I remember when Ranieri arrived he said he wanted to build a team similar to Liverpool's.
The guy seems to have become obsessed with this stupid plan to turn us into a Liverpool side that was completely uncompetative in the EPL and had a major amount of luck in the Champions League. They have relied on Gerrard for most of their success, and we simply do not have someone like that in midfield, how can he not realise this!?
A straight 4-4-2 that can only attack from wide is too predictable, and buying countless defensive mids isn't going to help.
Ranieri needs to give up on this idiotic notion and buy quality instead of average players who "can fit into the system".
Look at Man Utd, Chelsea, Barca all successful teams recently that haven't stuck to one system and have flexibility to change things on a game by game basis.