Exploring the Rotation Myth and Liverpool’s Real Problem

[KopSecret]

Yawn...

[StevieG08]

All this talk is boring and has been done to death now, we've had a better start than normal and our form usually picks up towards xmas and beyond so lets judge then how we're doing. As yet we are still undefeated in the league.

[jayjay]

The article is flawed on many levels. I noted David Villa as blaming a small squad and a lack of rotation as the reasons for not finishing well last season at Valencia.

I think the core of what Carheex said is correct but I think that any of the options listed could have an effect on the team as a whole. Obviously they are not the whole of the problem but sometimes a slight change can have bigger repurcussions than might be expected.

For example the England rugby team plays better with Wilkinson in the team even when he plays poorly. I'm not sure I see any exact analogy in terms of a cause of/solution to our problems but that isn't to say there isn't one.

Funny you should say that I'm tempted to believe Harry brings a sense of balance to our attack. When he plays we seem to have fluid movement in attack from midfield. When he played with Luis and Steven in a trio behind a striker we were slick, direct and very dangerous in front of goal. They all ran at defenders and, we all know how defenders struggle with that.

I also remember Didi making us click many times over the years and, how we missed him when he didn't start, esp against B Leven & in Istanbul.