The Following is a list of formations that i think can do us well if Xabi leaves.
Please note that the players between parenthasis are just proposed players, no one has joined.
FORMATION 1:
Reina
Johnson-Carragher-Agger-Aurelio
Mascherano-(Aquilani)
Kuyt-Gerrard-Riera
Torres
FORMATION 2 :
Reina
Johnson-Skrtel-Carragher-Aurelio
Mashcerano-Gerrard
Kuyt-(Sneijder)-Babel
Torres
FORMATION 3:
Reina
Johnson-Agger-Carragher-Insua
Babel-Mascherano-Gerrard-Riera
Torres-Kuyt
FORMATION 4:
Reina
Johnson-Carragher-Skrtel-Aurelio
Mascherano-(Cattermole)/Spearing/Lucas
Kuyt-Gerrard-Benayoun
Torres
Please feel free to say which is your favoured formation out of the four.
Ramez El Hajj.
i say formation 3 looks good with the players we allready got seen looks like nt goner bring in any more
I can’t stand Ryan Babel. To date I’ve not been impressed with him and hope that if he doesn’t step up soon that Rafa sends him packing.
think we got to get another world class player to replace him! steve can fill alonsos place then we should try and get david villa up front with nando!hes said he would only come to england to play for us think this would also appease valencia and their fans if he didnt stay in spain and play against them!
No voronin?
anyway, i really like these formations. i also like
johnson – agger – skrtel – carragher
but yeah picking up sneijder and aquilani seems like that’d be about perfect.
aquilani missing from roma game! injured or doesnt want to be cup tied any thoughts?
We need to spend the money on 2 top quality signings, not several second raters or ‘potentials’ as Rafa has done in the last 3 years. I don’t think we need a direct replacement for Alonso – Masch would be a bigger loss. Aguero, Villa and Ribery are prohibitive but Silva is a possible and add the quality in midfield. If Ashley Young coudl be prized from Aston Villa or Silva from Valencia then we could be talking about Xabi who? Cattermole is average
the problem with formation 2 is you are seperating torres and gerrard.. which i know it sounds cliche’, but you just can’t do that. they are by far the best partnership in the world.. and to have them seperated is just a waste.
I prefer to see us in a 4-3-3 variant and unfortunately I just don’t see a dual Kuyt/Torres as a potent attacking combination. Gerrard must sit behind Torres, that should not be in question.
Villa would be a wasted signing. He’s a great player but if you’ve watched enough of Spain you’ll realise that Villa/Torres is not the greatest partnership in the world. They both want to fill exactly the same role and in most cases it is Torres who backs down and tries to play a more supportive role. That would be wasting his talents.
I like Aquilani and think he’d be a suitable replacement in our midfield.
@alex…i have thought about such a scenario too, but can u really think that if xabi leaves, any of the players we r being linked with can take the responsibility of being the heart of midfield that gerrard for so long and xabi for the past couple of seasons have done so effectively???? so its not a question of wanting to break the partnership…but a question of there being any better replacement for xabi than gerrard. I would really like the members to respond to this…with xabi leaving can we still play with gerrard just behind torres and trust aguilani/cattermole/sneijder to play xabi’s role??? xabi alonso for the past season has played better than anyone in the world in his position…he can nail the defence penetrating passes and switch play better than anyone i have seen for a long time, he can go long in direct play…are any of these other players do this role better than gerrard??