Ok then. A Stevie understudy.....need one very soon
We've got Meireles who's quite similar, we've got Shelvey and we've got Coady. If the latter two don't work out we can always bring someone in but it's not a priority this summer.
We need to replace the sub par players first:
N'gog, Jovanovic, Cole, Maxi, Poulsen, Konchesky, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, El Zhar, Degen, Insua, Jones, Darby.
That's before making a decision on reserve players like:
Darby, Amoo, Eccelstone, Ayala, Mendy, Ince, Mavinga, Pacheco, Bruna, Cooper, Saric, Bouzanis, Sokolik, Kolhert & Roberts.
For instance look at our CB's:
Wilson, Wisdom, Ayala, Mavinga, Mendy, Sokolik, Regan, Sama, McGivern
That's nine CB's looking to play in two reserve spots. Granted one or two might go on loan and Wilson might not play much due to first team commitments but still it's far too many. That nine should probably be only four or five maximum.