I know its not popular opinion but i dont think Livermore is nowhere near as bad as some make out, i would imagine he is one of those players who is appreciated more by his team mates than by fans, Heskey used to be the same.
Livermore had a poor season last year just like all our other central midfielders, none stood out, there wasnt the correct balance as we didnt have personnel.
Livermore's job this season will be to add a bit of strength and screen the back four and get the ball to the likes of Sawyers, Harper, Krovinovic who do the ball work, you dont want a team of Livermores and you dont want a team of Krovinovic, you want a mix. You dont buy him to be your play maker or be your goalscoring midfielder, he plays the odd killer pass but mainly he just keeps the ball moving and ticking over, he is solid and unspectacular but most teams have a player like that.
If there is better out there then i hope we get them, Ajayi may be that man, but as it stands i think Livermore is the best option we have for that role.
The bloke has played for his country, he played every game for Hull in their most successful era and every Albion manager picks him, i would imagine they see things on the training ground which dont stand out to us, also he could well be a good organiser on the pitch, a leader, we dont know because we dont hear it, Darren Fletcher used to get slated as doing nothing for us but we have never been the same since he left.
I have said previous if we can get somebody better i would move Livermore back to centre half but for the time being he is the best we have for that role.