I agree with this
Not sure who we try as the attacking midfielder but I'd be inclined to include Livermore. I do not think Field is that sort of player.
Yacob Krychowiak
Burke/Phillips Livermore Brunt
Rondon
One of our biggest problems has been the lack of Chadli and Morrison. I’m not saying we’d be half way up the league, but we’d have a better balance in our team and a link between midfield and attack, which would most likely reflect in a higher total of points accumulated.
We’ve got no “runners†from central midfield. Yacob, Barry, Livermore, Greg K aren’t midfielder players who will score or assist many goals.
Pardew tried to change too much far too quickly in my opinion. Initially when he came in, one of our greatest strengths; set pieces seem to be neglected. It’s our main goal threat and we’ve been coached for 2 nearly 3 years to be a reactive side and rely on set pieces.
We can’t put it down to recruitment etc, but I think only Megson seemed to have an idea with how we set up v Tottenham and Newcastle.
Sadly, I think we are down, and going down without any fight. And for me that’s unforgivable.