This Smallwood/Evans combination in centre midfield has not been working at all this season. When was the last time we won a game mainly due to Smallwood and Evans worked wonderfully to protect the defence or even run the midfield. We are conceding goals left right centre, especially in the last minutes. Clearly even with 2 defensive midfielders, we can't even stop conceding these silly late goals.
And yes, we desperately need a tough ass centre back (i don't know who as long as its not a midfielder-turned-defender).