It’s now May and having watched us all season I don’t think we have a regular system, we play Suarez as a lone striker, we play Carroll as a lone striker, we play the two together, we play Gerrard off the front man, deep in midfield or on the right etc you get the picture. What do you think our best formation is and which players would you choose to play in it (assuming everyone is fit).
I would go with:
----------------- Reina ------------------
Johnson ---- Skrtel ---- Agger ---- Enrique
------------- Adam ---- Lucas -----------
---- Suarez ------ Gerrard --------Downing
------------------ Carroll -----------------
Goalkeeper – only one choice here
Centre backs – again the obvious choice our best partnership, both have been playing well for most of the season and allow us to play a higher line.
Full backs – This was a tough one at the start of the season Enrique was great, but as the season has gone on his form level has dropped now he has reached the point of making me nervous, I’ve stuck with him but it was a toss-up between including him and playing Johnson at LB and Kelly at right back. Johnson is our best full back and playing him on his favoured side probably had an impact on me picking Enrique over Kelly.
Centre midfield – I don’t think anyone realised how important Lucas was until he got injured, again Adam is one that has been frustrating, but he has offered something tangible in terms of assists than none of the others have really come close to, our lack of options in this area is worrying. I think Henderson could develop and would do better alongside Lucas, but having not seen him there I didn’t feel I could pick him there.
Attacking midfield – Gerrard playing off the front man like he used to plays to his strengths it gets him further up the field where he can be more dangerous and have more influence on the game. Alternatively he can drop back into midfield when needed to make a 3 mad midfield.
Wide areas – On the right we don’t have a great deal of options, Suarez played there for Ajax and I think that playing him here will give us a more rigid structure as it allows us to have Carroll up front, which always gives us a presence in the box, Suarez floats around too much as a lone striker. On the left I went with Downing because I think he could do well playing regularly with Carroll, but most likely we’d swap between Downing and Bellamy. I think Suarez and Downing would complement each other well Downing crosses from wide areas where as Suarez will run at defenders and come inside.
Striker – the choice was between Carroll and Suarez, Carroll provides a target man, a physical presence and someone who will stay in the box, whereas Suarez floats around and is unpredictable – while that is a problem for defenders it is also a problem for us as it often leaves us without someone in the box.
I think this side would give us alot more than we have had this season the there is some good attacking options there with that line up with Gerrard, Suarez and Carroll we have our best attacking players on the pitch and they all offer something different. The problem areas are centre midfield (Adam), left wing and left back, all these need addressing in the summer, we also need another striker and more squad options if the players it looks like will be moving on do actually leave.
I would go with:
----------------- Reina ------------------
Johnson ---- Skrtel ---- Agger ---- Enrique
------------- Adam ---- Lucas -----------
---- Suarez ------ Gerrard --------Downing
------------------ Carroll -----------------
Goalkeeper – only one choice here
Centre backs – again the obvious choice our best partnership, both have been playing well for most of the season and allow us to play a higher line.
Full backs – This was a tough one at the start of the season Enrique was great, but as the season has gone on his form level has dropped now he has reached the point of making me nervous, I’ve stuck with him but it was a toss-up between including him and playing Johnson at LB and Kelly at right back. Johnson is our best full back and playing him on his favoured side probably had an impact on me picking Enrique over Kelly.
Centre midfield – I don’t think anyone realised how important Lucas was until he got injured, again Adam is one that has been frustrating, but he has offered something tangible in terms of assists than none of the others have really come close to, our lack of options in this area is worrying. I think Henderson could develop and would do better alongside Lucas, but having not seen him there I didn’t feel I could pick him there.
Attacking midfield – Gerrard playing off the front man like he used to plays to his strengths it gets him further up the field where he can be more dangerous and have more influence on the game. Alternatively he can drop back into midfield when needed to make a 3 mad midfield.
Wide areas – On the right we don’t have a great deal of options, Suarez played there for Ajax and I think that playing him here will give us a more rigid structure as it allows us to have Carroll up front, which always gives us a presence in the box, Suarez floats around too much as a lone striker. On the left I went with Downing because I think he could do well playing regularly with Carroll, but most likely we’d swap between Downing and Bellamy. I think Suarez and Downing would complement each other well Downing crosses from wide areas where as Suarez will run at defenders and come inside.
Striker – the choice was between Carroll and Suarez, Carroll provides a target man, a physical presence and someone who will stay in the box, whereas Suarez floats around and is unpredictable – while that is a problem for defenders it is also a problem for us as it often leaves us without someone in the box.
I think this side would give us alot more than we have had this season the there is some good attacking options there with that line up with Gerrard, Suarez and Carroll we have our best attacking players on the pitch and they all offer something different. The problem areas are centre midfield (Adam), left wing and left back, all these need addressing in the summer, we also need another striker and more squad options if the players it looks like will be moving on do actually leave.
and sure you don't have the authority to do that!!!!! I have no issues with laying down the law this summer, sick of the over paid, under performing ****e. LFC need to get ruthless.
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