He's not going to play. "Fourth striker" doesn't even mean he's fourth in line in terms of plans.
Plan A: Sturridge and Balotelli
Plan B: Sturridge as lone striker
Plan C: Balotelli as lone striker
Plan D: Lambert as lone striker
Plan E: Sterling as lone striker
Plan F: Borini
I would be surprised if Borini even made the bench for any of our games before January, let alone got on the pitch.
I don't disagree with that too much however I think it will be,
Plan A: Sturridge and Balotelli
Plan B: Sturridge as lone striker
Plan C: Balotelli as lone striker
Plan D: Lambert as lone striker
Plan E: Markovic as lone striker
Plan F: Sterling as lone striker
Plan G: Borini as as lone striker
Markovic deserves a chance to perform as a striker and I do like Sterling as number 10 at the tip of the diamond he has been playing in recently.
Borini will still play games this season in the league cup and I see this as our league cup team.
Lambert
Borini Brannagan Lallana
Lucas Allen
Johnson Toure Jones Fanagan
Jones
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