When N'Zonzi was available at the end of the season we should have got him. We lack height and physical prescence in the middle of the pitch, he would have done a job for us in certain games and wouldn't have cost us a fortune.
Ireland is supposed to be talented, but we've seen precious little of it.
Surely the answer at the moment is Herd? Combative, energetic and does not take shit, surely he should be in with KEA, protecting the back 4. Delph is a lovely footballer, but if I was going over the wall, I would prefer Herd was alongside me than any of our other options. We registered 25 players, so NRC could not play till Jan anyhow, and I think come Jan someone better than him will arrive in there. They will have had 6 months to find a midfield general by then, and be swelled with Bent transfer cash from Liverpool no doubt!