The midfield is absolutely key and we don't really have one. DA has fiddled about too much with 'spare' players. It's about time he played a lot more attention to it. The lack of a real midfield means that we find it difficult to influence things at either end of the pitch. It's also the reason we rarely clear the ball from corners/free kicks.
However,it can't be denied that we have severely missed Jones and Wintle but I don't think the former will play for us again.
I believe Lowery will be good but we shouldn't be playing him so often.
It is about time Walker was given a sustained run in the team as defensive midfield behind 2 central midfielders. I' d then play Ainley behind Porter/Reilly/Dagnall (whichever 2). This is 4-1-2-1-2 (with a diamond). It can easily be changed with either Kirk/Cooper for a bit of wing approach as long as this means they get behind rather than crossing from deep.