One shock omission: How Liverpool should line up against Newcastle
Central Midfielders
This is where my one shock omission comes in. Gerrard and Lucas have been the regular central midfield pairing except for the last match against Crystal Palace when Lucas was suspended and Henderson had to fill in. Lucas is back now and I expect him to retain his place in the middle of the park. But Steven Gerrard should be rested for this game in my opinion.
The Liverpool captain put in a shift in the last few days with two matches for England. Both were high intensity matches physically and mentally and Gerrard deserves a break. Stevie must start to be managed much better so that we can prolong his playing time. Captain Fantastic is not getting any younger and those legs do not work like they used to back in 2005, so the idea of him playing 90 minutes, every game of the season should be ruled out.
Newcastle are most likely to start with Tiote and Sissoko in their midfield and both are very physical and athletic players who could outrun Gerrard. To combat that, Rodgers should go with Henderson in the middle to match up against these two.
So Lucas and Henderson to start for me here.
12 responses to “One shock omission: How Liverpool should line up against Newcastle”
You should be writing for the Beano or Dandy
I hate websites ( and no longer read them) that make you click page after page to read one article. Put it on one f’kin page.
That was very rude John, nobody asked you to read it.
Liverpool will have a strong bench when Coutinho is back too, we’ll need that and somebody like Moses coming on against tired players could change matches.
Jordan over Gerrard?!!! bahahahaha….your crazy or dumb
Do not write another article, Tony, until you have significantly improved your command of the English language.
Some fans can not get over the fact that it is okay and needed to “drop” Gerrard from time to time. The guy needs to rest. Why burn him out this early on? The guy is not a spring chicken anymore so forget him playing every minute of the season. Giving Gerrard a break will also give others a chance like Allen and Hendo. Gerrard is not going to be around forever so we need to start finding his replacement.
Chris, With all due respect, Gerrard played every prem game last term? I’m pretty sure he wont suffer burn out just yet. 33 or not!
Leave Lucas out and play someone who can actually play and has some energy that would give Stevie an easier time , sitting on the bench squirming at every clumsy tackle the fella makes won’t do him any good at all
???ah U?r right.gerrard should be rested n brought in at †?? second half
I like the 3-4-1-2 formation
Mignolet/Toure/Skrtel/Sakho/Johnson/Enrique/Lucas/Gerrard/Henderson/Suarez/Sturridge with Moses and Sterling comming on in the 70 min mark with freshness and great speed when the magpies are worn out from looking out after the deadly SAS team!
When will some folks here realize that ‘character assassination’ is a lame thing to do? If you don’t have anything positive and objective to say or contribute to a discourse, you’d better hold your peace.
Tony, I totally agree with the ‘one shock omission’ point.
Totally agree, Gerard should be rested in this kind of matches and come in matches like that of Arsenal