Potential starting 11 for the 2010/11 season

There are topics about players that people would like to buy but i was wondering how these players would fit into YOUR starting 11 and what formation you think would best suit the team with those players installed.

IF we have the money, i think we should bring in Silva, Arteta, Lennon, Lahm and maybe Eduardo depending on his situation at Arsenal with Chamakh arriving.


                                       Reina

Johnson            Carragher               Agger            Lahm

Lennon             Mascherano           Gerrard           Silva   

                          Torres               Eduardo


Subs:
Cavalieri
Insua   
Skrtel
Arteta
Babel
Benayoun
Jovanovic   

OUT: El Zhar(£1m), Aurelio(£2m), Benayoun(£4m), Riera(£4m), Degen(£1m)
IN: Warnock(£8m), Jovanovic(Free), Lennon(£20m),

          Reina

Johnson Skrtel Agger Warnock

       Mascherano
                      Aqualani
Lennon        Gerrard     Babel

                  Torres

being realistic.... and Spurs would probably not sell Lennon and if they get 4th, he may not even want to join!!!

Already too many similar posts made in various threads but it's always fun to play around with transfers

Players I feel the club should allow to leave for decent amount would be Riera, Degen, El Zhar and Aurelio.

I'd bring in Lahm and David Silva and hope we're able to get Jovanovic and Joe Cole on a free.

OUT: riera, benayoun, degen, kyrgiakos;  loan out nemeth, ngog, spearing, darby
IN: 1. two strikers (1.Villa,       2.Benzema or C.Cole),
     2. a CB (Cahill or Wheater) and
     3. Gareth Bale
     I would be more than happy if our formation for next season would be like this:

                             Reina (Cavalieri)

Johnson (Kelly)     Cahill (Carra)        Skrtel (Agger)        Insua (Aurelio)
                 
Maxi (Kuyt)        Masch (Lucas)        Gerrard (Aqua)          Bale (Babel)
                 
                     Villa (Pacheco)             Torres(C.Cole)

REINA

JOHNSON AGGER KJAER INSUA

MASCHERANO GERRARD

MAXI AQUILANI TURAN

TORRES

Subs:

Cavalieri
Carragher/Kyrgiakos/Skrtel
Lucas
Kuyt
Benayoun
Babel/Jovanovic
N'Gog/Pacheco

We could probably pick up Turan and Kjaer for £15m each.  They are realistic targets, both men have expressed a desire to come to Liverpool in favour of other clubs.

Definite Outs:

Degen £2m
Riera £6m
Plessis (loan)

Possible Outs:

Skrtel if £9m +
El Zhar if £2m +
Babel if £15m +
Benayoun if £9m +

If Babel and Benayoun both get sold bring in an extra attacking midfielder with the funds.

I suppose this means nothing without an explanation.  Would like to see Gerrard play as a deep lying playmaker with a little more of a licence to get forward than Lucas has, I think he has the experience to pull it off, hope his legs will carry him.  Mascherano used to fill gaps left if either full back has gone forward to provide width.  Aquilani to be our major creative output and Turan needs to be very aware of Insua behind him otherwise we'll concede far too many goals.  Johnson needs to be told to get back a few yards in defence.  Lucas to get as much game time as possible as I truly think 3 years from now, he will one of our star players but he's not quite there yet.  I'd like to see him used a little further up the pitch if possible at least until he develops the right frame of mind.

The likely-hood that we'll have new owners by the start of next season i reckon is slim, h&g will be assesing all the offers and waiting for the biggest one, and that will take time, and remember they have an additional 6-12 months to pay the loan to RBS, so they're in no rush. Say there were new owners in June/July it doesn't necessarily mean we'll be a chelsea or a man city with 80 million to spend. We'll be lucky to get anything, perhaps have 20 million to spend if we offload a few players, new owners or not. So to answer the question our best eleven is most likely to look like this:

                       Reina

Johnson       Carra    Agger       Aurellio

                       Masch

Kuyt          Gerrard   Aquilani       Benayoun     


                       Torres             

The likely-hood that we'll have new owners by the start of next season i reckon is slim, h&g will be assesing all the offers and waiting for the biggest one, and that will take time, and remember they have an additional 6-12 months to pay the loan to RBS, so they're in no rush. Say there were new owners in June/July it doesn't necessarily mean we'll be a chelsea or a man city with 80 million to spend. We'll be lucky to get anything, perhaps have 20 million to spend if we offload a few players, new owners or not. So to answer the question our best eleven is most likely to look like this:

                       Reina

Johnson       Carra    Agger       Aurellio

                       Masch

Kuyt          Gerrard   Aquilani       Benayoun     


                       Torres             

H&G have no say in the sale, now. But that's another topic.

I like the look of this, though:

REINA

JOHNSON AGGER KJAER INSUA

MASCHERANO GERRARD

MAXI AQUILANI TURAN

TORRES

With maybe a different left back to start with Insua rotating.

                Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Bale
               Masch
       Maxi Gerrard Turan
              Aquilani
               Torres

If we have no money to buy players, and the current squad stays as it is, then I would like to see this team:

                              Reina

          Johnson    Skrtel   Agger     Insua
                
                    Gerrard    Mascherano

                            Aquilani
     Pacheco/Beny                        Babel/Maxi
                            Torres

put stevie back into central midfield where he belongs.

could rotate Pacheco, babel, maxi and benyoun in the wide roles. have kuyt as backup striker along with jovanovich.

                                                             
                                                         reina
                                 
                                 johnson      carra          cahill       aurelio
                                 
                                  maxi        gerrard       aquilani     silva

                                                   torres        villa


subs: dida
        agger
        jovanovic
        riera
        kuyt
       mascherano

Don't really think we need another CB especially if Skrtel comes back fit.

We need a left back, left winger, forward and probably someone creative.

                                           Reina

  Johnson              Skrtel                       Agger                 Lahm

  Maxi             Mascherano                 Gerrard                   Turan

                                           Silva

                                          Torres

Subs : Carragher, Kuyt, N'gog, Lucas, Jovanovic, Kyrgiakos, Insua and Hennessey? or Joe Cole on a free?

If Rafa does get Hennessey, I think we can sell Cavalieria long with Aurelio, Riera and Degen.

I'm just dreaming of having both Turan and Silva. If that formation is possible, we wouldn't need to buy another forward as we have Kuyt on the bench. Notice Benayoun's name not there? We can either sell him or still have him as cover.

Wouldn't go for David Villa to be honest. He's a class player but I don't think I'd want to spend 30 million on a player his age.

Looking at some of these teams, if just one of them happened then there should be no excuse what so ever as to Liverpool either not winning the league or at least competing for the league title next season. There is some talent in those sides whether City have money or not. If they don't get 4th then i don't see their team improving much which could give us the opportunity to capatilise.

If we had some decent investment I'd go.

                     Reina

Johnson    Agger    Carra/Skrtel   Lahm

                 Masch   Aquilani

Gerrard              Aguero               Silva

                          Torres

Subs.

Cav
Insua
Kjaer
Martinez
Turan
Mata
Jovanovich

If we had some decent investment I'd go.

                     Reina

Johnson    Agger    Carra/Skrtel   Lahm

                 Masch   Aquilani

Gerrard              Aguero               Silva

                          Torres

Subs.

Cav
Insua
Kjaer
Martinez
Turan
Mata
Jovanovich

That teams going to take a little more than decent investment though to be fair but would be a summer to remember if we somehow managed to enter the opening stages of the season with that team. To have the likes of Kjaer, Arteta, Mata, Turan, Martinez on the bench. Think might need about £150-£165m to get that team though.

If we had some decent investment I'd go.

                     Reina

Johnson    Agger    Carra/Skrtel   Lahm

                 Masch   Aquilani

Gerrard              Aguero               Silva

                          Torres

Subs.

Cav
Insua
Kjaer
Martinez
Turan
Mata
Jovanovich

Haha!

Dream. On.

If we had some decent investment I'd go.

                     Reina

Johnson    Agger    Carra/Skrtel   Lahm

                 Masch   Aquilani

Gerrard              Aguero               Silva

                          Torres

Subs.

Cav
Insua
Kjaer
Martinez
Turan
Mata
Jovanovich

Hahah, RLB. That's got to be SOME investment

Well, I guess mine looked more achievable but I like your thinking!

Reina

Johnson---Gamberini----Skrtel---Lahm

          Masch---Alonso

Silva-------------------Benayoun

              Gerrard
                Torres

Subs:

Dida
Agger
Insua
Lucas
Modric
Jovanovic

Reina

Johnson---Gamberini----Skrtel---Lahm

          Masch---Alonso

Silva-------------------Benayoun

              Gerrard
                Torres

Subs:

Dida
Agger
Insua
Lucas
Modric
Jovanovic

That's just bizarre.

Pepe
Johnson = Skrtel = Agger ?

        Mascherano

Maxi                    Babel

           Gerrard

            Torres

Now we need to look at this properly and see who will leave?

El Zhar, Riera, Yossi, F.Aurlieo,

Ins:
Warnock or Cissokho from Lyon for our LB trouble.

We need a striker within a good range of money so i would say:
M.zarate from Lazio would be good he is young (23)
S.Augero from Althetico would be a dream signing but 20+ is on the cards

We could look at:
Hulk from Porto?
Dzeko from Wolfsburg?
Huntelaar from AC milan?
L.Suarez from Ajax?

All pretty good players

                  Reina
Johnson  Skrtel    Agger   Cissokho
            Masch    Gerrard
 Maxi           Aquilani    Turan
                   Torres

Subs: Cav, Carra, Lucas, Babel, Benayoun, Pacheco, Carew.

That's realistic IMO.

Pepe
Glen Skrtel Agger Bertrand
Masch  Gerrard
Maxi Aquilani Benayoun
Torres

Team B: Gulacsi
Kelly Sotis/Darby Carra Insua
Spearing/O'Hara Lucas
Kuyt  Gerrard* Babel
Dzeko/Nemeth

*Gerrard first option to take Aquilani's place
In: O'Hara(spurs) and Bertrand(chelski) They have talent and have no place in their teams and they're cheaper than other options. Dzeko would be the biggest invesment.

Fabio, Degen, El Zhar out, N'gog out in loan

Benayoun is one of our best players, 4millions??

Haha!

Dream. On.

Hahah, RLB. That's got to be SOME investment

Well, I guess mine looked more achievable but I like your thinking!

Well I did say decent investment, but if that side couldn't win us the league, I'd go and F**k the blender whilst it was powered up because it would be less painful

With maybe a different left back to start with Insua rotating.

Have the option of Agger for big games (Carra or Soto move into central defence) otherwise possibly Bonnart who could also cover for Johnson in case of injuries.  Could probably get for around £8million, getting him here might be a mission though as he's guaranteed CL football next season with OM.  The added bonus is that he's equally competent on both flanks and is dual-footed.

edit: Turan and Kjaer are both early to mid 20s as well, well worth the money.  The £40mil odd for Villa is just a waste IMO, plus Torres works better as a lone striker.  Bonnart is 30, so £8m might be a little steep but it's until Insua develops (and cover for Johnson) plus I'm pretty confident he could play as a left mid.

Also why is everyone suddenly switching to a 4-4-2 this season?  Don't say it's more attacking because it's actually not with the current style of football we play.

For £30m odd, the squad I've suggested would potentially solve the cover at right back issue (without withdrawing Masch from his position), be equally solid in central defence but build for the future (Kjaer is 21).  Would open up the option of having a second technically proficient defender in Kjaer.  Solve the left back issue but still allow Insua to develop (could play Bonnart as a slightly more defensively minded left mid and if he does a good job would also provide some competition for Turan and Babel).  Far more options attacking in midfield too.  Only slight concern is that position in behind Torres where Gerrard currently plays, just hope Aquilani is up to the challenge.