KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Is It Time For Liverpool To Drop Steven Gerrard?

It's not time to drop him but the need for a replacement grows more urgent by the week.

Club should be trying in January if even if its a loan deal

The time was in the summer,so i won't be holding my breath for a suitable player coming in Jan.

Drop sg for wat ever reason and play Allen ..., fack that

I wud keep Allen on the bench n play with ten players..,,

I think he just needs a bit of a rest every now and then to keep him sharp when he is on the pitch. Play Allen against the weaker team until we can bring someone new in in Jan. Then save Gerrard for the bigger games. Though maybe not against the likes of Arsenal were more energy and speed are needed

The problem is that you can't drop him till we get a more cosistant DM. If we had an out and out DM like M'Vila, and played 4 at the back, then we could move Stevie up more where he can cause more trouble, and put a player like Hendo next to the DM or even lucas. But we don't and that leaves Lucas to cover, which he simply isn't good enough at.

We should be tring to play 4-2-2-1-1

For example:

Johnson-Toure-Sakho-Enrique
-------Hendo-M'Vila--------
------Stevie-Coutinho------
----------Suarez-----------
---------Sturridge---------

This line up looks very packed in the centre to me, i don't think it will work. With the same formation we will be playing 433 or 442 with SG as a right winger for the latter. I also think that the formation and tactics should also depend on the opposition, it's not one size fits all, this is the difference that a Manager brings to a team.

I agree with you. But wwe should be aiming to work it so that players like Hendo and a DM (M'Vila) would be doing their job properly and pushing the attacker into to wings, not letting them come through the middle. That's where most of the goals against us have come because Lucas hasn't really got the possitional sense to push player out, he invites them in.

With a packed mid, then players like Suarez, Gerrard etc can push out to the wingmaking the oposition move it centrally where Hendo and M;Vila could be positioned to push them out again while also allowing time for the other mids to get involved. It doesn't mean that every one is in the middle, more that they should be in a certain area when attacking idealy.

"Bring Gerrard into games where he can influence and drive Liverpool from midfield"

I agree with this statement. Gerrard does not need to play every minute of every game. At this rate he won't last much longer.As for the Lampard comment, I'm not sure I agree. Lampard doesn't seem to have much defensive duties when he plays. Gerrard on the other hand does a bit more, of course this could be due to the talent or lack there of around each player. If there was a proper DM in the team and perhaps another creative midfielder, I believe this will take some burden off Gerrard and allow him to play a bit more freely.

Stevie is still our best midfielder. if you get more mobile and good ball players around him, he can still contribute alot.

the problem with Gerrard is that he is good at everything. he is his own victim.

The reason why Lampard doesnt have defensive duties is because he is terrible at it. in fact, he seldom has defensive duties because he always had good defenders. on the other hand, Gerrard has played with tons of muppets.

we need one more defensive midfielder (in the Wanyama mould) and a LWB.

Some good points but if BR sees that SG doesn't have a good game which would be understandable cause he plays every game for 90 min, that sub him like he would with any other player, cause it could ultimately cost us the game if he is the weak link.