Well that also ignores that we have both Thiago and Bajcetic, and neither of those are donkeys (somebody just posted Badger's stats vs Lavia, I have to say I was very surprised how close there were). So yes a better, specialist DM is desperately needed but that's to elevate us to PL challengers. We'll still be in the top 4 mix, and favourites for the EL, even without one.
They are both good choices but one is coming back from a big injury at 19 and other is always injured, think would be reckless for them to be seen as anything other than fall backs. On the current state of play, I’m glad we still have them though…