Originally Posted by Parthenon:
“Klopp said on Friday that Hendo would be back in full training with the rest of the team "next week", so it's tough to say whether he'll be ready to start against Swansea. Hopefully a spot on the bench at least.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how Klopp utilises him. He's been such an important player for us over the past year or two with his ability to see and play a killer pass. We've missed that recently when teams have sat back against us.”
It (where and how to use Hendo) is a dilemma - and I think he may have to 'wait his turn' as
1) Those in the team now are doing so well that it is hard to know who to drop
2) To me Hendo is not some sort of superstar that can just walk back into the team, yes he is decent, he has a good attitude and I can accept him being captain but I do not recall him being that good at the end of last season V MUFC, AFC, AVFC, CPFC and SCFC when we were disastrous and he was our 'leader' (someone will tell me he did not play in some of those games now - misses the point even if true - he played in moist of them).
and
3) He may take some time to get up to match fitness that he would be best used as a sub to begin with anyway.
There are many other selection dilemmas for JK - good ones tho!! - as the team is doing well on the whole now but we have others who will soon be able to challenge for places.
Play a striker? Play 2 strikers? Or use yesterdays formation? Are there teams where it may be a good idea to start Ibe as he is the only real winger we have? I think it will depend on if we are home or away and who the opposition are - I am not clever enough to assess it tactically but I hope JK is and I trust his judgment 100%
CB is a bit of a problem maybe. I am not a Lovren fan but do admit he did well yesterday but I want to see more than one good display before I will say he will satisfy me. Effectively we seem to only have 3 viable options unless you count Kolo with us having sold many options in the last year or two - Agger, Coates, Illori is on loan, as is Wisdom, Gomez is injured and even Glen was an option but he has gone too. I think another CB would maybe be a good idea in January.