Liverpool's fourth consecutive defeat has turned the spotlight on the strength of their squad. No Torres or Gerrard, so what are they left with?
Liverpool have a good team when everyone is fit. But I reckon Everton have a better squad.
Don't believe me? Look at the evidence. Let's say this is Liverpool's best team if they're all available and Rafa is thinking straight: Reina; Johnson, Skrtel, Carragher, Insua; Kuyt, Mascherano, Aquilani, Riera; Gerrard; Torres.
This is Everton's best team: Howard; Hibbert, Yobo, Jagielka, Baines; Arteta, Neville, Fellaini, Pienaar; Cahill; Yakubu.
OK, having selected those two teams, this is each club's second string - the best way to assess who has better strength in depth.
Liverpool: Cavallieri; Kelly, Kyrgiakos, Agger, Aurelio; Benayoun, Spearing, Lucas, Babel; Voronin, Ngog.
Everton: Nash; Heitiga, Neill, Distin, Baxter; Osman, Rodwell, Bilyaletdinov, Gosling; Anichebe, Saha.
There's nothing to choose between the defences but Everton have a clear edge in midfield in attack. And they still have James Vaughan and Jo available. Liverpool have, er, El Zhar.
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Great post Charlie - very interesting to see that when you look a little deeper you can find all sorts of interesting little nuggets. Liverpool's weak squad is normally compared with Man Utd or Chelsea, who clearly have better squads, but rarely is it compared to an arguably lower ranking club. Might be interesting to see how the squad would fare against a squad like Sunderland's as well!
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