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November finds Liverpool's roster mostly healthy, though things are still a little muddled in some areas. The status of Steven Gerrard, for starters, is a little up in the air; the captain has a confirmed hip injury, but the severity of it and how long he'll be out for are still unknown. I've left him in for now assuming that his injury won't be long-term, but his status is definitely a big question mark.
Also complicating matters is that while Joe Allen and Martin Kelly have supposedly been deemed fully fit, they haven't been making first-team appearances. Kelly at least has been getting a run in the U-21's, but Allen hasn't even seen that. Gerrard's injury will probably serve to force Brendan Rodgers' hand as far as Allen goes, but Kelly is still quite the mystery. He fit enough to sit the bench on Saturday against Arsenal, but when Glen Johnson was scratched with his mystery infection, John Flanagan was preferred on the right over him.
On the left, Jose Enrique has missed several matches with his lingering knee issues, but should be back soon. This is good, because Aly Cissokho's form has been rough at best. That's not utterly shocking, under the circumstances; Cissokho is coming off an injury, hadn't played much before that, and is still adjusting to a new club and country.
The other interesting situation is at center back. Daniel Agger is aching for games, and both Martin Skrtel and Kolo Toure have been a little inconsistent of late. How that rotation works out will bear careful watching, and is something I'll be expanding on in the near future.
| Key: Starter (Bold), U21/Academy (Italics), Injured (Orange), Suspended (Blue), On Loan (L) | |||||
| Goalkeeper | Fullback/Wingback | Centerback | Central Mid | Attacking Mid | Forward |
| Simon Mignolet | Glen Johnson | Daniel Agger | Steven Gerrard | Philippe Coutinho | Luis Suarez |
| Brad Jones | Jose Enrique | Mamadou Sakho | Lucas Leiva | Luis Suarez | Daniel Sturridge |
| Daniel Ward | Aly Cissokho | Kolo Toure | Joe Allen | Victor Moses | Iago Aspas |
| Pepe Reina (L) | Martin Kelly | Martin Skrtel | Jordan Henderson | Jordan Henderson | Adam Morgan |
| John Flanagan | Andre Wisdom | Luis Alberto | Raheem Sterling | Victor Moses | |
| Mamadou Sakho | Tiago Ilori | Joao Teixeira | Iago Aspas | Michael Ngoo | |
| Tiago Ilori | Martin Kelly | Jack Dunn | Luis Alberto | Samed Yesil | |
| Ryan McLaughlin | Lloyd Jones | Jordan Lussey | Jordon Ibe | Fabio Borini (L) | |
| Brad Smith | Stephen Sama | Tiago Ilori | Joao Teixeira | ||
| Marc Pelosi | Jakub Sokolik | Craig Roddan | Jerome Sinclair | ||
| Jack Robinson (L) | Sebastian Coates | Marc Pelosi | Kristoffer Peterson | ||
| Yalany Baio | Fabio Borini (L) | ||||
| Conor Coady (L) | Suso (L) | ||||
| Kristzian Adorjan (L) | |||||
| Oussama Assaidi (L) | |||||