Coutinho out for 6 weeks :'(

So, with our creative force injured for 6 weeks with shoulder surgery.... who do you think will replace him...

Gerrard ? Suarez ?

 Huge blow. Think time for Luis Alberto to step up, until the other Luis serves his ban.

             Gerrard      Lucas
Henderson      Alberto      Moses
                   Sturridge.

With Suarez (one thing we need for sure now is him playing through the middle as I see a worrying lack of creativity there):
            Gerrard    Lucas
Henderson                      Moses
                   Suarez
                 Sturridge.

6 weeks? Reports last night were saying 10 days.
If that's true then it's bad news. Maybe a chance for Alberto to make his break through, will BR have enough faith in him though?
I'd say we'll see Suarez given a free role,  dropping deep to pick up the ball and playing in Sturridge and Moses.

From Sly sports website :

Liverpool have confirmed Philippe Coutinho will be ruled out until late October following the shoulder injury he sustained in the 2-2 draw against Swansea on Monday night.

The Brazilian was replaced by Iago Aspas after 55 minutes at the Liberty Stadium after falling awkwardly following a challenge from Swansea skipper Ashley Williams.

The 21-year-old was seen leaving the stadium with his arm in a sling and after the game and Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers had revealed Coutinho "was very sore in the changing room."

On Monday, Rodgers said he hoped Coutinho's injury was nothing more than bruising but it is now clear the injury was worse than originally feared.

Following an assessment of the injury by Liverpool's medical staff it has been decided that Coutinho will now have surgical stabilisation on the AC joint in his shoulder.

The injury will stretch the Liverpool squad even further after a recent spate of injuries.

Daniel Agger sustained a rib injury forcing him to miss the game at Swansea and defensive partner Kolo Toure has only just returned to action following a groin problem.

Fellow defenders Glen Johnson, Aly Cissokho and Sebastian Coates are all out injured for Liverpool, while midfielder Joe Allen is currently sidelined and Daniel Sturridge has only just come back from a thigh injury.

Huge blow. Think time for Luis Alberto to step up, until the other Luis serves his ban.

             Gerrard      Lucas
Henderson      Alberto      Moses
                   Sturridge.

With Suarez (one thing we need for sure now is him playing through the middle as I see a worrying lack of creativity there):
            Gerrard    Lucas
Henderson                      Moses
                   Suarez
                 Sturridge.

I don't think Suarez behind Sturridge will work well for us. Especially with Gerrard and Lucas sitting back. Suarez is a striker and he has big tendency to dribble past players and tries tricks. Suarez coming deep and trying these tricks near the mid way would be suicidal. It has to be either Alberto or Henderson. While Henderson is not that creative, we will still be creating chances with Sturrdge, Suarez and Moses as the attackers. Henderson in the middle will help to rectify this 2nd half problem imo.

F**k off Ashley Williams you c**t.

That's a real kick in the pants for phillipe, feel sorry for the lad, not sure if Luis Alberto is ready for such a pivotal role, for there are 2-3 options.....

1, push Gerrard forward and replace him with Ilori,until Suarez returns

2, bring Hendo in and have Sterling/Ibe on the right,

3, gamble with Alberto until Suarez comes back

I like the idea of Gerrard playing the 10 role for a couple of games, against Saints followed by Makems, slightly lesser opposition so should not be to taxing for our skip,
Thoughts please

YNWA

F**k off Ashley Williams you c**t.

Was a bit of a cynical challenge from Williams but its the way Coutinho landed that did the damage just hope phillipe returns asap,
Williams can't be a c**t, they are useful !

YNWA

Williams is most definitely a c**t, no need for him to leave his leg in! After the 50/50 with Gerrard, he barged into him trying to act like a hard man, somebody needs to give that boy a slap!

Injuries always will happen,  especially to talented fragile players.  As a top team we have to have good depth. I think we have that. It's 6 weeks, not 6 months so lets just be happy Suarez can plug the gap until Coutinho is back!

Bollocks this is a blow,but with goofy coming back it will soften the blow a bit.

A real blow, he's such a creative player, good job Suarez is back after Saturday's game. Get better soon Coutinho.

1 game with Alberto in the 10 and then Suarez.

F***ing Ashley Williams. How could you do that to poor little Philippe? Look at his adorable little face.


The dog is cute too.

The one player we couldn't really afford to get injured. Very little in the way of cover for him.

There's no doubt we'll miss him, but hopefully the lads can step up and keep us up there 'til he comes back.
I do feel that referees need to protect these young technical players more. We all love watching this type of player no matter who they play for, but players like Ashley Williams will target this kind of player because they can. Referees need to clamp down early, book them and hopefully that may make them think twice before they make another reckless tackle. Williams got away with too much on Monday night, if the ref had dealt with him earlier, we may not have lost Phillipe for 6 weeks!
Get well soon Phillipe, we need you.

Suarez will come in after next game but we sure will miss him.

Yeah, Ashley Williams did get away with too much. That said, Suarez is just about to come back and we have about two weeks off with the international break so, unless that doesn't give us any injuries, fingers crossed we'll be able to cope just fine.

I think this goes to show why bringing in a 'marquee' signing was important. No, not Sakho but someone like Nick,  Costa or Willian. I know I'm living in the past, but we could'v. Surely had signed one of them if the money was right.

Yes Coutinho will be sidelined for 6 weeks but we won't be seeing him back in the startling line up for quite a while longer. Hope he gets well soon!

We can quite safely say the team for the next 2 months will be

                                                   Minolet
                             
                               Johnson      Agger    Skrtel      Enrique


                                        Gerrard   Lucas   Henderson

                               Moses                                        Suarez

                                                    Sturridge

we lost a little control once Coutinho went off Swans so hopefully it doesn't affect us too much :-(

Anyone want to create me a new picture as I haven't been online for ages! think the gerrard and torres past its sell by date

Big big blow, that tackle from Ashley Williams could've killed Coutinho. Time for Alberto to show us what he's got!

Big big blow, that tackle from Ashley Williams could've killed Coutinho. Time for Alberto to show us what he's got!

What's done is done but if reciprical action isn't taken against that c**t Williams something is drastically wrong in football, or the controlling body of the game.

F**k, we all know that don't we.