Beside, if we can buy Auba when we still have Lacazette, our previous record transfer, than I doubt
the amount of attacking midfielders in our rank will hinder us to get him.
I think most would like a strong DM and a «real» striker but I camt see anyone coming in up front with
the amount of attacking midfielders we have.
The sheer
amount of attacking midfielders we have that all play the same position and that add no different dynamic to the game and the lack of defensive cover we have.
Not exact matches
He was concerned about the
amount of football our
attacking midfielder had been playing and with no winter break in England was clearly trying to protect a player that could be key to their success next summer at Euro 2016.
According to WhoScored.com, the South American has played ten games as a central
attacking midfielder, six on the right flank, and one game on the left - hand side; that's 17 games in total, the same
amount as he has been used as an «MC», the role he would presumably be asked to fill for Arsene Wenger's side, given their need for players in that area rather than further forward, where they have the likes
of Mesut Ozil, Tomas Rosicky and Aaron Ramsey to choose from already.
The
attack is better with the edition
of Barco and Nagbe, but Yamil Asad (RIP) did a remarkable
amount of defending and a Nagbe - Carmona holding
midfield isn't going to match the defensive output
of the Larry - Carmona pairing last season.
Part
of this problem could be considered to be that the most used central
midfield pairing, Lucas Leiva and Charlie Adam, aren't particularly dynamic nor inclined to get on the end
of crosses (
of which Liverpool have had more, per game, than any other team in the league apart from Wolves — more
of which, will be discussed later), so this only leaves a certain number
of players who will be able to get into the box in the more rigid 4 -4-2 utilised for most
of this season. Inspite
of this, however, 58 %
of Liverpool's goals have come from inside the 18 yard box, the highest in the league so far this season in terms
of percentage
of goals scored by each individual team, suggesting that this is the best avenue
of attack for Liverpool, so the question has to be: why have Liverpool only managed to score 14 times, the 10th lowest
amount of goals in the league?