We already saw this last summer. We done nothing to reinforce midfield at all, losing Herrera & Fellaini in the process. If we recruited well last summer, we wouldn't be in this situation now. I can only see the problem compounding this summer too as Woodward is hopeless at bringing in more than 3 players. He even admitted it himself.
So we can only bring in 3 players max, making it impossible to even replace the players we're losing in the process each year, but we're rebuilding apparently?
Yes, you should have also brought in a CM in the summer to strengthen after losing those two and mean if the worst happened like it has (McT and Pogba being injured) you'd have been able to cope, but it didn't happen and overall most people were quite happy with the three you did bring in and AWB and James have been great - Maguire not so much but he has time. This window due to those issues now in place and having such a negative impact on the team mean that a CM is an absolute priority for you in this window and if you don't do it then it will be seriously questionable management and directing of the club.