we need a goal scoring machine, Adebayor is better than Amauri and IQ for that matter, but i dont think he'll be better than the likes of a Dzeko for example...not that it seems we can sign him anyway.
As for sissoko, it is interesting, he is a very good destroyer who struggles to pass the ball...but as it stands, Melo and Poulsen are no better and tiago cant do teh job either.
Del Neri has stated he has 4 central midfielders and they will be it so i dont see any of them being put in deals, even though i feel if teh club were smart, they would probably sell both momo and melo and bring in at least one DM who can do it all cuz that is what we need.
The dreamer mentioned 4-4-2 being pragmatic and not requiring creativeness, somewhat true but when i think of 4-4-2, i think of united back in 1999, yes it is 11 years ago and football has changed but watching how that team functioned, they had creativeness from the wings but through the middle as well. This del neri team will struggle creating centrally and this is why deigo will be so important because he will naturally drift into deep positions and fire out a lot of passes to help create from a central position. Our wingers will need to support him a lot so the 4-4-2 will look more like a 4-2-3-1 in the end.