by ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:44 pm
my team for this season would be
reina
kelly skrtel agger johnson
lucas allen
aquilani
gerrard carroll suarez
i`m not normally a big fan of 2 holding midfielders but looking at us in pre season we look very exposed at the back, especially out wide, i`d put lucas and allen in there to help put out any fires. enrique looks way of the pace and has done since last december, until he starts to improve i dont think we can afford to play him in a competative game, he looks a liability atm and in this system where you dont have any wide midfielders i wouldnt risk him.
if we are going with this 3 man midfield then i`m not sure that gerrard has the legs any more to play in that system week in week out, i`d move him into the front 3 (where he is probably more effective anyway)
i think aquilani is a quality player who could easily be the link between the midfield and the attack
we have still got a lot of quality players at the club, if we can get through the transfer window without losing any of them this might sound nuts but i think we can go close next season, dont forget we didnt have gerrard for half the season and we lost lucas for most of it as well, carroll is a different player now and suarez is one of the best players on the planet, barcelona and city want our centre halves.......fate conspired against us last season, anything that could go wrong did go wrong but even with all that bad luck we more than matched up against the top teams.
if the likes of carroll, suarez, gerrard, aquilani etc hit form and we have a bit of luck with injuries we will take some stopping.