Now i want to start this by saying im going to miss Luis just as much as everyone else, and the things he has given us in the last couple of years he deserves our thanks, the fact we are back in the Champions League we should remember him as playing a big part in thatHowever the talk i keep reading that we cant replace him, that our forward progression as a club again could stop.. Im not having that, like with everything we will adapt and continue, one player doesnt make a club, and for as good as he has been he doesnt define us. We have been built to play through him over the last couple of seasons, we have been built to get the best out of him, like before we were built to get the best out of Torres.. We will adapt, we will build a side around the next fulcrum of what will define us going forward.
Brendan came in and spoke about his vision, his want to play the way he thinks the game should be, yet he adapted once he got here because he realised his best player didnt really fit that vision, that philosiphy, we praised him for doing so, im confident that going forward he will adapt again now he doesnt have him.
Last season we did all we could to play two up top, we tried variations on formation but 90% of the time when Suarez and Sturridge were available we played them as a two, whether that be a 4-4-2, a diamond, a 3-5-2.. All these had the two through the middle.
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this11.comNot for me the way Brendan see's his ideal set up, what i see him doing is not directly replacing him but adjusting the system to suit.. I think for the most part we will play with a lone striker going into games next season, i think that the model of player we will bring in, of which i still expect there to be 3 or 4 more to come in on the back of Luis moving on, but the model will be wide attackers who can play wide of the main striker
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traditional set up, i think we will target players who are really adaptable in terms of position, and flexable in game, that the wide options will be comfortable to switch in game with Sturridge, that they will have the ability to drop in and make a five in midfield, that the full backs wont be so gung-ho, that we will see Coutinho, Sterling and Lallana all play at times as no.10s behind the main striker, rather than behind a front two and taking each others space, i would expect to see 2 really exciting players come in as wide options who could also play through the middle as and when needed.. I think in certain games we may well see Stevie behind a midfield 3 of say Can, Lallana and Henderson with Coutinho as a natural 10 behind a striker, with no particular width but with players flexable enough to go wide in Hendo and Lallana as and when the game dictates, but it will be a solid base to work off in say big games at home or in Europe..
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this11.comAt the minute we will miss him of course but the end of the world? Not for me.. Say we sign Markovic and Shaqiri we could well have a squad that is so fleaxable yet defensivly more compact than this year, the goals we lose from Luis, and his enterprise can be replaced by the talents of the likes of Markovic, Shaqiri and Lallana going forward, and if we tighten up at the back we maybe dont need to replace all of his goals..
I think with the likes of Raheem we could have another that is thought of as a world talent in the next 18 months, someone who will grab games and dictate them, he could play through the middle and i think he will get more goals this coming season, as i think will Danny.
We still need to add a couple here and there but i fully expect us to do so
None of us wanted to lose Luis, but once it happens we could well see more of the managers overall original plan
Dont bemoan the departure of one player, look forward and enjoy the future because i dont think its as bad as some think it may be