Looking at the whole midfield, this years side is no worse than last years really, in fact it may even be stronger.
I'm not an optimist, just look at it objectively:
- Mascherano has gone, making us much significantly weaker defensively against good teams
= Cole has replaced Yossi, that is like for like (plus he is younger, English and we get £6 million)
= Aqualani is gone, but he was injured most of last season anyway so we are no weaker there
= Riera is gone, but he was crap and didn't play so no loss again
=/+ Gerrard is still there, if he stays fit, that is a bonus from last year.
=/+ We have Maxi, fitter and more adjusted to the PL for the whole season
+ Jovanovic
+ Meireles
+ Poulsen, he may be 30, but he could do a job for us, especially as cover
+ Masch being gone means we can have a more attacking line-up against weaker teams
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