Well Nosferalto looking at Liverpool's options are you really suggesting that Sahin isn't going to play attacking mid? Gerrard is great but he isn't the player he once was. Sahin has the creativity and the reality is Liverpool doesn't have anyone else to play there so Sahin has to. It's not dependent on where he used to play. My thinking was that Allen was signed to play the Pirlo role while Lucas or Shelvey do the 'breaking up' in midfield and Sahin was signed to play in a more advanced position and hopefully take some playing pressure off Gerrard...?