Will Liverpool live to regret pulling the plug after striker's failed medical

In the overall scheme of things we may lose 20 goals with the loss of Luis Suarez, but if we can tightened up defensively in the midfield and more importantly at the back, ultimately it make us not just harder to beat, but able to close out games rather than going hell for leather for 90 minutes as against Stoke (3-5) and Man City (3-2) because we didn’t have the wherewithal to shut up shop.

The transfer of Emre Can has given the midfield the sturdy athletic ball player  we’ve been looking for, but  another robust midfielder would certainly not go amidst to compete with the Man City’s and Chelsea’s of this world who have improved the depth and certainly the physical nature of their midfield’s.

In saying that, Suarez moving on presents Rodgers with the chance of making Daniel Rodgers his premier striker by playing him as a lone striker and adopting an extra man in the midfield, thus making Coutinho the pivotal component in the team in behind the England striker.

Suarez will be missed, but there are positives in the sense that Rodgers has players who are improving year on year and can thrive with the extra responsibility.

Sturridge improvement has been exponentially of prodigious proportions, but just as impressive has been the rise of Coutinho, Sterling and to a lesser extent Flanagan.  I say to a lesser Flanagan where the Liverpool native is concerned only because because his explosion on the scene was in his first real season and one always wants to see whether youngsters can push on again over a second season or like many his form tapers off before pushing again.

Rodgers commented recently that Coutinho was now 'brain of Liverpool's team'.  While the comment may have be designed as a shot in the arm for the little Brazilian, there is no doubt that this is an extremely important season for him in taking on the mantle of one of the team’s leaders and with the Brazilian teams total failure at the World Cup and one of its few pure footballing talents he now has the the footballing world at his feet for club and country.  Sterling will almost certainly share the burden interchanging from out wide to in behind Sturridge and looks assured in either position for club and country.

Twenty four hours day ago we looked odds on to tie up the bargain of the season with Loic Remy, who suited the Brendan Rodgers philosophy of being able to play in more than one position and blessed with pace.  The non-transfer smacks of a decision taken by committee and is one which Liverpool could live to regret.  The player’s heart problem is a long standing one well known in the game having been revealed by Marseille during his 2010 transfer to them from Nice, so if he has failed over that complaint then I feel that it’s shoddy work by Rodgers and the transfer committee.

Although, the Lallana injury (out for 6 weeks with a knee injury) is disappointing, we have plenty of midfielders to cope in absence, but there are very few players with Remy’s attributes, let alone available strikers to fill the void.  If we look to Romelu Lukaku, a different type of striker, given the trouble we are having signing Ryan Bertrand which smacks of desperation I hasten to add, Chelsea are unlikely to sell, still bearing a grudge after what they perceive as our shoddy handling of Victor Moses.

Which leaves Wilfried Bony as the only available striker on Liverpool’s radar.

One hopes that Liverpool do not reaction rashly, buying a front man who doesn’t fit into the team ethos and lacks the class to help us compete for the Premier and Champions Leagues respectively.