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Rafa's best formation is the 4231 with a strong main striker upfront, and a "floating" 3 attacking midfielders infront of 2 holding midfielders who control the midfield and protect the back 4.

Torres and Gerrard are world class and there is no way that we will sell any of them. Kuyt and Riera have been decent this season and have almost cemented their place in our starting 11.

our backup attacking 4 players for now are Babel (disappointing), Ngog (not convincing), Benayoun (performing well, but not the best option) and Nabil Elzhar (not convincing).

ofcourse, it's never easy to hold on to the best players, but we wish for the best. I believe that Kuyt and Riera will drop down in the picking order next season, and instead of having both of them on the pitch, will usually find only one of them there.

on the other hand, I expect a new winger to arrive, Kuba, Suarez, or whoever he might be. we definitely need a winger, and that would be on the expense of the above.

Babel is the closer to the door, not because he's not better than the other options, but because it's easier to cash in on him than it's the case with other players. he might be used to land Suarez, as a player + cash deal.

Benayoun is decent now, but I doubt he will be like that for more than a season or two. Therefore, I think we should keep him to make it easier for the youngsters to make the grade. Nabil Elzhar seems decent too but still needs more experience in order for us to call him as a real "backup" player. Adam Hammill looked good before when he was in the youth team or in his loan spells, so we will see what he could do in LFC next season.


So, who do you think will stay and who will leave?

Aye aye Saud.

Decent post. 4-2-3-1 is Rafa's preferred formation.

But I do believe that next season he'll push towards a Christmas Tree formation and be looking at this:

-------------------------Reina------------------------

---Johnson-----Skittles---------Agger------Aurellio---

-----------Masherano------Xabi------Barry-------------

----------------Kuyt-----------Stevie-----------------

-------------------------Torres-----------------------

Benni's the real deal. Insua, Arbeloa, and Riera will add explosive power as squad players and I believe all will have involvement in next season's PL win, and CL semi-finals.

Christmas Tree formation. It's Rafa's preferred formation because it's EASILY transformed into a 4-2-3-1, or a 4-2-4 or a 4-4-2 or a diamond midfield OR a diamond in the last 4 of a 4-2-4. I've seen him play a 3-5-2 this season too (albeit in the latter stages of the match when the game has been won).

Respect the original post. You still on the paid-for site or have you bounced?

our current starting 11 is quite good. we are a SOLID team. we just need more creativity on the flanks.

Kuyt, Benayoun, Riera, Babel do not seem like the kinds of players who will walk into any big team, but they are extremely valuable for LFC. but they are not Gerrard/Torres material. we need atleast one worldclass winger.

that's the reason why i though that one of the 4 players mentioned above will be sold and we will bring in a new player.

I think we should include a new signing in the attacking four alongside Babel, Torres and Kuyt. I would prefer to see Ryan playing up front more than just on the wings.

Hey welcome back Ste! How's Dunks' niece?

I think we should stay with the formation we are currently using and just rotate the players (and any new additions) within this formation.......if it aint broke....don't fix it!