Liverpool’s best formation and form

1. 27/09/2008 King Kong

   To me it’s 4-5-1 or 4-4-1-1. We’ve not lost playing this formation since Chelsea January 2008.

   Reina

   Arbeloa/Skrtel Carra Agger Aurelio/Dossena

   Kuyt Alonso/Leiva Masch Babel/Reira

   Gerrard

   Torres/Keane

2. 27/09/2008 Liverpool_Fan

   I still need to see about another 5/6 games our squad is so versatile its hard to tell. It took Benitez three quarters of last season to find out our best formation last season.

3. 27/09/2008 andsmiled

   Best Liverpool formation is always gonna be 4-2-3-1

   Reina

   Arbeloa Carragher Skrtel or Agger Dossena

   Alonso Masherano

   Kuyt or Gerrard / Gerrard or Keane / Babel or Riera

   Torres

   Simply the best balanced team all round.

4. 27/09/2008 indy

   for me they could apply 3 formations:

   4-4-2
   Reina
   Arbeloa Skrtel Agger insua
   babbel Masch gerrard riera
   Torres kuyt

   3-5-2
   Reina
   skrtel agger carra
   arbeloa alonso masch insua
   gerrard (free role)
   torres keane

   4-2-3-1
   reina
   arbeloa skrtel agger insua
   alonso masch
   babbel gerrard riera
   torres

5. 27/09/2008 Simon brogan no1 manager

   Reina
   Skrtel carra
   Arbeloa aurelio masch
   Kuyt riera gerrard Keane torres

6. 27/09/2008 Jim

   I think our best formation is the one we went with today but with Aurelio at left back instead of Dossena (although I thought Dossena played well today) and with either Pennant or Babel on the right wing instead of Kuyt who should be dropped. I’m a little amazed to hear people raving about Kuyt’s performance against Everton. I thought he was typically industrious but also typically ineffective. Despite getting a massive amount of good ball on the right wing from Gerrard and Alonso Kuyt once again did nothing with it except constantly pass the ball back to the midfielders. He even did this when he had plenty of space behind him to turn into. I know Kuyt’s mere presence at the near post helped draw away a defender for our first goal but we had no penetration at all of any kind on the right wing throughout the entire game. Is making one run to the near post really enough to justify all the praise Kuyt is getting ?? The class of Torres, Gerrard and Alonso means we can get often away with having no threat on the right wing in quite a few games and still scrape a win but in the long run it will cost us too many points.

7. 28/09/2008 frem

   kuyt does well in the wings and thats a surprise because most strikers dont make good wingers. Wingers arent only their to score goals(c.ronaldo isnt a true winger) their main purpose is to get the ball and create space by taking the ball wide in the opponents area, by increasing the width of the field it makes the defenders open up a bit which allows for players like torres and gerrard to slot into space and then kuyt either passes it off or crosses in. To add versatility to the team you also generally get a player on the other wing who cuts in and provides more attacking options. Kuyt is a good player because he is quite versatile, he isnt as good as a true winger like reira but its hard finding quality wingers these days.
   Anyway about liverpools formation, the main problem is the team is so predictable. The over reliance on gerrard really makes the team static if gerrard has an average game.

   Try this formations

   ——-reina
   arbeola—-skrtel—carragher—aurelio
   ———-maschareno—alonso———-
   babel——————————-reira
   ————–kuyt–torres———–

   unorthodox but at least something interesting with alonso playing the playmaker role and mascha getting slight freedom to make cutting runs. Babel to cut in and reira to provide torres. Kuyt to be free role and provide support for babel and torres. Just a game where gerrard isnt the fucking focal point of every attack instigated.

8. 28/09/2008 Liverpool forever

   Thank God, you are not the manager. Liverpool may be fighting against relegation if you are in charge. Poor analysis and worst planning for the future I’ve ever seen. Drop Torres or Keane? Are you crazy? They need time to form better understanding. You can even get Man Utd relegated with your football knowledge. No offence.

9. 28/09/2008 Josh W

   why is it these football sites are always not happy with the way liverpool play?
   we get up at the top of the table and everyone thinks it unacceptable…everytime chelsea or man u scrap a win or loose no one goes and writes them off!!
   e.g arsenal loose to fulham and HULL CITY!!!
   nothing has been said about that!

10. 28/09/2008 Jamesy Boy

    Reina
    Skrtel Carra
    Arbeloa Dossena
    Mascherano
    Kuyt Riera
    Gerrard
    Torres Keane

11. 28/09/2008 Keenan I

    Reina
    Arbeloa, Skrtel, Carragher, Dossena
    Benayoun, Gerrard, Mascherano, Riera
    Torres, Babel

    Reina
    Arbeloa, Skrtel, Carragher, Aurelio
    Babel, Gerrard, Alonso, Riera
    Torres, Keane

    Rotating players/subs: Lucas, Agger, Kuyt, Degen, N’Gog…
    Babel definitely needs to be played more

12. 28/09/2008 steven

    What are u guys on about. This is the best team ever! If rafa plays this every week then we will deffo win the title. Rafa won’t tho cus he’s a dick.

    Reina

    Arbeola Skrtel Carragher Aurelio

    Mascherano

    Babel Gerrard Reira

    Keane Torres

13. 29/09/2008 michael

    4-3-1-2

    Reina
    Arbeloa Caragher Srtel Aurelio
    ALonso Mascherano Gerrad
    Keane
    Torres Babel

14. 29/09/2008 Robert

    4-1-2-3

    I think the above will suite our play. We have to play Mascerano and Xabi.

    Reina

    Carrager Sktel Agger Aurelio

    Mascerano

    Alonso Gerrard

    Kuyt Keane

    Torres

    I’m still not impressed with Arbeloa at left back and Carrager started his career at in that position. Let’s not forget that Agger kept Hyypia on the bench for the 2006/2007 season so the lad can play. I know that Mascerano will be deadly in the holding position. Keane and Kuyt can always be replaced by Babel/Riera or Benayoun and we all know that Torres enjoys the space and cannot play with a twin striker and that is why he was so succesfull last year. Xabi can always drop back into a holding position if we come under some heave pressure but this formation should be given a chance.

15. 29/09/2008 michael

    personally i think we shoudnt have signed keane he is a good player but Rafa is not playing him in the same role gerrad played last yr which is in Attacking Midfielder
    so he anit really gonna be scoring goals so he shud hve got van der vart for 10m and tried to get another winger cuz kuyt aint a proper winger

16. 30/09/2008 INSPECTOR

    Check this out. REINA
    CARRAGHER SKRTEL AGGER AURELIO
    MASCHERANO
    ALONSO GERRAD RIERA
    BABEL
    TORRES.
    The formation is 4_1_3_2. Arbeloa have not impressed (even tho he is improving) and Carragher will do better their. MASCHERANO is a pure holding midfielder (DM) and so should play that role alone. The threo of ALONSO STEVIE G & RIERA are in thare favourite and best position. BABEL is a little bite on the right midfield of goal while TORRES is on the center of goal almost alone.

17. 07/12/2008 moki

    REINA
    AURELIO AGGER CARAGER ARBELOA
    ALONSO GERRARD RIERA
    KEAN TORRES BABEL

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