Not one I necessarily agree with one hundred percent either. Just a thought. Would Gerrard make your first 3 choices for midfield this season? I only ask due to the additions of both Allen and Sahin. I also feel Gerrard isn't the greatest short fast paced passer of the ball. He is a fantastic distributor but I don't feel Rodgers is going to want Gerrard to be looking for the across field balls anymore but merely to keep things neat and tidy in midfield, something Allen, Lucas and Sahin are more suited to. Is this a fair view or completely absurd to imagine Captain Fantastic consigned to the bench?
I have seen ideas of Gerrard being moved to the forward three. Perhaps this could work better. His movement is often very clever in the final third. For me, at the moment I am leaning towards a midfield trio of Allen, Lucas and Sahin and giving Gerrard a forwards role. What do the rest of you think?
Here is a controversial question...
posted on 26/8/12
Agree completely.
posted on 26/8/12
Gerrard isn't the greatest short fast paced passer of the ball.
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Gerrard is actually very good at fast short paced passing. His problem is more of slow paced short passing. He likes to play at high pace..
posted on 26/8/12
I actually think gerrard should play as a striker. i know its sounds crazy but having Assaidi and Suarez as wide frwds and a Midfield of Sahin, Allen and Lucas could be the way forward with thw squad we got.
------------------------Lucas------------------------
-----------Sahin-------------------Allen------------
Suarez-------------------------------------Assaidi
-----------------------Gerrard-----------------------
Worth a try maybe???
posted on 26/8/12
Having Gerrard as a fwd is ludicrous,
Lets play Reina there instead
posted on 26/8/12
Brendan's,
Reina started his career as a striker and only became a gk when he filled in on a training session and did amazingly.
posted on 26/8/12
Thats what I mean.
Stick Reina up front
posted on 26/8/12
I don't know mate, Reina would probably do better in goal, not convinced by the cover we have.
Maybe we should do a Spain and play without an out and out striker. Gerrard could be our Fabregas.
posted on 26/8/12
Well Matt, there's no real reason why not to. I think Liverpool last season highlighted what is wrong with traditional your striker scores your goals thinking. We never had other men getting into the box so never posed much of a threat. These days most stikers are expected to defend anyway. The passing slow build up we (and kinda Barca) play doesnt require out and out strikers who are encouraged to always be forward on the arm of the defender as by the time we are in the oppositions penalty area a good 4 players regardless of position should be in that area. I think there's something to be said for this Gerrard as a false 9 idea. At the end of the day the front 3 are kind of like stikers anyway so we'd still have suarez and borini there
posted on 26/8/12
King Kenny... very well said, I agree with you there. Pretty much summed up my thinking and written far more eloquently than I could have hoped for.
We won't get to see Sahin until next week in the league so hopefully it will give us a true indication of what's going to happen. I would not be disappointed with Gerrard as a front man.
posted on 26/8/12
Gerrard is a class act, one of Liverpools greatest ever players.
However , comments above saying how good he is at crossing a ball - he probably takes the worst set pieces in the league. In open play he can cross and pass as good as most.
Stevie needs to try and raise his game once again and be more consistant - this may sound harsh but the man has been that good we all expect him to be the usual Stevie G of old