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by **real fan from abroad** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:51 am

This summer we signed Zenden, Gonzales. Figo and Sisoko are about to sign and don't forget Gerard, Garcia, Alonso, Nunez, Haman,Reise, Welsh and other youngsters!!
We have 10-11 classy midfielders and I just can't see how Rafa is going to fit them all up in his squad, the best way to do that is to play 4-5-1 but then we have another problem, we have 3 world class strikers(the third one is Baros, Kuyt, Crouch) and Rafa can't sit 2 of them on the bench so Rafa would have to play 4-4-2 and then the problem with the midfielders is coming up again(not that it was solved with the 4-5-1)!!
I dont realy see why are we spending money for midfielders when we can buy players for other positions!!
I realy dont envy Rafa when he will choose the starting lineup!! :bowdown

by **Red Rafa Revolution** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:05 am

it's gonna be a long hard campaign and looking at the signing rafa is pretty serious about the premiership. i am only worried that with so many new players come in, their intergration will be a problem.

by **ALONSO_14** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:31 am

thats what rafa set out to do this summer though, strengthen the squad. after seeing that the problem in the premiership last season was our lack of options rafa has brought in a lot of players to make us stronger. now we will have other players ready to come into the team when needed

by **mighty mo** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:44 am

the future,s bright ,the future,s rafa

by **real fan from abroad** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:42 pm

our squa need more defence and not midfielders!!

thats what rafa set out to do this summer though, strengthen the squad. after seeing that the problem in the premiership last season was our lack of options rafa has brought in a lot of players to make us stronger. now we will have other players ready to come into the team when needed

our squad need more defence and not midfielders!!

by **Fernando Morientes > 19 <** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:45 pm

real fan from abroad wrote:our squa need more defence and not midfielders!!
thats what rafa set out to do this summer though, strengthen the squad. after seeing that the problem in the premiership last season was our lack of options rafa has brought in a lot of players to make us stronger. now we will have other players ready to come into the team when needed

our squad need more defence and not midfielders!!

agree with you mate

by **kopite** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:50 pm

Gonzalez
Gerrard
Xabi Alonso
sissoko
Hamman
Zenden
Luis Garcia
Nunez Sell
Biscan Sell
Diao Sell
Kewell
Riise

by **steven-lfc-forever** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:56 pm

agree with kopite....diao must go....he is terrible and the other 2 wont be missed much either due to the new signings

definitly we need a defender

by **A.B.** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:42 pm

Whats wrong with having depth in your squad?

by **7_Kewell** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:24 pm

Gonzalez winger
Luis Garcia winger attack midfielder
Kewell winger
Riise left back or winger

Gerrard central
Xabi Alonso central
sissoko central attacking
Hammancentral
Zenden central or left wing

Nunez backup
Biscan gone on a free transferl
Diao will be sold

to be honest, our midfield isn't THAT big. I say it is fine and will be ideal for rotation for our domestic and European campaign.....anyone remember how streched we got last season, hence we had to call in Smicer, Diao and Biscan?

by **JBG** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:37 pm

Biscan is gone, Diao will soon follow, so there's not a huge change in numbers...probably just one or two extra. Riise will probably revert to left back and the likes of Zenden and Gonzalez are likely to be rotated heavily.

I wouldn't rule out Nunez returning to Spain.

by **mighty mo** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:09 am

hopefully rafa gets figo then we will have an awesome midfield to challenge the top three,his next objective is centre back cover for hyypia and carra

by **lawrenson_sarah** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:12 am

I recon rafa has done a good job so far signing players...

He did say hes looking to sign 2 or 3 more... so i dno

by **Lando_Griffin** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:59 am

We ain't got that many. A lot of the players are versatile, as Kewell_7 said. Kewell, Garcia, Sissoko and Gonsales can all play upfront aswell as on the wings. Sissy is obviously a CM by trade, though!

by **65-1114725958** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:27 am

real fan from abroad wrote:This summer we signed Zenden, Gonzales. Figo and Sisoko are about to sign and don't forget Gerard, Garcia, Alonso, Nunez, Haman,Reise, Welsh and other youngsters!!
We have 10-11 classy midfielders and I just can't see how Rafa is going to fit them all up in his squad, the best way to do that is to play 4-5-1 but then we have another problem, we have 3 world class strikers(the third one is Baros, Kuyt, Crouch) and Rafa can't sit 2 of them on the bench so Rafa would have to play 4-4-2 and then the problem with the midfielders is coming up again(not that it was solved with the 4-5-1)!!
I dont realy see why are we spending money for midfielders when we can buy players for other positions!!
I realy dont envy Rafa when he will choose the starting lineup!!

Its because the season could be 70 games long, plus the injury factor.

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