Play SG in the middle or sell him

[Sir Bob]

I think we've reached the point where if we don't play SG in the middle we should sell him.

I wouldn't sell him, I'd build my team around him and play him were he can damage the opposition, in the middle of the park. Now if Rafa thinks he's not good enough defensively to do this then sell him. SG is worth £35m to £40m and as such it far too valuable an asset to play RM. No player worth that much should play in that position. No matter how good you are, you can't influence the game as you can from the middle.

So Rafa, play him in the middle or sell him to the highest bidder. Then use the cash to buy players who can do the job you want them to do. Sg is worth too much to have his talent wasted at RM.

[Howard_lfc]

I think we've reached the point where if we don't play SG in the middle we should sell him.

I wouldn't sell him, I'd build my team around him and play him were he can damage the opposition, in the middle of the park. Now if Rafa thinks he's not good enough defensively to do this then sell him. SG is worth £35m to £40m and as such it far too valuable an asset to play RM. No player worth that much should play in that position. No matter how good you are, you can't influence the game as you can from the middle.

So Rafa, play him in the middle or sell him to the highest bidder. Then use the cash to buy players who can do the job you want them to do. Sg is worth too much to have his talent wasted at RM.

I hear what you're saying and agree to an extent.

[Diego]

ermmm no

he's piss poor in the midlle as well if he's not playing to his full potention, were he plays shuold not effect his determination. i think he has potential to do more harm out right than to put him in the middle and oppose on him defencive responasabilities...

he's the best midfielder in the world weather he plays out on the right or not and he just needs to realise that, and start playing propperly, with his heart again...

[Sir Bob]

ermmm no

he's piss poor in the midlle as well if he's not playing to his full potention, were he plays shuold not effect his determination. i think he has potential to do more harm out right than to put him in the middle and oppose on him defencive responasabilities...

he's the best midfielder in the world weather he plays out on the right or not and he just needs to realise that, and start playing propperly, with his heart again...

SG is clearly unhappy playing RM. Also away from home the tactic has hardly been a roaring success this season. If SG can't play CM for Rafa then he should be sold & lets buy someone who can. As I said in my original post, I'd build my team around SG. Now if that means playing a 3-5-2 then so be it. But Rafa won't do that so we have a £40m player playing RM. Thats not a good use of resorces for a club short of cash.

[Morph]

I'd give serious thought to a three man midfield of Sissoko Gerrard and Alonso.

I'm adamant that this is what Rafa wants to play ala Valencia but he hasn't the players for it.


------Reina
---Carra--Agger
-???---------Risse
--Sissoko-Alonso
-----Gerrard

-------Kuyt

The ???? could be filled by Alves and to me that side has the makings of a title challenger to me.

But will we ever see it?

[Diego]

thats bollocks imo

why is he clearly unhappy at rm, i think it's more to do with the lot underachivieng than him being pissed of on the rm, he's not gotten his **** togeter no matter if he plays cm or rm he's just of form, an in form stevie couldn't be arsed if he played right left center, he off balance and thats clear but i'm not going to place that soely on him playing rm, think thats a load of ****....

rafa is trying to accomodate him to get the maximum out of gerrard and he thinks he can get more out of him on the tight than in the middle...

i gerrard could play in the middle like Toti did yesterday i'd have no problems, but to put him in a two man midfield youre waisting his talent as an attackin midfielder as he clearly is...

[Marky]

thats bollocks imo

why is he clearly unhappy at rm, i think it's more to do with the lot underachivieng than him being pissed of on the rm, he's not gotten his **** togeter no matter if he plays cm or rm he's just of form, an in form stevie couldn't be arsed if he played right left center, he off balance and thats clear but i'm not going to place that soely on him playing rm, think thats a load of ****....

rafa is trying to accomodate him to get the maximum out of gerrard and he thinks he can get more out of him on the tight than in the middle...
i gerrard could play in the middle like tottie did yesterday i'd have no problems, but to put him in a two man midfield youre waisting his talent as an attackin midfielder as he clearly is...

Well fcuking said Diego, he's just in bad form, simple as that.

The English media can't bring themselves to say one of their favourites is in piss poor form and has ben all season.
There was little or no queries about Stevie's role in the team when
he was playing some excellent games at right midfield last season.

[Red Chilli]

I think we've reached the point where if we don't play SG in the middle we should sell him.

I wouldn't sell him, I'd build my team around him and play him were he can damage the opposition, in the middle of the park. Now if Rafa thinks he's not good enough defensively to do this then sell him. SG is worth £35m to £40m and as such it far too valuable an asset to play RM. No player worth that much should play in that position. No matter how good you are, you can't influence the game as you can from the middle.

So Rafa, play him in the middle or sell him to the highest bidder. Then use the cash to buy players who can do the job you want them to do. Sg is worth too much to have his talent wasted at RM.

Spot on. This playing him out of postion bollocks is a ****ing farce and has gone on too long.
Right midfield is a ****ing pointless position if your central midfielders don't get you the ball. That's what is happening.
He hates it there, he has called it the graveyard position in his book. I wish Rafa would stop pissing around and play him in his best position.

An interesting quote from Ritchie Benaud

Always do what the opposition least want you to do

If you say to an opposition manager that LFC are going to put Gerrard on the right, they'll be doing sommersaults. If you tell him that Gerrard will play in the central midfield, suddenly the opponent has to adapt his gameplan.

[Bob]

I'd give serious thought to a three man midfield of Sissoko Gerrard and Alonso.

I'm adamant that this is what Rafa wants to play ala Valencia but he hasn't the players for it.


------Reina
---Carra--Agger
-???---------Risse
--Sissoko-Alonso
-----Gerrard

-------Kuyt

The ???? could be filled by Alves and to me that side has the makings of a title challenger to me.

But will we ever see it?

I don't think playing with nine players is the way forward.

[red g]

Pennant is piss poor therefore he has to play SG on the right.

Iam sure if Pennant was half as good as Rafa thought then we would see stevie in themiddle more

[Red Chilli]

Pennant is piss poor therefore he has to play SG on the right.

WHY?

Put Garcia on the ****ing right. Why are we sacrificing our BEST player becuase we are short of a right winger?

[Five_Times]

WHY?

Put Garcia on the ****ing right. Why are we sacrificing our BEST player becuase we are short of a right winger?

Give Anderson a chance. Cant be any worse than what we've seen from Pennant so far.

[Red Chilli]

Give Anderson a chance. Cant be any worse than what we've seen from Pennant so far.

I don't give a **** who plays on the right as long as it's not our best player. But Anderson is a good call, he should have been blooded before now.

[carheex]

SG is clearly unhappy playing RM. Also away from home the tactic has hardly been a roaring success this season. If SG can't play CM for Rafa then he should be sold & lets buy someone who can. As I said in my original post, I'd build my team around SG. Now if that means playing a 3-5-2 then so be it. But Rafa won't do that so we have a £40m player playing RM. Thats not a good use of resorces for a club short of cash.

Makes you wonder why we've shelled out £8m(ish?) for Pennant, a recognised winger, if we're going to stick our/the world's best centre midfielder in his place. the mind boggles.

[Diego]

WHY?

Put Garcia on the ****ing right. Why are we sacrificing our BEST player becuase we are short of a right winger?

thats the ****ing point, we're not sacrifising or waisting gerrard on the right, i'd recon even if we had jaoquin or jesus ****ing navas in our squad rafa would still put gerrard on the right somtimes. he's trying to get the best out of him and the team, and it differs who we are playing against...

it's cleat to me that if gerrard has to play in the middle we have to play with a 3 man midfield, cause haveing gerrard in a two man midfield is ****ing waste of talent...