Lets say on your soccer team you have a HORRIBLE forward and a HORRIBLE center mid. You’v just been offered an AWESOME forward (think of the forward that you think is best in the world imagine its him), or an AWESOME center mid (think of the center mid that you think is best in the world imagine its him) which one would you sign?!?! WHY?!?!
Center Mid.
Without a center midfielder there is no one that can play the ball and anything that goes forward are long balls from the back. A Midfielder links up play between defenders and strikers they move the ball around. Look at Liverpool took out the guy that handles the ball in the middle (Alonso) and there is no link up play with the forwards.
An amateur forward can score goals with a good midfielder. Any sort of striker will have lots of shots on goal with a good midfielder.
Here in Australia, perfect example. In 2005/06 a team with no recognized midfielder scored 25 goals in 21 games. The year after, they bought in a brazilian midfielder and they scored 42 goals in 21 league games and they scored 7 goals in 3 finals games. With the same strikers, in 2005/06 the two strikers finished on 11 goals. In 2006/07 they finished on 22 goals.