Hello. This summer it's been Jose this, Moyesie that and there's been little chance for Brendan Rodgers to edumacate us about the time he invented passing. A travesty, you'll no doubt agree. He's not even had much to say about the ongoing Luis Suarez saga. Will it be Arsenal? No, it won't be Arsenal, will it. Will it be Real Madrid? Quite possibly. Will it be Stenhousemuir? You wouldn't want to rule it out. But whatever does happen, Suarez - a real warrior of spirit, to quote Rodgers - is extremely unlikely to remain at Liverpool, so this year is a chance for us to discover what a post-Suarez world might be like - definitely calmer, you'd expect.
With Suarez elsewhere, Iago Aspas, procured from Celta Vigo, leads the line against an Indonesia XI, while there's also a start for the former Sevilla winger, Luis Alberto. Interesting times in attack and interesting times at the back: Kolo Toure starts alongside Daniel Agger, reportedly a target for Barcelona while Rodgers, fully aware that Pepe Reina is an accident waiting to happen, has nabbed Simon Mignolet from Sunderland. He starts in goal. Reina is off to join Rafa Benitez at Napoli. Now if they could just persuade him to take Stewart Downing as well...
Liverpool: Mignolet; Johnson, Toure, Agger, Enrique; Lucas, Gerrard; Alberto, Coutinho, Downing; Aspas. Subs from: Jones, Assaidi, Henderson, Spearing, Allen, Borini, Sterling, Kelly, Skrtel, Flanagan, Wisdom, Robinson, Ibe.
Kick-off: 2.30pm BST.
While we wait, here's a video of what Steven Gerrard's presence is doing to the young female population of Jakarta. Naughty Stevie G!
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