Our Strongest XI

[vish]

before even seeing these new lads play...

 

jeez.

[floyd the barber]

jury is out on agger, as we have hardly seen him play since arriving at anfield, and by the sounds of it...hes struggling in training and has been consistently picking up knocks..

[Rimbeux]

Is it Sep 1 already

[Guest L4 Lad]

granted but judging by the few appearances he's made for us i can see he's very much in the same mold of hyypia i.e. the way he likes to go forwards.

[Guest Super Aguero]

I would suggest Crouch ahead of Fowler, based on last season, and the future as well. But cannot disagree with the rest - there is enough experience to be able to put Gonzalez straight in.

 

 

Paletta is a top quality player I think we signed him as Rafa might not rate Agger since he has joined us.

[Knox_Harrington]

Paletta is a top quality player I think we signed him as Rafa might not rate Agger since he has joined us.

We agreed to sign him in very early February not long at all after Agger signed.

[Guest Assassin]

jury is out on agger, as we have hardly seen him play since arriving at anfield, and by the sounds of it...hes struggling in training and has been consistently picking up knocks..

 

knockers, dont you just love them

 

 

 

You 2 make a fine pair.

 

Agger wasnt bought to walk straight into the team to displace either Carra or Sami.

Edited July 20, 2006 by Assassin

[Knox_Harrington]

You 2 make a fine pair.

 

Agger wasnt bought to walk straight into the team to displace either Carra or Sami.

Think you've misunderstood. I'm disagreeing with the person I've quoted.

 

EDIT: Cheers!

Edited July 20, 2006 by Knox_Harrington

[Guest Assassin]

Paletta is a top quality player I think we signed him as Rafa might not rate Agger since he has joined us.

 

 

You 2 make a fine pair.

 

Agger wasnt bought to walk straight into the team to displace either Carra or Sami.

 

Think you've misunderstood. I'm disagreeing with the person I've quoted.

 

EDIT: Cheers!

 

Sorry KH....damn banana fingers, you will see it is rectified above

[Knox_Harrington]

Sorry KH....damn banana fingers, you will see it is rectified above

No problem.

[anny road]

our strongest Xi depends on who we are playing

[So Cal Red]

our strongest Xi depends on who we are playing

 

is correct...

 

tactics, formations, & player selections will vary from opponent to opponent... that's the Rafa way

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

even once we've made all our signings

 

even once we've seen them all play

 

even when we have a game coming up, and we know which players would be most tactically suited to it

 

even then, threads like this are t***tish

[hideNseek]

our strongest Xi depends on who we are playing

 

Is the correct answer.

[Guest Super Aguero]

Think you've misunderstood. I'm disagreeing with the person I've quoted.

 

EDIT: Cheers!

 

 

I am not knocking Agger I am just saying what I have heard from people who say there in the know.

[Stevie H]

even once we've made all our signings

 

even once we've seen them all play

 

even when we have a game coming up, and we know which players would be most tactically suited to it

 

even then, threads like this are t***tish

haha!

[RedNik]

I have doubts as to whether we can start both bellamy and fowler together in a game. It gives no aerial prescence, and we wont be able to hold the ball up either. This was exactly the reason we bought crouch, and a big part of why we succeeded last year.

[G Richards]

Reina

Carra Hyypia Agger

Alves Gerrard Sissoko Alonso Gonzales

Kuyt Bellamy

 

Just to throw in a different option. A 3-5-2. Keeps the midfield trio and adds South American pacy wide men either side. Midfield offers everything - pace, width, crossing, strength, stamina, tackling, shooting. And Kuyt to sign and form a great partnership with Bellamy.

 

This team would only need to revert to a 4-4-2 against Chelsea, Arsenal, Man Utd and possibly Spurs. The rest of the teams in the league would be blown away. It could also easily be tweaked into 4-2-3-1.

Edited July 21, 2006 by G Richards

[zimmie4444]

Definitely depends on who the opposition is, but I think Reina in goal certainly, and the back four of Finnan, Carra, Hyypia and Riise definitely, with Aurelio and Agger, possibly Paletta too all pushing for places, although I expect the latter is far too young and inexperienced. In midfield, I think our best option is having Sissoko as the holding player, alongside Alonso, with Gerrard playing more advanced, which leaves the front three. Some sort of combination between Garcia, Kewell or Gonzalez, and the striker/s, depending on what formation we play, and who we are playing against. In most regular matches, I'd go for this:

 

Reina

Finnan-Carra-Hyypia-Riise

Garcia-Gerrard-Alonso-Gonzalez

Bellamy-Fowler

 

I can still see Rafa using Crouch to hold the ball up effectively in the bigger games as a lone striker, as he did in the games against Chelski and the Mancs in the cup's, which would leave us with this formation:

 

Reina

Finnan-Carra-Hyypia-Riise

Garcia-Sissoko-Alonso-Gonzalez

Gerrard

Crouch

 

We have good options still, but we still need to bring in one or too more in certain positions, as everybody knows of course, a right winger definitely, and probably a striker too.

[Guest HarryKewell]

Definitely depends on who the opposition is, but I think Reina in goal certainly, and the back four of Finnan, Carra, Hyypia and Riise definitely, with Aurelio and Agger, possibly Paletta too all pushing for places, although I expect the latter is far too young and inexperienced. In midfield, I think our best option is having Sissoko as the holding player, alongside Alonso, with Gerrard playing more advanced, which leaves the front three. Some sort of combination between Garcia, Kewell or Gonzalez, and the striker/s, depending on what formation we play, and who we are playing against. In most regular matches, I'd go for this:

 

Reina

Finnan-Carra-Hyypia-Riise

Garcia-Gerrard-Alonso-Gonzalez

Bellamy-Fowler

 

I can still see Rafa using Crouch to hold the ball up effectively in the bigger games as a lone striker, as he did in the games against Chelski and the Mancs in the cup's, which would leave us with this formation:

 

Reina

Finnan-Carra-Hyypia-Riise

Garcia-Sissoko-Alonso-Gonzalez

Gerrard

Crouch

 

We have good options still, but we still need to bring in one or too more in certain positions, as everybody knows of course, a right winger definitely, and probably a striker too.

 

Agree with you mate, haven't seen Gonzalez play yet, so I'll still pick Kewell before him. I'm really excited with Speedy today tho..

 

It will also be exciting to see how good Aurelio is. I think he'll play at the start of the season, but Riise is a player who fight back and I think he'll win his place back actually.

 

As mentioned before, the team depends on when and where we play, plus there are so many matches during a season it's hard to pick one XI.

[Ombudsam]

Why would you add "our summer signings included"?

 

We agreed to sign him in very early February not long at all after Agger signed.

 

Rafa's that ruthless!!

[Guest Cally77]

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

 

Finnan Carra Agger Aurelio

 

--------Alonso--Momo

 

--SteG----------------Gonzo

 

-----------Crouch

 

----------Bellamy

Edited July 22, 2006 by Cally77

[surf]

Did we sell Hyypia?

[Hassony]

our strongest Xi depends on who we are playing

but that means that charlie nicholas won't understande what rafa will be trying to do