KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Stoke and our best team/formation ??

For the first time in what has seemed like an eternity, we actually have a selection problem on our hands. HALLELUJAH!

Whilst i realise that it would be silly to try to get 90 minutes from Sturridge on his first day back and it would probably also make sense to only give Gerrard around 60 minutes in the game (hopefully to give Alberto another look in).

However past this game whilst being hugely optimistic we don't get any more injuries in this game. My question is this, what is our formation and more importantly our front 3 going forward?

I think first and foremost that Sterling and Henderson have been fantastic and made me hugely proud of the future of our team, however Sturridge on form could walk into this first 11 no?

The next point, although we moved to a front 2 to accomodate our current 2 forward men, it seems at 4-3-3 we really dominate teams with incredible pace, constant pressure on and off the ball. Do we change this for Sturridge coming back or is Brendy (i can call him that cause we're best friends) or shift Suarez out've his favoured position as he is much more versatile than Sturridge and can affect the game just as much from deep?

option 1:

--------------------Sturridge---------------

---------Coutinho-----Suarez---------Sterling


--------------Lucas---Gerrard---Henderson---


Option 2


-------------------Sturridge----Suarez---------

--------Coutinho-----Henderson---Gerrard---Sterling

Coutinho Suarez Sterling

Lucas Gerrard Hendo

Cissoko Toure Skrtel Johnson

Mignolet

.................Mig
Kelly...toure...skrtel....ally
...............Lucas
Sterling..Hendo..sg...Phil
..............,Suarez

Would agree with you if Sturridge is not fit, or would give him a run replacing Sterling.

Coutinho hasn't been playing well lately whereas Sterling has. Rather drop the former. Doubt Sturridge will start anyways

And what about after the Stoke game?? Do you guys see us keeping with the 4-3-3 or changing to our makeshift 4-4-2?? IS it a matter of fitting all our best players in or keeping the system that suits us best?

Just my opinion but I am all for good players rather than systems

My opinion is that players and systems should be adapted to the oposition but you cannot get a good team with bad players no matter what the system is. However, you can get a bad team with good players depending on the system. IMO, players are the qualifiers to get a good team, while system can be the differentiator.

Without any signings, I think our attacking line up should be:


---------Hendo----Gerrard--------
Sterling-----Suarez------Coutinho
------------Sturridge------------

Or

---------Hendo----Gerrard--------
Sturridge---Coutinho------Sterling
-------------Suarez--------------

well i hope the 45 minutes lucas and coutinho and 70 mins for suarez had off playing has made them 100% refreshed , there should be no excuses sunday at stoke city all the main players all refreshed .