it seemed to me that the diamond formation suited them, it got the best out of sterling, sturridge and balotelli (away to spurs anyway)
they went to a 4231 today. and it showed (although no sturridge and sterling from the off cant help) and they did not look all that
quite how they are going to fit, coutinho, sterling, Cann, henerson, Allen, Lucas, "stevie", Mirkovic, lallana in a diamond midfield, I dont know
I think you are right, lots of changes in most games, due to the extra games will not serve them well