If Stephens goes in January, which i doubt very much, it will only be because we have a replacement for him lined up.
No way would we go with the other 3 and Towell/Ince as 4th choice
We have the money for a striker, its a totally seperate issue.
We have been pretty good in games without Stephens too...... we certainly do miss Kayal, just not as much as we used to with the quality we have in Norwood and Sidwell.
But really for me there is no right or wrong answer on this one, both players are very very good.
Stephens has far more goals in him than Kayal is a key factor i believe, this makes him harder to replace I guess and he is a bigger unit that Kayal which all managers like.
Again though If i had to only keep one of Kayal or Stephens.... as much as it would break my heart to lose Stephens its...