I believe our real problem lies with the midfield, sad to say Adam is not the answer to bring us forward, he's too slow to get out of defensive mode into attacking mode, one touch too many and by the time he passed the ball to our wingers, all doors shut and Suarez has to do everything by himself. Honestly, I haven't seen him making a quality through pass to Suarez or a quality shot at goal, he just whipped it to the wings or someone else in midfield. We need someone better than that comes next season. He sat too deep inside our half in this game as he's not quick enough to track back to cover, that would leave us vulnerable at the back, even when he tracked back or remained in our half his defensive qualities is also questionable. Spearing is many time better than him in defensive and attacking qualities. Simply said, he can't move too far forward and he can't defend well either and resulting in us always short of bodies inside the opposition box. His crosses can't get pass the first defender most of the time and this is not acceptable. Hendo showed glimpse of what he can do but he still has a long way to go to realise his full potential.
Ok, Suarez should have been more clinical in front of goal but what do we expect of him when he had to waltz pass defenders all by himself and not getting any support from midfield. Downing is picking up form but can't blame him either, he whipped those crosses in as expected of him but Adam and Hendo lack of pace and aggression sadly does not allow them to run deep into the opposition box to avoid being caught out.
We most probably need to bring-in 4-players, 2 midfielders (one defensive and one offensive - a Masch and a Mata), proper right winger and a striker..... may just be a wishful thinking. Someone mentioned Torres, I don't mind he has got some quality passes from the wing, we have seen that before and he'll team up well with Suarez, both intelligent players.
In summary we bought badly in midfield, if we don't revamp the midfield and at least get a proper striker it'll be the same old story comes next season.
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