Should Liverpool Sell Steven Gerrard to Chelsea?

Times are looking bleak for Liverpool football club and for Liverpool fans across the globe. While the club's owners seem to show no interest in the club and are only concerned with their own financial gain, Liverpool have won just 3 games in 15 and have already been knocked out of the Champion's League before the knockout stages have even begun. On top of all of this, the club is in tremendous debt and it seems that they may soon have to sell some of their biggest stars (also known as 'assets') if they cannot make their annual interest payment of £20 million (brought about by their £300 million loan that was taken out two years ago).

Many fans fear that Liverpool may soon become the new Leeds United (who finished fourth in the Premier Division less than 10 years ago and are now playing in the third tier of English football) is problems are not sorted out on and off the field, and if the club don't finish in the top 4 league positions this year (thus earning them qualification to the Champion's League).

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With news today that Chelsea are preparing to mount a £30 million bid to secure the services of Liverpool's 29 year old captain, should Liverpool sell their influential skipper in January? In my opinion they should either do one of two things; sell Gerrard (but not for £30 - for a figure nearer to £50m) or change their formation so that Gerrard plays as a right wing-back (much like Dani Alves does for Barcelona).

Should Liverpool Sell Steven Gerrard to Chelsea?

When and Why You Should Replace Office Chair Casters

When you purchase an office chair, a large majority of the time your chair will come equipped with casters, which are basically the wheels you have on your chair that allow you to move around. If your chair does have wheels, you are probably using them in your office more than you realize. For most of us, how much we use the wheels on our office chair generally is not a recurring thought that goes through our mind regularly. From rolling over to the printer to rolling to the fax machine, office chair wheels get a pretty good amount of mileage on them without us even thinking about it. Until the day you realize your casters are not working properly or one breaks, then you begin to notice how much you actually depended on them. Or there is always the slight chance you and your employees embarked on an chair racing challenge and one of you took a turn too sharply and broke one of the chair's casters in the process. That sometimes can happens too.

If any of these scenarios do take place, there is no need to worry, replacing the casters on your office chair is actually pretty simple. If you know the model number and manufacturer for your office chair, you can easily locate the casters that will fit properly. Sometimes if you flip your chair over and look underneath the seat, that information is readily available on a paper attached. Alternately, when you get your chair in the mail save any papers you get in that box because they will generally have information on the manufacturer and chair you purchased. Once this information is located you can call the manufacturer, or even the retailer you purchased the chair from. If they do not carry the casters, they should at least be able to point you in the right direction to purchase a new set for your chair.

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If you are looking to spice up your office chair, you will find that there are casters available in many different colors. No longer is the standard of black or silver casters for your office chair enforced, now you can easily match the casters to go with your decor, the color of the chair, or even if you want to add a little spice to a black or neutral colored chair. This is a great way to add a touch of style to your chair that is inexpensive and requires little effort.

When and Why You Should Replace Office Chair Casters

Office chair casters, as simple as they are, are something you do not realize is a necessity until they are not working properly. If yours are not working or if you just want a different kind of caster, it is simple to replace and relatively inexpensive. While casters are a small part of the overall chair, they are still needed to make the chair function properly overall.

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Who Should Liverpool FC Buy in the January Transfer Window?

Note that this article is about who we can realistically buy, not who I want us to buy in fantasy land. Liverpool Football Club have been strongly linked with Turkish whiz-kid Arda Turan recently, and I see this as an ideal move. Reportedly Arda (Turkish players are commonly known by their first name rather than their surname) would be available for around £10m, and we could easily raise that amount of cash with the sale of Andriy Voronin, Ryan Babel and Andrea Dossena. The Turk often plays on the right wing but has been known to play in central midfield before, making him a highly versatile player (the kind that Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez likes).

The second player that could really benefit our team is veteran Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistlerooy, who, at his peak was one of the top marksmen in the world, but sadly now can't get a game for Real Madrid (his current club) due to their heavy squad redevelopment in the summer (where they spent over £200m on new players).

Another player that could be quite handy is Simon Kjaer. The Danish defender is one of Europe's hottest defensive talents, and the 20 year old who currently plays at Palermo would be a great addition to our squad and would certainly help to sure up our uncharacteristically leaky defence. Despite this, I think buying Kjaer might be a step too far for us, as we probably don't have the funds and our money would be better spent on quality attacking players.

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Who Should FC Barcelona Play in Their Left Midfield Slot

FC Barcelona will be going into a tough schedule when the players return from their respective national teams and the toughest decision for Guardiola in the upcoming matches will be who to play in midfield together with Yaya and Xavi, and in the attack next to Messi and Eto'o. Who to play in these positions gives the coaching staff great possibilities with which to vary the play. In the tuff games I expect the rest of the lineup to be:

Valdes Alves - Puyol - Marquez - Abidal Yaya Xavi - ? Messi - Eto'o - ?

Option 1: Iniesta in midfield, Henry in attack.

Strengths: The obvious strengths for this constellation are the attacking possibilities that it brings to the team. Iniesta has an incredible vision which allows him to create space with his touch and acceleration that can leave a man standing on his heels. We've seen the enormous influence Iniesta has on the teams attacking flow in recent games against Malaga and Lyon. Barca scored a combined 11 goals in those two games - games that were played against number 6 in Spain and number 1 in France.

Henrys role in this system is in a stabilized attack situation to create width on the team allowing the midfielders to keep possession and pass the ball from side to side until an opportunity to break through presents itself. Furthermore, he cuts in from the left when the balls on the right. This produced the first goal against Lyon and the third against Malaga. Henry is amazing at beating the offside trap and that is something that must be utilized with this lineup.

Weaknesses: As good as this lineup is offensively it has its weaknesses in defense. Although Iniesta is good defensively in open play, which was proven as he was often used as the holding midfielder under Rijkaard, he is very limited in the air. Furthermore, if the team has its foundation rocked it takes time to regain the grip of the game due to the team needing possession. In the two above mentioned games we saw Lyon score once from a set piece, and Malaga had several good chances from set pieces.

This will get better when Abidal replaces Sylvinho in the left back, but the set pieces will still be Barcas weak point. In the game against Lyon, they shook Barca with their second goal, where Iniesta lost a physical struggle and it took time to regain the momentum. Adding a strong midfielder would diminish that problem, which leads us to the second option:

Option 2: Keita in midfield, Henry in attack.

Strengths: Keita is a very different player from Iniesta. He has great strength and is very good in the air. Adding Keita in leaving Iniesta on the bench brings a lot more stability on defensive set pieces and increases Barcas options from attacking set pieces. We saw his defensive work against a strong right side in the away game against Seville. Adding Keita would allow us to have 3 big, strong headers on offensive set pieces in Puyol, Marquez and Keita that will keep defenders busy allowing others to stand free.

This was the case in the El Classico where the Real defence completely forgot about Eto'o leaving him unmarked after Puyols header. Furthermore, Keita has a knack of scoring important goals coming from behind. He equalized against Getafe in the 1-1 draw at Nou Camp and scored the deciding goal away against Villarreal. Henrys role would be the same as in option 1. However, he would be needed to create more play as neither Abidal nor Keita are players that can dribble past a man.

Weaknesses: Adding Keita instead of Iniesta definitely hinders the attacking flow of the team. In my opinion it is no coincidence that Barcas down period coincided with Iniestas injury. Keita doesn't have the same flow in his game as Iniesta and leaving him on the bench leaves a big gaping creativity hole on the left side of the team. Henry is better utilized when he gets the ball at speed instead of getting it in his feet and then having to dribble past an opponent. This can lead to all the offensive production to come from the right.

Furthermore, although it is better defensively it might not be enough. This leads us to the third option in midfield:

Option 3: Keita in midfield, Iniesta in attack.

Strengths: This is a very strong defensive formation and Iniesta and his world of creativity is still on the pitch. It was used in the away game against Almeria in which they didn't create a chance, or as the Spanish statisticians calls it: "Occasiones de gol". And it wasn't just because Almeria is a bad team that can't create chances. The weekend after playing Barca they dominated at Real Madrid and were very unlucky to be behind at half-time.

This formation also keeps Iniesta in the mix allowing him to dribble in from the right. Unlike Henry, Iniesta is a player that is best when he gets the ball in his feet, challenge a man and most of the times dribble past him. Iniesta is also more defense minded than Henry and provides better cover when Keita makes deep runs into the box. We saw these runs against Almeria where only a fantastic save by the keeper, hindered Keita from scoring in that game. Furthermore, Iniesta is better at keeping possession than Henry, and as long as we have the ball the opponent can't score.

Weaknesses: Iniesta is not a born goalscorer. Henry has a habit of scoring very important goals, which was underlined in the games against Lyon where he scored 3 of Barcas 6 goal. These goals were the important away goal and the two first at the Camp Nou to break the deadlock. Iniesta has only scored 2 goals in 31 games this season. This formation will simply create fewer goals than option 1, but not necessarily less than option 2.

So there are strengths and weaknesses in all 3 formations. This means that it must be the circumstances that determine which formation to use. Here is how I see them utilized.

First leg against Bayern at home: We need to score and secure a good result against them so we can rely on that in the return leg. Thus, I suggest using option 1, Iniesta in midfield and Henry in the attack. This formation has the possibility and potential to secure a big win not allowing Bayern many chances of a comeback in the second leg.

Second leg against Bayern: Depending on the first game it is circumstantial which formation to use. If we win big, we will probably field some of the fringe players like Busquets, Gudjohnsen or Bojan. If we have the expected 1-2 goal lead from the first game I favor using option 3 to allow us to keep possession of the ball and have a strong defensive presence - especially on their set pieces, where they are strong. If we are behind going into the second leg I strongly favor option 1.

El Classico: We will most likely still be leading Real Madrid by at least 3 points at this time of the tournament. Furthermore, their right side is very strong offensively with Ramos and Robben. This favors option 2 or 3 with Keita playing deep in the left slot of the midfield, like he did at Seville. In that game Henry occupied the attacking slot (Iniesta was injured).

In the rest of the games in the Mount Everest schedule I will expect option 1 to be chosen at home against Seville and Villarreal and option 2 to be chosen away at Valencia, due to Henry always playing well against Valencia.

A very possible Champions League semifinal against either Liverpool or Chelsea is similar to the one against Bayern. We play the first leg at home so that favors option 1. The return leg formation will be decided by the same formula as for the return leg against Bayern.

Furthermore, rotations will probably give Busquets and Gudjohnsen starting places in midfield due to the extremely tight schedules, but I suspect the concept of the formations with these two players will be close to option 1, 2 or 3. Busquets could also give rest to Yaya, e.g. at home against Seville.

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