I'm not fussed what the style of play is (it could be Dycheball every game) as long as its effective and progresses us up the league each season.
Speaking hypothetically, if Dyche was retained and we continued with the midfield 3 then we'd have:
Garner, Armstrong & Iroegbunam contracted.
Gana & Doucoure out of contract (both may yet receive one year extentions)
Mangala whose loan will expire.
I think it would be interesting to see how the first 3 names can blend into the midfield before thinking of any permanent deal for Mangala.
Secondly i'd assess how the out of contract players receiving one year extensions may allow us to bring in one signing rather than Mangala + not replacing the two.
I'd say Arsenal and Chelsea games we were under siege for fair amounts of time. City wasnt quite as worrisome even though, ironically they had the better chances and actually scored.
As above, we have 6 players on the books with one of them on loan and two out of contract. Theres alot to be assessed before talking about signing a loan player.
The current setup makes Mangala look just as good as Keane used to. Once you remove the key benefit (composed passing) and look at everything else, theres not much at all there.
