In the Gomel game alot of fans commended suarez and borini link up, lucas for being a rock in the middle but one of the major factors that lead to the squad looking incredible was stevie. Because of the quality midfielder he is, capable of speeding up and slowing down the game picking out the right pass, the squad look very fluent in its play. Now if we take stevie out the mix who do we really have to step up and control that midfield, even though we love shelvey and hendo (some fans) they are still learning the game they often rush the game or like hendo play it safe the whole time and we never get in the attack.
Couple season ago sahin was the best player in german league for a reason he could play deep and pick out a pass anywhere on the pitch hes intelligent and reads the game, he can play high or stay deep if we want him to. the only problem is he couldnt play on the wing, but get dempsey and gaston could cover that area. Sahin and the other players are the key to LFC season, the difference between doing how everyone expected us to do or reaching for greatness. i believe if we get all those players allen would eventually get relegated to the bench until stevie sahin or lucas gets injured.
Shipping out spearing adam cole and hendo seems a must, at this point spearing is almost at the stage where if he doesnt have hthe talent yet it aint coming so sell him and bring in coady as the alternative to develop.