I’d agree he is better further forward and jacks the only one of the 3 that is better at the base themselves, which is a problem in itself because he can’t be relied upon. However I think we need an upgrade on both. I wouldn’t imagine lundstrum will see much game time further forward with dowell/Lawrence/hagi/raskin/cantwell/Lowry and potentially cifuentes/Tillman. Assume Bailey rice will be doing pre-season with the first team?
Lawrence, when fit, will definitely be competing for a start, but there's a few 'ifs and buts' in there mate.
I know nothing about Dowell, but I'll trust Beale on him.
We'll see where Hagi is, after a full pre season.
Hopefully back to his best.
I don't think there's any guarantees we'll see Tillman again and I'm not sure whether Cifuentes will offer the same box to box aggression, will to win and physicality that Lundstram does, when playing further forward.
I think Rice looks our best prospect and I think he will be around the first team a fair bit, but next season is all about development for him.
Hopefully he continues to progress at his current rate.
Lowry on the other hand hasn't progressed much, if at all, over the past season and I think he's more likely to go out on loan, to get some good game time.
He's currently well off the required level for our 1st team.
Overall though, with at least one more midfielder still to come in, it's probably too early to say what our pecking order will be.