Out of the outgoing players I'd say we've only genuinely missed Anelka. Michalik will never cut it as a Premiership centre-half and Faye has shown himself to be error prone at Newcastle. We may have missed his physical presence in the team though, always thought he was most effective in centre mid.Don't forget Speed was a big player for us as well over the last 3 seasons, so that was a big void to fill
Can you explain to me what Cohen actually brings to the team?! Seems to make more fouls than passes in a game to me. We improved in the games against Wigan and Boro after he came off. I'd agree that the other players you mention have been flops though