Well, after that fantastic display at Molineux where Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish got his first win of his new tenure, he now has a nice problem on his hands, who to leave out versus Fulham and where he plays Steven Gerrard.
It was a great team performance, full of attacking and good ‘passing and movement.’ Everyone played well but Raul Meireles really caught the eye where he ran the midfield for Liverpool with his neat passing and good link-up play and he crowned his man of the match display with a great volleyed goal.
Centre midfield is obviously his best position as he has turned in increasingly impressive outings in the heart of midfield for the Reds. With Steven Gerrard due back from suspension on Wednesday, King Kenny has a dilemma, even if its a good one, where does he play Gerrard?
Usually, Gerrard is an automatic choice in the centre of midfield, but with the Portuguese doing so well there, what about playing Stevie G on the right where he played many times before under Rafa and for England? I’m no football manager but I would like to see a midfield of Maxi, Lucas, Meireles and Gerrard on Wednesday at Anfield.
Steven plays well out there whipping in great crosses for Fernando Torres and scoring plenty from cutting inside himself too. Just a thought, great to get back to winning ways again though and I love our style of play under King Kenny.
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im not being funny coz i always like your articles but there is always a place for gerrard and i think if u r a true red u will agree with me
Instead of 1. Kuyt 2.Poulson, 3.Maxi 4. Lucas
Get a grip! He’s better than all four of them no matter what position he plays….Jeeeezzz
OK the team was brilliant against Wolves but that shouldn’t mean there is no place for our captain Steven Gerrard. I can think of a lot of options and Kenny will have a positive headache as to selecting the starting XI. He can choose to take out Poulsen and and put in Gerrard. In this case, we will be more offensive. Kenny can also take out Lucas and put in Gerrard. It’s not that hard a decision to make and if you think about it, Gerrard is much better than the likes of Kuyt, Lucas, Poulsen and Maxi. You play Gerrard left right and centre, he will still deliver. Putting Gerrard back into the team is a no brainer but it will be interesting to see who Kenny decides to leave out. For me, I will put in out captain and omit Poulsen.
meireles has to play just off torres with gerrard bossing midfield and lucas in dm role but not for too long charlie adam will soon see lucas ousted altogether
Totally agree
in a team featuring poulsen, lucas and dirk kuyt………….what a stupid bloody question!
reality check here, good and all as the performance was, it’s wolves we’re talking about here, no disrespect intended but we SHOULD be beating teams like that!
The team beat Wolves FFS and we didn’t play that great.
Gerrard will walk into the team. The sooner we get rid of players like Poulsen and Kuyt the better!!!
I’d love to see Gerrard play just off Torres or alongside Meireles, with Maxi and Kuyt on the wings and Meireles in central midfield. Lucas could hold the fort in front of the 4 defenders, and we’d hopefully pass and move the opponents to death.