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Friday 3 February 2012

Do You Recall?

 With our next game not until Monday evening it gives Kenny plenty of time to ponder his team selection for the visit of Spurs. Our biggest attacking talents are available again but where exactly do Gerrard and Suarez fit into the team? Who deserves to make way for the pair's reintroduction to the side?

 Andy Carroll has found a bit of form and got a good strikers goal on Tuesday at Wolves to add to his assist in the FA Cup so to leave him out at this point could damage the confidence he has built up. Playing Suarez alongside him certainly has the potential to cause Tottenham real problems and could be a match winning partnership so it will definitely be in the managers thinking. Doing this would mean going to 4-4-2 and having to choose only two from Gerrard, Adam, Spearing and Henderson, unless Henderson moves out wide but then that means leaving out either Bellamy or Kuyt who have both hit goalscoring form in recent weeks. Spearing has the most obvious defensive qualities of the available midfielders and given the attacking talent at Spurs' disposal I'd expect him to start, probably with Henderson and Gerrard behind Carroll, leaving the options of Adam, Suarez and Downing on the bench if we need to generate more attacking momentum. Deciding on the team and the formation for Monday's match won't be easy for the right reasons and it's a great dilemma for the boss to have.

 It is an intriguing fixture, Spurs will come into the game with confidence after winning at Anfield last season and comfortably beating us at White Hart Lane, while the Liverpool team will feel they have a real point to prove and certainly won't want to lose to the same opposition again. I think both teams will attack and there will be goals and it should prove to be very entertaining.

4 comments:

  1. What about playing Gerrard right wing to service Carroll? I'd go for the Big Man alongside Suarez up front, then: Downing-Adam-Spearing-Gerrard

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  2. Not a bad shout, I've been advocating Stevie wide right for years. Would also like to see Martin Kelly right back and Glen Johnson right mid sometime, I think that would work too.

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  3. Probably some focus on G Bale is required for Monday I think.

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  4. I expect Kuyt will be used for his work rate and tracking back but Henderson probably has more speed to help cope with Bale so he could be played on the right, it's good to have options for a change and the squad is playing well.

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