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Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:45 am**

What would be your ideal starting eleven for next season? Be realistic though!! Here is mine.......

Dudek

Finnan Hyypia Henchoz Riise

Smicer Gerrard Kewell

Murphy

Larsson Owen

Manager: Martin O’Neil

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:46 am**

Sorry about the formation, it came out a bit dodgy when I posted it: it's meant to be a 4-3-1-2, with Murphy just behind the forwards

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:49 am**

Manager:Strachan or O'Neil

Kirkland

Finnan Boumsong Dawson Riise

Davies/Malbranque Gerrard Hamman Kewell

Viduka Owen

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:52 am**

Hadn't thought about Viduka Has, looks a good team!

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:55 am**

Boumsong - Free Tranfer

Dawson - 5 MIL

Davies - 8MIL

Viduka - 6 MIL

Total - 9 MIL

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 12:19 pm**

I'd settle for......

Kirkland
Finnan Gallas Hyypia Carragher
Malbranque Gerrard Ballack
Kewell
Owen Larsson

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 2:57 pm**

Malbranque's not a bad shout. Viduka could be ok for a short term fill in while we search out a top quality striker to play alongside and in the absence of Owen. Ballack must be vulnerable to bids but I'm not sure we'd pay the amount necessary to lure him away. Gallas is a pipedream mate, I know Chelski are looking to sign another central defender but Desailly and Terry would probably be behind Gallas in the pecking order. Not convinced about Larsson, no amount of SPL goals will convince me he is that good

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:00 pm**

Has wrote:Boumsong - Free Tranfer

Dawson - 5 MIL

Davies - 8MIL

Viduka - 6 MIL

Total - 9 MIL

That comes to £19m and I have to ask - are you Houllier in disguise? Two Unproven players at ridiculously high prices, only Viduka would be worth the price you suggest. I wouldn't pay more than £4m or £5m for Davies at a push, £5m for Dawson is way too much for a 1st division footballer who can't have much if any Premiership experience. Boumsong is reported to have signed a pre-contract agreement to join Rangers so I am relieved we won't be getting another French foreign legionnaire (for the time being)

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:02 pm**

Kirkland

Babble Stamm Hypia Riise

Finnan Gerard Hamman Malbranque

Owen Kewell

Subs
Parker
Ballack
Beattie
Pongolle
Le Tallec
Henchoz

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:13 pm**

Big All - you mention Stam in your ideal eleven for next season. Do you mean Lazio's Jaap Stam? If so, isn't he a bit of an unrealistic choice. Why would he want to give up regular Champions League football!

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:11 pm**

Jaap Stam has said he will NOT return to England.

People are kidding themselves if they think we can sign Michael Ballack. He has his problems at Bayern, but it is more likely that he would joing Juventus or AC Milan than crappy old Liverpool.

I know people are entitled to their opinions but why would people possibly pick Vladimir Smicer in an ideal Liverpool 11? Are you Gerard Houllier in disguise?

I disagree with Owzat when he says that Gallas is the top defender in the Chelsea pecking order. That might have been true last season when he was probably the best centre half in the Premiership but he almost left in the summer and since then John Terry has established himself as Ranieri's favourite defender. Gallas' form hasn't been good this year, and Chelsea are likely to sign a top continental or (likely) South American defender next summer. Gallas would be a perfect defdender for Liverpool, but if he came available Arsenal would probably fight us for him as Wenger said in the past that he fancies him.

Boumsong's agent says that the player will definitely join Rangers next year and has already signed a pre-contract agreement (although I thought that under UEFA rules you cannot sign a pre-contract agreement until January).

Malbranque is a class act.

My lineup would be:

Kirkland
Finnan
Candela
Gallas
Hyppia
Gerrard
Hamman
Malbranque
Owen
Larson/Viduka (not sure about Cisse and if the Pool were brave I'd get Anelka back!!

Kewell

Subs: Russell Hoult, Le Tallec, Baros, Pongolle, Murphy, Walsh, Ostemembor, Riise, Carragher, Luzi.

Manager: Martin O' Neill.

I'd sell everybody else.

We need, in my opinion:

1. New left back.
2. New centre half.
3. New right side midfielder.
4. New centre forward.
5. New reserve keeper and sell Dudek.

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:39 pm**

Kirland
Finnan Terry Hyypia Carragher

Hargreaves Gerrard Kewell

Van der vaart

Owen Morientes

Subs: Pongolle, Okocha, Hamman, Sutton, Luzi

Manager: M O'neill

Big summer spending spree, Okocha on a free, Sutton £2m, Hargreaves £5m, Van der vaart £10m, Terry £6m, Morientes (season long loan) and with MON in charge, he'd probably sign Bobo Balde as a squad player.

Sell: Heskey (any takers?), Riise, Biscan, Diouf, Smicer, Diao, Murphy.

Hopefully MON would mature Baros and Le Tallac into prem players over the season as we would would sell Owen at the end of the season. Improve Gerrards contract.

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:08 pm**

I strongly agree with the comments made by 'John Barnes' Granny' in terms of the fact we need more defenders. The first port of call for a football manager should be to 'work from the back' and our defence needs (a) cover and (b) more top-class players drafted into the back four. As much as I was delighted to see Kewell and Finnan arrive at Anfield over the summer, I knew that we was destined to have another dismal season because of the shambolic state of our rear-guard. At the moment our defence is almost as bad as it was in the Souness managerial days.

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:41 pm**

Chris Kirkland, G

Steve Finnan, M Philippe Mexes, D Sami Hyypia Jamie Carragher, D

Scott Parker

Harry Kewell Steven Gerrard Rafael van der Vaart

Djibril Cisse, S Michael Owen

Sub
Paul Robinson, G
John Arne Riise
Michael Dawson
Marco Materazzi
Mickael Essien
Andreas Hinkel
Jermaine Pennant, M
Anthony Le Tallec, S
Alvaro Recoba, S
Robinho
Milan Baros, S
Florent Sinama Pongolle, S
Olivier Kapo.

Manager
Alan Curbishley or
Sam Allardyce

Technical Director
GH

Posted: **Fri Dec 19, 2003 6:53 am**

if Recoba in the team..he should play in the 1st team line up

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Next season's ideal eleven - What would be your realistic 11?

Next season's ideal eleven - What would be your realistic 11?