devaney » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:27 pm wrote:Yakka you would honestly still swap Gerrard for Allen? I thought that somewhat dubious argument was dead in the water. Gerrard is adapting superbly well to his new position and I just can't believe you would stuff him on the bench.
I wouldn't change the team full stop, but if a change had to be made that that is what I would do.
Our strength this season has been our attack and I wouldn't weaken it in any shape or form, it's the reason why we are in with a genuine shot at the title and it's the only area of our team that has pretty much turned up week in week out (which is something our defence and midfield hasn't done).
If people are adamant that we have to bolster our defence then I'd rather the disruption happened behind our forward line and not affect our ability to attack. To me the names Suarez, Sturridge, Sterling and Coutinho should be chiseled into our team sheet in stone, they have to start.
I'd be tempted to throw Cissokho back in too, he's awful on the ball but defensively he's better than any other fullback we've got at doing the bread and butter things like blocking crosses and tracking runners etc. Johnson and Flannagan were very ordinary Sunday.