Your non-Gerrard/Lucas/Henderson starting XI?

               Mignolet

Skrtle- Agger- Sakho- Enrique

                 Toure

   Johnson-Coutinho-Sterling

           Suarez  Sturridge

     

That's almost hilariously sh*t.
 
Toure isn't a DM; Skrtel at RB, a position he played so badly last time it was tried, I nearly cried; Johnson as a RW, which he isn't; and no CM players at all.
 
I don't think I've seen a more appalingly ill-considered line-up suggestion. The only way it would get a result is if the opposition laughed so much when they saw the teamsheet, they all got injured.

That's almost hilariously sh*t.
 
Toure isn't a DM; Skrtel at RB, a position he played so badly last time it was tried, I nearly cried; Johnson as a RW, which he isn't; and no CM players at all.
 
I don't think I've seen a more appalingly ill-considered line-up suggestion. The only way it would get a result is if the opposition laughed so much when they saw the teamsheet, they all got injured.

I think Shabs is obviously going for a long ball game, knocking the ball over and missing the midfield out entirely, with Johnson, Coutinho and  Stirling picking up the loose balls.

That's almost hilariously sh*t.
 
Toure isn't a DM; Skrtel at RB, a position he played so badly last time it was tried, I nearly cried; Johnson as a RW, which he isn't; and no CM players at all.
 
I don't think I've seen a more appalingly ill-considered line-up suggestion. The only way it would get a result is if the opposition laughed so much when they saw the teamsheet, they all got injured.

But the thread title does read a bit like "what line up without ANY of the 3 midfielders of Saturday".
I think thats where the confusion started.


I also wonder what sort of an effort one of the defenders would make, if we tried to convert one to defensive midfield. For example Marcel Desailly (terrific defender) was also used as a midfielder early in his career - at AC Milan.

The only way to replace the 3 is to open up the purse in January take out anything from 40 to 60 million quid...
However to answer the question in the op
 
               Mignolet
 
Johnson Skrtel Agger  Jose/Cissokho
 
    Toure/Sakho  Kelly
 
Suarez   Coutinho   Moses
 
              Sturridge
 

That's almost hilariously sh*t.
 
Toure isn't a DM; Skrtel at RB, a position he played so badly last time it was tried, I nearly cried; Johnson as a RW, which he isn't; and no CM players at all.
 
I don't think I've seen a more appalingly ill-considered line-up suggestion. The only way it would get a result is if the opposition laughed so much when they saw the teamsheet, they all got injured.

 

I think we need an overhaul in our midfield, I'm afraid we are just not good enough in that area and we need 2 midfielders who are better than Lucas and Henderson, and a Gerrard replacement in order to make a step up.


We will struggle this season against quality midfield, same way we did against Arsenal.

None of the above

Three £20m+ players in January would see us alright

Like that's going to happen

don't hold your breath mate   

                  Mignolet
          Skrtel - Agger - Sakho
Johnson - Touré - Allen - Enrique
                   Coutinho
             Suarez - Sturridge

Now THAT is a team that I would love to see against Fulham.  I think it would work.

I must ask, what would be the need in playing three centre backs other than trying to keep them all happy?

Unless we actually have genuine wing backs, which we don't, I'd stick to a 433 formation. It's Fulham ffs. The only 352 I would play is this:

                  Mignolet
   
         Skrtel  Agger  Sakho

              Lucas   Hendo

Sterling        Coutinho      Moses

            Sturridge  Suarez

That's three in defence, five in midfield, and two up front... as the formation suggests...

EDIT: woops, wrong thread

                  Mignolet
          Skrtel - Agger - Sakho
Johnson - Touré - Allen - Enrique
                   Coutinho
             Suarez - Sturridge

I quite like the look of that line-up, I'm not surei'd go with three at the back necessarily but a midfield three of Toure, Allen and Coutinho is deffo the option I would go for. I think Toure would be FAR more effective in an emergency holding role compared to Agger.

I must ask, what would be the need in playing three centre backs other than trying to keep them all happy?

Because Johnson and Enrique have the pace to go forward and supply SAS as well as track back with any counter attacking footballers. It's only when those two aren't in the team the three at the back doesn't work.

Because Johnson and Enrique have the pace to go forward and supply SAS as well as track back with any counter attacking footballers. It's only when those two aren't in the team the three at the back doesn't work.

They can do exactly the same being part of a back four though.

I must ask, what would be the need in playing three centre backs other than trying to keep them all happy?

To boost up Skrtels price for next window wage cut maybe

Unless we actually have genuine wing backs, which we don't, I'd stick to a 433 formation. It's Fulham ffs. The only 352 I would play is this:

                  Mignolet
   
         Skrtel  Agger  Sakho

              Lucas   Allen

Sterling        Coutinho      Moses

            Sturridge  Suarez

That's three in defence, five in midfield, and two up front... as the formation suggests...

EDIT: woops, wrong thread

I really like that attacking lineup when we play at home against not very strong team. 


EDIT : Hendo not available (by the thread title ) so I'll put Allen there.

I can't wait til young Suso returns, this boy deserves to be in Liverpools starting XI, certainly over Henderson. I know he's young and needs first team football but with the way he played last season I thought he deserved to compete for a place considering how poor our midfield is.
The reports from spain are saying that he has been Almerias outstanding player and he has 5 assists in the league already.
 

                Migs

Kolo   Skrtel   Agger     Jose

  Sterling    Allen    Alberto
             
              Coutinho
      Sturridge   Suarez

                Migs

Kolo   Skrtel   Agger     Jose

  Sterling    Allen    Alberto
             
              Coutinho
      Sturridge   Suarez

No chance that midfield would work.

No chance that midfield would work.

Acknowledged. What would you do then? Bring in Ilori?

I'd certainly like to see us try something new, Gerrard and Lucas in the middle quite simply doesn't work against a good midfield. I think its to risky to replace both of them in one go though, unless we absolutely had to.

Acknowledged. What would you do then? Bring in Ilori?

Ilori's a defender and I think we have more than enough square pegs in round holes at present.

To answer your question and the whole purpose of the topic we don't have a midfield if you remove all 3 of them.  Change 1 or even 2 out of the 3 and we could probably cope but leave them all out and we'd have problems.

I must ask, what would be the need in playing three centre backs other than trying to keep them all happy?

Unless we actually have genuine wing backs, which we don't, I'd stick to a 433 formation. It's Fulham ffs. The only 352 I would play is this:

                  Mignolet
   
         Skrtel  Agger  Sakho

              Lucas   Hendo

Sterling        Coutinho      Moses

            Sturridge  Suarez

That's three in defence, five in midfield, and two up front... as the formation suggests...

EDIT: woops, wrong thread

Love the look of that team but would swap Gerrard for lucas then around the 65min mark sub Gerrard for Lucas, but against the lesser teams at home i would defo give that a try.