Rodgers must resist urge for wholesale change (ESPN article)

by Dave Usher for ESPN

Liverpool's defeat at the Emirates on Saturday has thrown up far more questions than it provided answers. The most simplistic way to break the game down would be to say that Brendan Rodgers' men lost to a better side and that it highlighted the remaining gap between the Reds and where they want to be.

That's the line most have taken and while it's mostly a fair one, I don't think it paints an entirely accurate picture as a lot of Liverpool's problems in this game were of their own making and are therefore -- hopefully -- fixable.

Rodgers has a lot of thinking to do this week as there are some tough decisions that might need to be made. First, does he persist with three at the back now that he has Philippe Coutinho available again? If the answer to that is 'yes,' then is it time for Daniel Agger to come back in to that three? And with the midfield consistently under performing, should Joe Allen come into the equation as well? Is it worth sending Jose Enrique out on one leg rather than allow Aly Cissokho to embarrass himself like this again?

All questions for the manager to ponder during the next few days, but with a home game against hopelessly out-of-form Fulham up next, Rodgers may well decide he doesn't want to risk throwing the baby out with the bath water and therefore err on the side of caution. After all, it was only a week earlier that the same set of players (with the exception of Jon Flanagan, who came in for the unwell Glen Johnson) produced their best performance of the season when hammering West Brom at Anfield.

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