It's a good question.
In my opinion 3rd and 4th should be between four clubs if they were to play to their potential - Arsenal, United, Liverpool and Spurs. I would however be very surprised to see the spuds creep into that top four. On paper you'd have to go with Arsenal and United, but basing things purely on paper isn't always the wisest of things to do.
If I were Rodgers, I would seriously consider a few things.
1) Use a team and system to which is most similar to last seasons.
2) Play Coutinho more. Sure, he's not going to have the perfect game every match, but he is important to the balance of the team. Drop Markovic and let Coutinho return to the XI
3) Consider investing on 2-3 players in the Jan transfer window. Okay, I'm not one for multiple transfers in one season but if we can get a GK, a DM and a top forward, we should stand every chance of returning to top four.
4) Drop Balotelli where necessary.
5) Drop Gerrard where necessary.
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