 6 of those, of which 4 were set piece/corners. So for open play assists, he has 2 - the same number as Sturridge, Suarez and Enrique. So again, we're not in the crippled position some people like to think. We don't know how the next set-piece taker will perform, and they could perform equally well. Similarly, it's not like we're reliant on Gerrard for assists from open play. Suarez creates them, Coutinho creates them, Johnson creates them, Henderson creates them, Sterling creates them. It's a loss, but not a crippling one.
So the main question, as I said, is really "Are we actually losing much, or are we able to replace what Gerrard brings?"
And I think we've enough in the squad to replace most of what Gerrard brings to the team, if we spread it around the other players.