Liverpool: 5 Reasons Rodgers Will Lead Top Four Charge

2. The Right Blend Of Youth And Experience

On the one hand you have Coutinho, Raheem Sterling, Allen, Sturridge, and on the other Gerrard, Reina, Lucas, Johnson. Together they bring the right mix of energy, hunger, know-how, intelligence, experience, determination and raw ability to succeed. Liverpool look to have a team who can adapt and handle pretty much any event: enough old heads to deal with a match against Everton or United, enough naive players to perhaps play with freedom in the big games. Players who can maintain composure if a goal does not come and time is running out, and a group of players who can add urgency to Liverpool€™s play to get that goal. Sure, the flip side of this argument is that the old players legs are going, and the youngsters lack experience, but there is a good blend of players in their prime, just over the hill, and ready to make a splash, which should mean Rodgers has all the bases covered.