Pick your Liverpool starting 11 from the players of the last 20 years

[Donavan Ried]

Everywhere you turn people are talking about Covid 19 and to be honest; I feel that we can all do with a break... So your starting 11 and 7 Subs

Although the players have to be from 2000 - 2020 the choice of players are when they were at their prime

 

[redsar]

Starting 11:

Alisson
TAA---Hyypia---VVD---Robbo
Mascherano
Gerrard---Alonso
Salah---Suarez---Mane


Subs:
Reina
Carra
Gomez
Hendo
Milner
Torres
Firmino/Coutinho

 

[JohnnyRocket]

Alisson
Trent Carrager Van Dijk Robertson
Mascherano Alonso
Salah Gerrard Mane
Suarez

That's as close as you'll come to the most perfectly balanced football team. Beautiful.

Subs:
Reina
Finnan
Hyypia
Henderson
Coutinho
Firmino
Torres

 

[Donavan Ried]

GK Alisson

RB TAA CB Carragher CB VVD LB Aurelio

Mascherano
Gerrard Alonso

Suarez Fowler Mane


Subs:- Torres, Litmanen Hyypia Finnan Garcia Dudek Agger

Honorable mentions to
Kuyt, Hamann, Salah, Henderson, Frimino Maxi Rodriguez

 

[Donavan Ried]

Great to see how closely we think people...
Maybe by the end of this tread we should award positions by how many contributors name certain players.. Or would that be over egging it...??

 

[Squiggles]

----------------------Alisson----------------------------
Trent---------VVD--------Hyypia--------Robertson--
-----------Mascherano--------Alonso--------------
------------------------Gerrard-------------------------
------Salah-----------Torres-----------Suarez---

Bench

Mane
Coutinho
Henderson
Milner
Carragher
Reina
Fowler

 

[JohnnyRocket]

Alonso was one of the finest deep lying midfielders of this generation. Why are people putting him in the advanced midfield roles of their teams?

 

[SaRed]

Starting 11:

Alisson
TAA---VVD---Hyypia---Robertson
Mascherano
Gerrard---Alonso
Salah---Torres---Suarez


Subs:

Reina
Carragher
Finnan
Hamann
Milner
Mane
Fowler

 

[moron]

I prefer Didi over Mascha

 

[RedStar]

GK Alisson

RB TAA CB Carragher CB VVD LB Aurelio

Mascherano
Gerrard Alonso

Suarez Fowler Mane


Subs:- Torres, Litmanen Hyypia Finnan Garcia Dudek Agger

Honorable mentions to
Kuyt, Hamann, Salah, Henderson, Frimino Maxi Rodriguez

Some very odd choices there, Dudek ahead of Reina, Robertson not in the squad. How on earth does Garcia or Litmanen get in ahead of Salah

 

[moron]

Some very odd choices there, Dudek ahead of Reina, Robertson not in the squad. How on earth does Garcia or Litmanen get in ahead of Salah

Also the backup to TAA would be Steve Finnan, and from a balanced point of view - some may argue that Finnan is a better choice first starter.

The Reina/Dudek thing is debatable, Reina had a great record,

Biggest decision is the front man - can be any of Owen, Fowler, and Torres - if I was to say who would fit into any of our systems from 2000 to 2020 - I would say it would be Torres. Also not sure if I would necessarily have Salah on the right over Mane - I like the idea of having two aggressive fighter wingers on left/right (Suarez, and Mane). But then again Salah gets you more goals.

Again defence is a hard choice, we have Carra, and Sami to chose from along with VVD as a certain starter, but both Carra and Sami lack pace, and Gomez has been outstanding most of the time he has played with VVD.

Midfield trio for me is easy: Didi, SG, and Alonso, with subs being Henderson and Gini.

 

[Donavan Ried]

Some very odd choices there, Dudek ahead of Reina, Robertson not in the squad. How on earth does Garcia or Litmanen get in ahead of Salah

Dudek and Reina are close, but I chose Dudek because for the CL 2005 Final... Litmanan for me was one of the must underated plays of his time, gaol wise salah impresses, skill wise, has nothing on Litmanen...
Struggled with the RB position, Choice of TAA,S.Finnan and Jamie Carragher... But hey!! That was my choices how about yours 🙂

 

[tomasjj]

----------------------Alisson----------------------------
Trent---------VVD--------Hyypia--------Robertson--
-----------Mascherano--------Alonso--------------
------------------------Gerrard-------------------------
------Salah-----------Torres-----------Suarez---

Bench

Mane
Coutinho
Henderson
Milner
Carragher
Reina
Fowler

Yeah, this is probably mine too. 4231 formation though.

 

[RedStar]

That was my choices how about yours [bcolor=rgb(253, 251, 248)]🙂[/bcolor]

-----------------Alisson
Trent -- Sami -- VvD -- Robbo
------- Masher -- Alonso
--------------Gerrard
Salah-----Suarez--- Mané

Subs: Reina, Milner, Sterling, Carra, Torres, Henderson, Coutinho

 

[mom]

Man, Gerrard in our current squad would have been incredible.

 

[Donavan Ried]

-----------------Alisson
Trent -- Sami -- VvD -- Robbo
------- Masher -- Alonso
--------------Gerrard
Salah-----Suarez--- Mané

Subs: Reina, Milner, Sterling, Carra, Torres, Henderson, Coutinho

No Bobby...??

LOL, not as easy as I thought either 🙂.... My Midfield was almost Garcia,Hamann and Gerrad.... Just imagine if we had all those players now all at their prime 🙄

 

[SummerOnions]

Top end is hard.

I'm gonna do 2. The first is my 'fun XI' - the one that is basically Brendan Rodgers channeled through the 2000-2020 period. These players had incredible highs but also shit moments. The other is serious, would win everything, but in 1-0s only.

Fun - coaches: Rodgers, the ghosts of Shankly and Paisley

Reina
Trent Gomez Carragher Robertson
(Pre-eye) Sissoko Henderson
Mane Coutinho Sterling
Torres

Serious - coaches: Klopp/Rafa joint ticket

Allison
Finnan Hyypia van Dijk Riise
Mascherano Alonso
Salah Gerrard Firmino
Suarez

 

[keniget]

Swap the midfield with Masher, Alonso and Gerrard (though Fabinho when he's in top form would probably be better for breaking teams down).

Swap Firmino with Suarez.

Gold!

 

[dantes]

Dudek and Reina are close, but I chose Dudek because for the CL 2005 Final... Litmanan for me was one of the must underated plays of his time, gaol wise salah impresses, skill wise, has nothing on Litmanen...
Struggled with the RB position, Chice of TAA,S.Finnan and Jamie Carragher... But hey!! That was my choices how about yours 🙂

Litmanen is the only one of our players I have never sworn at for making a dumb move on the pitch. The closest thing to a flawless football player since the King probably.

 

[Halmeister]

Alisson

Trent
Carra
VVD
Robbo

Mascherano
Alonso
Gerrard

Salah
Mane
Suarez

Same as most have said, I assume.

Subs:
Reina
Hyypia
Milner
Firmino
Coutinho
Henderson
Torres

 

[Donavan Ried]

Litmanen is the only one of our players I have never sworn at for making a dumb move on the pitch. The closest thing to a flawless football player since the King probably.

Can't understand why we never made more use of him, Such a wealth of talent, wish we could clone him

 

[Donavan Ried]

Swap the midfield with Masher, Alonso and Gerrard (though Fabinho when he's in top form would probably be better for breaking teams down).

Swap Firmino with Suarez.

Gold!

who's list..?? lol

 

[JurgenKlopp]

Alisson

Trent
Hyypia
VVD
Robbo

Gerrard
Alonso

Salah
Suarez
Mane

Torres

Subs:
Reina
Carra
Firmino
Mascherano
Coutinho
Hendo
Kuyt

 

[RedStar]

No Bobby...??

For a guy who regularly gets called 'the first name on the teamsheet' its interesting to see how many people wouldnt have him in their XI or on the bench. Granted weve generally never lacked great forwards but it does look like hes somewhat overhyped

 

[Whaddapie]

Based on pure talent & ability, regardless of whether or not they'd mesh as a team... Allison, Trent, Carra, Virgil, Robbo, Mascher, Xabi, Stevie, Mane, Suarez, Torres.

 

[white-sox]

Allison
Trent, Agger, VVD, Robbo
Gerrard. Alonso
Suarez
Salah Torres Mane

 

[Halmeister]

Agger!?

 

[Donavan Ried]

Agger!?

Think that people forget how good he was

 

[Pesam]

Litmanen > Salah!! If you're picking a best 11 from the last 20 years Litmanen is cleaning the bogs.

 

[Halmeister]

Think that people forget how good he was

I rated him, but to have him above Hyypia and Carragher? Absolutely absurd and laughable decision. Not to mention he was constantly injured. I know these things are opinion-based and subjective, but his inclusion is just plain wrong.