http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/lucas-s-pride-at-skipper-role He continues to impress me, maybe not with his last performance against Man Utd but everyone gets it wrong sometimes. What I like is his attitude. "Of course I would have liked another result to have a better record, but I am really proud to have been the captain. It means a lot to me at such a big club like Liverpo "Unfortunately I will be out of the game because I am suspended, but I will be cheering the players on," he said. "I think we deserved to win against Manchester United. "We played really well and now we have to take the positives into the next game, hopefully get the three points and be closer to the top four." He continued: "I think there is more to come (from Liverpool). There are a lot of new players that came in over the summer and it always takes time to settle and build an understanding between the players. "I think there is a lot to come and hopefully it will be a successful season for us."
I think it sounds goood and all but i set no sotre in that anymore. I've see too many fluff pieces before and after games putting spin and excuses so what I set my store in is..... Yes lucas' record of what he does for us, the stats and awards don't lie. He's vital and you could see when he didn't play well how flat we were i nthat first half. Lucas to be missed this weekend i say!
Hopefully we wont miss him too much. We have cover but not a similar player so the formation may change.
4-4-2 for me this weekend with a change of emphasis, 2 up fornt, 2 wingers and gerrard and adam in the middle. spearing to come on aftr 70mins.
I think a team with width not wide men who play 15 yards off the touchline is what we need so I hope downing and enrique genuinely link up. Thats one area i'm looking to. I've been dissappointd with downing at times cos enrique has been imperious at the back but had very little chance to really use his pace on overlaps simply as its downing playing the ball to him from midfield and leaving him 2 on 1 a lot of the time and form there there's only an inside pass or back as options.
Would like to see bellers given a go as well and not just for the fantasy points. (sorry norwich fans) but some of their defenders aren't the greatest and the easiest way to exploit that is pace.
Yes, this is a game we must not sit back on, it is a banana skin fixture. We have sufficient back up for Lucas in Spearing/Hendo and lets not forget Gerrad is back now.
I'd be happy to see bellamy on the left and downing on the right.... this is the type of game where we need to tell kuyt he's having a rest. reina kelly carra agger enrique downing gerrard adam bellamy carroll suarez not what would be fun. Johnson, henderson, skertl, spearing, doni, kuyt, maxi on the bench.
