good post.
I have also thought that Gerrard basically wants to play like Liverpool, or very, very similar, which as you say, kind of needs 3 x 6's (maybe not specific 6's, but defensive players who can also play football, to allow the full backs to kick on, just like Liverpool.....
The problem is, as you alluded to, is we dont have suitable players for this, and/or the players just simply arent good enough for it.
i think this summer will be really, really critical.......i think we need to really hope Gerrard gets the players in he wants, becuase if we bring in average players, we will just end up with more of the same.