- Feb 13, 2006
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Yep. It was obvious in the second half what was required and the match thread is probably littered with comments from people asking us to just hold onto the ball. After their first goal it was all that was required to see out the game.
Midfield needs improving. Of that I have had no doubt for two years. Bringing Lo Celso on had he been fit instead of Winks would of probably seen us out the game. Maybe Mourinho thought Winks could do this, he doesn't usually give the ball away much after all, it is just that he isn't progressive enough but that wasnt required then.
Selling Winks and sissoko and bringing more quality in in the centre of the park is imperative. Probably one step too far in the previous window but one for next summer. This is actually the reason why I think Mourinho still needs to be given a chance this season. He probably wont win anything with us but if he gets CL qualification like he should then that is more than enough to give him another proper shot at things next season with a capable midfield with proper options in there. At the moment we have three. GLC, Ndombele and Hojbjerg. More is required.
Yep I really wanted us to be to add some more quality in midfield, I can understand why we didn't considering all the other areas that needed strengthening. Moving forward though we need at least one or two more like you said to replace Winks and Sissoko so the drop off in quality is not so big when GLC or Ndombele is out.