It'll be interesting to see who impresses the new Manager over the coming days and how he sees them all fitting together to get the most out of the players available.
As it stands there's no Hendo, Firmino or Lovren for the foreseeable future and we'll have probably played around 8 more games before they're back. Danny is still being eased back in so probably can't and shouldn't be playing 2 games a week, Benteke is also just back from injury and Ings has returned early from the England squad with an injury.
My breakdown is really just for the next couple of games rather than when the above are all properly fit. He's really not got much to go on in training as so many are missing either injured or on International duty, including a lot of youngsters.
Skrtel may well start against Spuds but I wouldn't be surprised if Gomez does as he suits Klopps ways far better than Skrtel, so unless Skrtel can change his game pretty rapidly I'd expect that change to happen. I think the rest of the defense will be Migs, Clyne, Sakho and Moreno.
For the 2 midfield slots we've got Lucas, Allen, Can and Milner and as I understand a Klopp midfield 2 he likes a sitter and a playmaker. Any of those 4 can play the sitter role, some better than others obviously but I don't feel any of them are a playmaker. So does that bring Tex and Chirivella into the reckoning? I think it does, maybe not straight away but it wouldn't surprise me.
The 3 attacking mids will include Coutinho, probably from the left with Lallana central and either Sturridge, Ibe or Origi on the right. I've included Studge if he's not going to be the 1 up top before anyone jumps on me and I've not included Ings, who could also play there, as we don't know if he'll be fit yet. It's also possible Ryan Kent could be included in the 3 as he probably fits the role better than Ibe.
Now for the 1 up top, this is where it gets interesting. Does Bentekes superior hold up play outweigh his lack of pressing? Is Ings finishing clynical enough to lead the line even though he'll press the life out of defenders every 90? Is Dannys body strong enough to be pressing from the front for 90 every game? Each of those players have strengths and weaknesses with a fully fit Studge being the strongest contender as an individual however Klopp goes with what makes the "team" stronger and for me that puts Studge as one of the attacking mids with Ings and Benteke battling it out for the 1.
Can't wait
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