Perhaps it's the rumour that he will be rested tonight against AFC Wimbledon with at most a place on the bench that explains this oversight. It was clear during the 2-2 draw with Leicester City that the role he plays in Rodgers' 3-4-2-1 suits Jordan Henderson better and that playing Henderson at wing-back is an unrewarding compromise. The tactical dorks have been chewing over whether Gerrard's six-month swansong should be spent in the middle of the back three, perhaps not as a libero in the Franz Beckenbauer, Gaetano Scirea, Daniel Passarella, Matthias Sammer or Klaus Augenthaler mould but used in the way Barcelona have deployed Sergio Busquets at times and Gerrard's former team-mate Javier Mascherano. I think it could work if, and it's a big if, Mamadou Sakho finds the form of 2010-11 when he made his international breakthrough with France, and Gerrard can repress the urge to do his Red Adair act and bomb away from his station to help his team-mates. Any road, it will be interesting to see where he plays over the next few weeks, even if he doesn't feature there tonight.