Aston Villa (H) Buildup - Sat 5.30pm KO

[RichC]

Something like this?

Not sure we've got enough in midfield for me

............Mignolet.............

Johnson...Skrtel..Sakho....Cissokho

.........Hendo.....Gerrard................

...Coutinho...Suarez....Sterling...

.............Sturridge...........

[RedRum]

Who's excited? I'm always excited watching our team these days. Our attacking play is one of the best to watch in the league. We have come so far from the Hodgson days

[RichC]

Massively, I love watching us play these days. Best football I've seen us play for ages.

[Fredo]

Something like this?

Not sure we've got enough in midfield for me

............Mignolet.............

Johnson...Skrtel..Sakho....Cissokho

.........Hendo.....Gerrard................

...Coutinho...Suarez....Sterling...

.............Sturridge...........

Yep. Think that's our best team atm. Hendo will have to sit a bit, but we're playing at home.

[Lee]

Something like this?

Not sure we've got enough in midfield for me

............Mignolet.............

Johnson...Skrtel..Sakho....Cissokho

.........Hendo.....Gerrard................

...Coutinho...Suarez....Sterling...

.............Sturridge...........

I like that team but I think we need Lucas in to shield the back four.

[Fredo]

It's a bit of a conundrum really. I think with Coutinho, Sterling, Suarez and Sturridge in the team, we've got enough attacking options, plus bombing fullbacks. So, ideally, we'll be looking at two sitting defensive midfielders to pick up the pieces in midfield. Not sure all our midfielders fit the qualities required to play that system. Henderson is dynamic and likes to support attacks. Same for Allen and Gerrard. It probably is the reason why we have an issue with balancing that midfield.

[RichC]

Lucas is a strange one for me, I like him and get the positives for having him in the side however he doesn't seem to be the sort of player that fits into this Rodgers team in so far what he offers is very limited to the defensive side of things, Rodgers clearly wants more goals from midfield and I suspect he's going to be the fall guy in the side to help make that happen.

Sort of why I think we've seen Gerrard moved back as I fancy in the Summer we'll be looking for that goal scoring midfielder again

[RedReet]

I don't think there's a single Red who doesn't want Sakho to start (assuming he's fit). Surely he'll start ahead of Kolo.

Does this suggest a start for Kolo?

[Shaggy]

Sakho not even on the bench

Mignolet, Johnson, Cissokho, Skrtel, Toure, Gerrard, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho, Sturridge, Suarez

Subs: Jones, Kelly, Lucas, Moses, Allen, Aspas, Alberto

[RichC]

[RichC]

Must mean Sakho wasn't ready for today then, shame

[Shaggy]

It's a pretty mental team. Two midfielders and four very offensive players

We could be absolutely wide open

[wiw]

Surely the formation we started the season with except Suarez for Aspas

[Doc_Piptorious]

Pretty ballsy team selection from Rodgers.

Has a whiff of "if you score one then we will score two" about it.

[Gibbo]

4-2-2-2 innit.