And that w***** Owen to Manure

Manure getting rid of their top scorer Ronaldo and also Tevez, and replace with Owen and Valencia, brilliant
Owens medical last week
Not 100% on Johnson to be honest because he plays quite high up the park and Kuyt pretty much fills that role now.
He can't be much worse than Finnan and most recently Arbeloa for going missing on crosses though...
Also interested to see how the defence lines up now with Skrtel, Agger & Carragher all pushing for the central positions. Reckon one of them may be pushed out wide to cover for injury prone Aurelio.
We need a couple of the fringe players to come through (Lucas, Ngog & Babel, Insua, Voronin etc.) if Rafa isn't in the market for anyone else. Benayoun was much improved in the second half of the season and he may be first choice on the left of midfield......
I think Johnson will do well, he seems to be eager to prove alot to the doubters, especially with Africa next year. Plus he scored that AMAZING goal last season, and thats what we need, players who can attack from a full back position.
Then to answer your other query, with him running up the lines, Skrtel and Agger will be used for different teams and tactics, Agger loves to go forward also, while Skrtel and Carra can stay back and protect.
I'm quite excited by the coming season, until we lose to Spurs on the first day of the season
I also think some fringe players will do ok, its about time Babel pulled his finger out, he is such a talent, he just needs to put some funkin effort into it, ala Kuyt.
And Lucas, have you seen the picture of the pre season training camp

He looks as strong as an ox.

So if alonso does go, with Masch, Gerrard and Lucas, we should be fine. Esp with Kuyt, hopefully an on form Riera, and hopefuly Ribery (I know it seems like i'm dreaming, but ive got a hunch he'll come)