today i fancy an almost modern era playing 4-2-3-1
i'm sticking digger in there on the left of the 3 because he's boss
no start for kenny today but he will be on the bench along with rush; beardsley; souness; hansen; mascherano; nichol and grobbelar.
width to come from our fullbacks with glen able to bomb on and aurellio able to slip into midfield or overlap digger on the left. fabio was plagued with injuries but at his best as a footballer i've not seen better play left back for liverpool. glen is a rolls royce who offers pace; penetration and goals.
agger and hypia offer intelligence; experience and the ability to bring the ball out with dagger also capable of moving into the centre of the pitch. both have also got goal in them from set pieces and in daggers case from open play.
lucas can break up play as well as pick a pass; give and go. he starts ahead of masch due to his better all round play and to his ability to work round xabi who will quarterback the team. he starts ahead of souness and masch on merit for me and because i think he lends himself more to free flowing attacking football.
xabi. what can i say? i miss him terribly it would be great to have him back at the club at some point further down the line. not sure he wants to be a manager but he loves us as much as we love him and he really just gets our club. all this and one of the most culture passers of the ball that i've ever seen. defence into attack as the swish of his foot he will help get the best out of our attacking quartet.
gerrard is on the right of the three where he can win the ball high up the park turning defence into final third attack as well as cross and score goals as he steps inside. midfield should offer a platform for unrelenting waves of attacks but the big man can tuck into the centre of the park if we need some more muscle there but really i'd like him to focus on scoring and making goals.
luis is playing less of the front man and more as a floating attacker able to switch positions with gerrard as they please coming deep when necessary but also been quick in the penalty area on our attacks. he is my favourite player since fowler who unfortunately doesn't make the bench today.
digger is a god and will provide pace, penetration, assists and goals a plenty from the left. for those who never got to see him in his pomp he really was THAT good. a tragedy that he never got to show his worth in europe in this parallel world he will finally get to show them how we roll.
torres gets the nod over rushie for me due to his understanding with gerrard and alonso and also because i'd love to see how good we could have been with him and luis up front. rushie is the governor but despite it all fernando in his pomp is the best number 9 i've seen play for liverpool.
the bench is awesome with any of the players selected able to start but i thought flexibility also important: nichol can play either full back slot; masch can play defensive midfield but also right back and centre half - not bad for a midget; souness just has to be in the match day squad for his sheer presence as leader beside his ability; beardsley offers ability to play in the three with digger; gerrard and suarez all versatile enough to move around and of course rushie has goals galore if we're chasing the game.
not likely with this line up to be fair
reina
johnson - hypia - agger - aurellio
lucas - alonso
gerrard suarez barnes
torres