I am honestly not seeing this huge dropoff on the cole front. He is not what he was for certain. But he isn't as bad as he is being made out. And having a naturally left footed player there has its own advantages. As for Rami, his engine is what we need in these sort of games. Get back and defend then springboard into attack. Ivans presense at set pieces is kind of off set by his delivery which occurs a lot during the game imo. And i don't think we lose out significantly from Ivan to Azpi at RB. But yeah you make a good point, and i can see it both ways. As for Lampard, having Matic should provide him more freedom so its a viable option, but against City especially Matic could probably use some assistence. But tbh i would honestly put lampard up front pack the midfield and let lampard make his late runs and take shots at his hearts content.