What is our best 11?

[danperkins]

*Sorry if there is a thread like this already.. if so mods can delete, edited title also*

When everyone is fully fit and firing, what is our best starting 11 & what formation do we play?

Considering we are going to bring in players in January too i'm very curious to know if Rodgers knows his best team himself? Have we even had everyone fit to test this out?

Someone has to get dropped! Suarez is a banker to start, Sterling deserves his place on recent performances, Hendo deserves his places on recent performances.

So that leaves Lucas,Gerrard,Sturridge & Coutinho fighting for the other spots. Can't see Rodgers leaving Stevie out either.

[PTP]

Mignolet

Johnson
Sakho
Agger
Enrique

Lucas
Gerrard
Henderson

Coutinho
Suarez
Sturridge

Don't even think it's up for debate

[Bender]

Mignolet

Johnson
Sakho
Agger
Enrique

Lucas
Gerrard
Henderson

Coutinho
Suarez
Sturridge

Don't even think it's up for debate

you see now this brings Sterling into the equation on current form,who do you drop? only way i see it is by playing 3 at the back!

[danperkins]

Stevie beside Lucas seemed to get bypassed in midfield though. And Sterling has been much more effective than Coutinho.

[john316]

Mignolet

Johnson
Sakho
Agger
Enrique

Lucas
Gerrard
Henderson

Coutinho
Suarez
Sturridge

Don't even think it's up for debate

This and its not even close for me.

[PTP]

Stevie beside Lucas seemed to get bypassed in midfield though. And Sterling has been much more effective than Coutinho.

Sterling has been playing well, and I agree gerrard/Lucas isn't ideal in some games, plus skrtel has arguments to start as well

But it's important that we have those options cause as we have seen its about the quality of the squad as a whole, not just the starting XI...how often have we managed to play that XI?

But the question was, what's are best XI...and if everyone was fully fit and on form and I had to pick an XI to get a result cause my life depended on it, that's what I'd go for

Then at least with skrtel/Allen/sterling on the bench we'd have some options to bring on if needed

[Red_Polo]

I'd have the same as PTP, but with Gerrard in the front three and Coutinho at the tip of a midfield trio.

Plenty of flexibility according to opposition - I'd reinstate Sterling and put Gerrard into Lucas' role for times against weaker teams like United.

[Shaggy]

This and its not even close for me.

I'd probably agree that that's the team, but there are a couple of issues IMO.

Sakho-Agger - our best two IMO but clearly Rodgers has reservations about pairing two left footers together. We won't know until we try.

And the big one - Gerrard. It can reasonably be argued that our midfield, and therefore team, functioned quite a lot better while he was out. No-one in their right mind would argue Allen is better than Gerrard, cos he isn't, but it's not that simple.

[PTP]

I'd probably agree that that's the team, but there are a couple of issues IMO.

Sakho-Agger - our best two IMO but clearly Rodgers has reservations about pairing two left footers together. We won't know until we try.

And the big one - Gerrard. It can reasonably be argued that our midfield, and therefore team, functioned quite a lot better while he was out. No-one in their right mind would argue Allen is better than Gerrard, cos he isn't, but it's not that simple.

[Norbs]

I'd reinstate Sterling and put Gerrard into Lucas' role for times against weaker teams like United.

[danperkins]

Very interesting to hear peoples opinions on this especially as regards Gerrard.

On the one hand, Gerrards productive has been excellent this season, he can be a genuine match winner,has great experience and presence on the pitch. Oh and he's Steven Gerrard.

On the other hand, he isn't great defensively when played in that deeper role, the Lucas/Gerrard combo really looked fragile and exposed us in midfield. Also as Shaggy said we've actually looked better in midfield without him. More mobile, full of energy & less inhibited.

IMO if Rodgers were to go on form, Suarez,Sterling & Hendo would be bankers. Sturridge i think will kick in again and make himself undroppable. That leaves Lucas,Gerrard & Coutinho.

Lucas hasn't looked the same player but he is the only genuine DM we have, Stevie has pros and cons to start & Coutinho although he is a fantastic player... hasn't been at his best this season.

A good complaint for Rodgers but hope it doesn't mess with the dynamic of the team & everything we've been doing so well. And that's not even discussing our defence!

[Buzzo]

We played well against the smaller teams without Gerrard, against the big teams despite playing well we lost. It would be interesting to see how we function with Gerrard playing off Suarez in the big games, at the expense of Coutinho?

[cream]

It's difficult to really say what our best 11 is as it could change a number of times throughout the season.

Sterling deserves to be in there currently, maybe ahead of Coutinho.

I wouldn't like to see Gerrard and Lucas together in midfield.

Agger doesn't deserve to be in there at the moment.

[kev776]

Mig

Johno
Dagger
Sakho
Enrique

Lucas
Hendo
Allen

Gerrard (Num 10)
Suarez
Sturridge

[Liverpool]

I'd probably agree that that's the team, but there are a couple of issues IMO.

Sakho-Agger - our best two IMO but clearly Rodgers has reservations about pairing two left footers together. We won't know until we try.

And the big one - Gerrard. It can reasonably be argued that our midfield, and therefore team, functioned quite a lot better while he was out. No-one in their right mind would argue Allen is better than Gerrard, cos he isn't, but it's not that simple.

yep on paper is thing one, and actual functioning side wouldn't include Agger/Gerrard