I think we desperately need a good deep-lying playmaker. Think someone like Cantona or Xavi in his prime. 2 DMs on at once is excessive, could play with a back 5 with the lone DM dropping back when our wing-backs bomb forward. 5-2-3 would really suit us. Plus it would create proper competition for the DM spot and there'd be fewer injury crises in that area.
People have suggested putting Barkley there and it's a great idea on paper but he has a tendency to have lapses of concentration and give the ball away, which obviously is a terrible thing to do if you're playing deep. We could put him in a free role on the left similar to Cleverley and how Gerrard used to play.
A keeper too - look at the top 4, all of them have top-quality keepers. Joel's a good keeper but I'm not entirely convinced if he's the real deal. He's not really an outstanding keeper but then he'll just kind of pop up occasionally and have a stormer (Norwich for example). We need a top-drawer keeper if we're to challenge for Europe consistently every season. Fahrmann, Horn and Leno come to mind.
And finally, sell all the aging dross in our squad. We all saw what happened last season, let's not let it happen again. Sell all the Moyes-era deadwood and bring in a good squad to create proper competition.
Starting XI could look something like this:
New keeper
Coleman---Stones---Jags---RFM---Baines
DLP---McCarthy
Lennon---Lukaku---Barkley (free role)