lampard will do no good against pacey liverpool. if 4-3-3, i think this will be the ideal starting xi,

cech
iva - cahill - terry - azpi
mikel
lampard oscar
schurlle torres hazard

if 4-2-3-1

cech
iva cahill terry azpi
mikel oscar
schurlle mata hazard
torres

no place for willian as i rate him on the same level as moses, a little better maybe.

Terry & Lamps not suitable for this game, but heck, this is football and anything can happen! KTBFFH

I want to eloborate longer..but I'm at the office right now..I will give the detail on this situation maybe tonight..

this is the shorter version..

before this we try to replicate Barca..slow silky passing game..but now Mou want us to play like Real Madrid..fast pace counter attack and high pressing game..

not really about the highline..because Barca defend quite deep..that was AVBs problem..but since we buy Ramires..we try to replicate Barca passing game..for me highline defend is nonsense high pressing is better.

to play passing game..we dont need to resemble any of the barca players..i understand high pressing barcelona style..

but avb highline different..the CB defend high all the time..its different with Barcelona where the CB defensive line move up in attack and shift down in defensive.

btw, Barca style not onli high back line + pressure up top, Barca also play possession football. But their possession football, some how I feel lose to Arsenal's possession football. Arsenal's possession football seems more exciting than Barca's, imo la.

Just some wild thought, since we need a striker, what if all of a sudden Mou signs Bendtner from Arsenal? His body build is just nice for our 4-2-3-1, but less prolific goal scorer.