he played that role for Hull City when they had a lot of injuries and did well by all accounts, however we need real CH's playing there and both Ajayi and Bartley will be fine next season in the Championship, and we have O'Shea and Kipre as cover if needed.
Livermore can tackle it's Sawyers who can't/won't.
Livermore managed 5 assists for someone who can't pass or drive the team forward....4 more than Sawyers.
Sawyers might be able to pick a pass but it's usually 2 yds backwards or sideways. Also Sawyers is one of those players that often passes without looking (the own goal against Leeds being the one really obvious example of this).
We need to improve on both for next season.
Well we agree on that.
I won't argue with your stats but I say what I see and I can't remember any of Livermore's assists.
What I do remember his him repeatedly going in for tackles with no thought of actually retaining possession, just getting a foot in, mistiming tackles, misplacing 5 yard passes and hitting passes at waste height, because he doesn't have the composure to take the ball down so hit's it first time.
Sawyers is indeed worse in certain areas but I think, could still be an asset, with a better player alongside (Yokuslu) who would allow him to get further up the pitch where he could do more, and cause less, damage. Only in the Champ though, it would not work in the prem.
I don't think changing Livermore's partner makes any difference and that's the only reason I would go with Sawyers
