Starting Choice Eleven Dilemma

Of all the new signings, Downing is the one who looks like he will be an automatic choice in the starting eleven. I expect to see Adam get a run of games now that Stevie is out, hope he can continue his good form from last season. Not sure if Enrique will just walk into the side, we have a few good players for left back now, great that we have plenty of cover in defense now, although with Johnson out injured, he may well feature today.

4-3-3 For today's game.

           Reina
Kelly Carra Agger Enrique
Henderson Lucas Adam
Downing Carroll Suarez

                    Reina
kelly  agger   carra  enrique

kuyt    lucas   adam    downing

   suarez        carroll


   3-0  carroll suarez and downing to score

Thats about as good as I could make a side. Very solid midfield but good passers,hard workers and a bit of pace too.Cant see Kenny leaving Kuyt out though the majority seem to have done.
Maybe Kenny will go 3-5-2 at home?

FLANNO            CARRA          AGGER          ENRIQUE             
                               LUCAS
               GERRARD               AQUILANI         
    SUAREZ                                      DOWNING
                               CARROLL
                               
                             

Flanagan at RB?

Time to up the meds


OH FLANNO PLAYED, GUESS I WAS RIGHT AFTER ALL, WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT UPPING THE MEDS.
KNOW HE GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE BALL FOR THE GOAL BUT HES 18 WITH STILL LOTS TO LEARN.
lOOKS LIKE I KNOW WHAT I,M TALKING ABOUT AFTER ALL.

Our best starting eleven ...

Reina

Johnson - Skrtel - Agger - Enrique

Aquilani - Lucas

Gerrard - Suarez - Downing

Carroll

Our best starting eleven ...

Reina

Johnson - Skrtel - Agger - Enrique

Aquilani - Lucas

Gerrard - Suarez - Downing

Carroll

Would chuck gerrard behind carroll and suarez on the right

Would chuck gerrard behind carroll and suarez on the right

Yes, it might also work that way ...

Yes, isn't this the thread about the best starting eleven?

You did pick Flanagan, he did start and what happened?

Wouldn't brag about it too much if i were you mate

I certainly don't hope you mean you'd start Flanagan over a fit Johnson and he wont start against Arsenal, you watch

I,d personally like to see Johnson as our right winger if we,re playing 4 4 2 or 4 2 3 1 with Kelly at RB. Johnson could give us those bounding runs similar to what Downing did yesterday when he swapped over to the right. Hendo would be better on the right of midfield in a 4 3 3 IMO. Kuyt can play on the right and so can Maxi but Johnson would give us that extra bit of pace and a good cross. Although Flanno is a good player, hes inexperienced and it showed with Hendo yesterday. Kuyt is more of a back up striker for me.

For the Arsenal match this is what I'd like to see:

                 Reina

Kelly     Carra    Agger     Enrique

           Lucas    Adam

Downing                       Maxi

             Suarez
                  Carroll

for me personally Kuyt has to be in starting line up for every game. He isnt a skilled player but he brings so much to the game. His understanding with suarez is top notch, He helps out the defender and closes down players in their half.

I am really interested to see what they are going to do when Glen comes back from injury. Do we move Martin to CB? does he sit on the bench? If we move him to CB do we move Carra out? A lot of speculation that we are in for several CB's with the departure of Soto...Is this Carra's last year?

Good choices and decisions to have to make, even though they might be difficult ones for the manager. I tend to agree with many on here that GJ would be just fine on RW opposite of Downing. As I am pretty new to all this don't flame me to hard as I am still learning as we go.

Perhaps something like this:

                                              Pepe
  Kelly                  Carra/?                       Agger         Enrique


Glen J.                                  Lucas                           Downing


                       Adam                              Gerrard


                              Suarez              Carroll


Just trying to figue out how to get the best players (or perhaps in this case what the manager wants) out on the pitch at the same time.  Our left side is sewn up it appears with Enrique and Downing...we could almost do the same thing on the right with Kelly/Johnson.

This make any sense at all?

I,m pretty sure we,re not allowed to field 12 players but i do agree that Glenn would make a fine RW. If we were to use a RW then i,m sure we would have to play 4 4 2, 4 4 1 1 or 4 2 3 1. Personally i dont like 4 2 3 1 its either 4 4 2 or 4 3 3 for me to get the best out of the players we have. I cant wait for Gerrard to return to give us that extra spark.

I,m pretty sure we,re not allowed to field 12 players but I do agree that Glenn would make a fine RW. If we were to use a RW then I,m sure we would have to play 4 4 2, 4 4 1 1 or 4 2 3 1. Personally I dont like 4 2 3 1 its either 4 4 2 or 4 3 3 for me to get the best out of the players we have. I cant wait for Gerrard to return to give us that extra spark.

Yup you got me on that one adding +1 to the squad...4-4-2 would be interesting but hard to picture Adam in there...I suppose we could  go a 3-4-3 type like we did several times last season, though I don't know if that is a novelty type formation or could be used week in/out or perhaps the 3-5-2?


                                                Pepe
                          Kelly               Agger         Enrique


Glen J.                                  Lucas                           Downing


                       Adam                              Gerrard


                              Suarez              Carroll

4-4-2
                      Reina
Kelly Carragher Agger Enrique
Johnson Gerrard Lucas Downing
                Carroll Suarez

Subs: Doni, Skrtel, Robinson, Henderson, Adam, Meireles, Kuyt

4-2-3-1
                            Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Enrique
                       Lucas Adam
             Suarez Gerrard Downing
                            Carroll

Subs: Doni, Kelly, Skrtel, Spearing, Henderson, Meireles, Kuyt

                             Reina
 Kelly        Carragher        Agger     Enrique

                   
                     Lucas      Adam


           Gerrard       Suarez      Downing

                           Carroll

Not sure if Enrique will just walk into the side, we have a few good players for left back now

HaHa...any humble pie eaten Orchard Red? Enrique has been immense!!

The best thing is now, we can mix n match any kind of midfield combination, something we dearly missed last couple of seasons. Choose any combo you want either it Lucas/Adam, Adam/Meireles or whoever, we got that missing in depth.

                                        Reina

Kelly/Johnson   Carra/Agger/Skrtel(any combination)   Enrique/Aurelio

            Lucas/Adam/Gerrard/Meireles/Hendo/Aquilani
                                (pick your duo)
Johnson/Kuyt/Suarez/Gerrard----> Suarez/Gerrard/Kuyt/Aquilani <----- Downing/Suarez
(this is an interchangable situation which I really love to see. Something that Liverpool couldn't afford to do past season. Anybody here can interchange play anywhere he wants)
                                 Suarez/Kuyt/Carroll

In which I stated here, we have here a hell lot of choices when it comes to formations or options. We can put anyone in any position as long as we can create diversity and fluidity.

Does everybody just forget about Henderson...?

He has great potential but I don't see where he fits in the team. He is a good CM but not as creative as Mereiles nor Aquilani. Aquilani>Mereiles in a creative role and Aquilani tackles much better. Henderson is not better than Gerrard/Mereiles/maybe Aquilani at CAM. The fact is that actually he's a good midfielder but surpasses no one at any position(DM, CM, RM or CAM).

For eg. Shelvey is a better passer, more athletic, better vision. Henderson has more pace, skills and stamina. However in a CM position in a 4-4-2 I prefer Shelvey.

My team:

            Reina
Johnson  Carragher   Agger   Enrique
        Lucas       Aquilani*
Suarez*      Gerrard         Downing
                Carroll

Aquilani has a better vision than Adam, has more skills, is quicker, his pass and move game is just awesome and he is also a decent set piece taker.

Suarez best position is just behind a main striker BUT I think that the partnership Suarez-Carroll won't work. Carroll is a striker to whom you make a good pass/cross in an ideal position and he simply scores or heads the ball. Carroll is more than decent with his feet and is very powerful and we should us it.

What I didn't like against Arsenal is that our objective was to pass it to wingers who just cross the ball to Carroll. He was very often lonely in the box and the crosses(although very good) were unsuccessful. we played too much on the wings and crossed. We need someone like Gerrard or Aquilani behind Carroll as playmaker. Someone in whom you can have confidence to pass the ball. Except modric I don't know any AM/Cm who can pass as well as Aquilani or Gerrard in the EPL. 

Carroll is a beast at heading but he is also a striker who can score with the foot from through balls and we know of what Gerrard and Aquilani are capable.