Alas, Brendan agrees with the majority of us and will be playing with Sturridge as our main striker: http://www1.skysports.com/football/...ool-role-with-Daniel-Sturridge-through-middle Perfect fit for us if we adopt that system. Suarez drifts all game and picks up the ball from anywhere and everywhere, while Daniel can stick in the centre and use his pace and strength and also get on the end of things. Might even help Downing tbh, couple times against Sunderland he put a great ball in and Suarez wasn't in the box and big old Andy would be elsewhere in the past waiting for a floated ball.
think it might be worth adopting this against Mansfield in the cup so we would have time to see how it worked and tweak if nec or not worth the risk for the players?
I hope and would think Sturridge can play quite a bit of the game and down the middle. Suarez, however, should be rested for scum game next week.
What will Borini's role be in all this? will he also be floating, interchanging with suarez? or will he stick to one area of the pitch?
I would prefer Borini to be in the centre as I don't think he can offer enough in terms of creativity from the wings. He does have great work rate and good movement in the box.
For the front three we have Suarez, Sturridge, Sterling, Borini and Downing. Suso, Shelvey and Henderson have all played in the front three this season too and I'm pretty sure Gerrard could move forward if needed. I think the main five making it difficult to pick a front three can only be a good thing, I want to see people arguing and moaning about who is left on the bench as that means we have options
It'll be interesting to see. frankly he needs to score a couple to cement a place. if he plays up top and the team get beat then the temptation is to stick him wide right. BTW, we can't just go 4-3-3 with suarez right as rodgers had his wide men withdrawn and defending in the early part of the game. We must aslo ask about the AM that he's being playing. We would need a flatter midfield 3 and put suarez in the middle behind sturridge. I'm interested to see how they play as sturridge played great replacing anelka in chelsea's side. I think a 4-3-3 with borini left and sturridge right is the easiest fit into today's systems but i beleive that changing it up can make us more solid defensively and still allow suarez to be the guy getting the goals.
I agree with this but would be inclined to call the system a 4312 with Suarez being the one. Rodgers likes him to drop deep creating space for the two wide men to exploit, this is why Sturridge fits the bill so well IMO. Also, I think players that say they want to play upfront actually mean they want to be closer to goal because they want to be scoring goals. You can tell me that a player would rather play upfront and score ten goals over playing as an outside forward or winger and getting fifteen goals? Not saying this will happen, just trying to show my point
Personally I think Borini is getting a bit of unfair stick. He was settling into a new team with a new manager and system. With some very tough fixtures before he got injured. Most of his (few) shots worked the keepers, his movement was good and he is only young. But agree, he is likely to be on the bench. But wouldn't mind if he became good and the competition between him and Sturridge is a good thing. At least we don't have Ngog to provide the pressure.
Suarez is going to be the reverse winger, Sturridge will play the false 9 so that leaves Borini with the incombulated contero role.
Yes i think 4312 describes what i'm thinking about quite well. we need to see how that works for a pressing game though. I think rodgers has 3 basics things he wants 1. advanced full backs.... if you do this you need to back them up with support both in cover and also someone to pass to. 2. an attacking midfield role 3. a mobile no 9 that creates space for others. 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-2-1-2 diamond can all fit the bill. I do think if sturridge and borini play wide for example they need to defend wide with the full backs so if sturridge is willing and able to defend and then get beyond suarez as well that's the ideal. If suarez plays out wide right i think its his bes tposition but we have to play someone in midifeld like henderson to do the defending with johnson.
Think it means. To get better (as a team) we (collective individuals) must improve. But that's not as amusing I guess.
