From what we’ve seen so far this season we’ve had a few decent performances, a couple of halves of superb football and one dire performance that saw us well beaten. The common theme in all of these games is that we’ve witnessed at least some lack of an understanding between our new players and our old which has caused the Reds to have a stuttering start to this new season.
As we approach Saturday’s derby match it cannot be stressed how important a win is at the weekend. The Blues are around the same position as us in the league and I can easily see whichever side takes the points at the weekend taking a massive confidence boost from it and putting together a few results. For Liverpool though, it is looking evident that our neighbours may actually emerge as a contender for the 4th Champions League, along with Tottenham because it certainly doesn’t seem like Arsenal are in with much of a chance at the moment.
With that in mind, it would benefit the Reds doubly to do Everton over at the weekend because their next 4 games after the derby is a who’s who of potential maulings for them and if they were to go into that run after suffering a damaging loss against us, then all the better for us too.
But while we’ve had a rough start with a bit of a stutter in places so far, I believe we certainly have the players to beat them and at least 3 of them were on the bench against Wolves at Anfield last weekend. For a start Dirk Kuyt is a must; his reserves of energy and defensive abilities down the flank are a dead cert for this game and if Kenny opts to leave him out again for Henderson then we will struggle seriously at Goodison.
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Just let the MANAGER get on with it.
Luis
Dirk
Stewart – Charlie or Steven – Craig
Lucas
Jose – Martin – Jamie – Martin
Pepe
20 to 25 mins of football required. 3-0 up and then it’s all about keeping possession and tracking back. :)))))
Kuyt and Bellamy, yes. Maxi, no. I’m pretty sure Everton will give Rodwell the task of marking Suarez man to man like how he marked Silva agaisnt City so I think the extra tenacity from either Bellamy or Kuyt will be needed. It would be harsh to drop Carroll after his performance against Wolves. He seemed really up for it and worked his socks off. It would give a wrong message on many accounts. I think either one of Kuyt or Bellamy should play in place of Hendo with Kuyt being my personal preference. Bellamy’s volatile personality is the thing that concerns me. Also, I’d refrain from starting with Adam. High tempo games where every player needs to work non-stop is not in Adam’s comfort zone. I’d go with either Aurelio (I think he played DM against Stoke at Anfield) or Spearing to partner Lucas in the centre. Regarding Maxi, he’s hit or miss. I’ve always rated him as a good player (even in his initial struggle in England) but he has a tendency to go AWOL in games and sometimes he can do a Carrick. Will be a tight contest but I think we’ll just nick it 2-1.
Hey roger bang out of order!if we as fans cant help to show kenny the error of his team selection
then their is no point coming on these sites ok?
now i agree with pedro we need kuyt,bellamy,and
possibly spearing if kenny wont start gerrard,if henderson and adam start this game then it is very possible that we will get hammered as the defence is very dodgy at the minute and poor lucus
is doing the job of three players,because henderson is like a girl and adam cant tackle to
save his life.
Spearing should come in to central midfield to partner Lucas. Adam should be pushed further forward to play in the middle of the three behind Suarez as the lone striker. Kuyt should play on the right of the 3 and Downing on the left of the three in a 4-2-3-1 formation. There is no point in playing Kuyt as the lone striker as Distin and Jagielka would be too strong for him physically. Having Suarez as the lone striker moving out to the left as he does would create space on the edge of the area for the likes of Adam to shoot from like he did against Bolton.
For the rest of the season if Johnson and Agger ever get fit the starting eleven in most games in a 4-2-3-1 should be Reina,Kelly,Coates,Agger,Enrique,Lucas,Spearing,Johnson,Adam,Downing and Suarez. The subs should be Carroll,Bellamy,Gerrard,Kuyt,Henderson,Carragher and Doni. Johnson would be on the righthand side of the 3 and Downing on the lefthand side of the 3 but they would be able to switch sides if necessary. Pushing Johnson higher up the pitch would help to limit the danger to both his and Kelly’s hamstrings. Pushing Adam further forward away from central midfield will allow him to use his attacking ability more and with Agger in central defence he could act as the defacto playmaker in Liverpool’s buildup play from the back. Liverpool need to stop humping balls forward to Carroll whenever he plays as he is better on the ground then people think and not as good in the air as people had thought. Putting Spearing back in alongside Lucas will protect the defence more and stop the midfield from being overrun.