Can think of very few sides who play that Christmas tree formation. Venables and Hoddle used it with England in the 90s, Ancelotti used it with AC Milan, but otweshire, I'm struggling to think of examples, especially recently. There has to be a reason for that, but I'm not Zonal Marking enough to know it.In theory, yeah, it could work. And I imagine we'll see those XI players at some time, but probably not that formation; Gerrard in CM with Maxi and Jova as wingers. However,1) Jovanovic isn't anywhere near enough of a midfielder for that formation. Maybe Meireles wide with Poulsen holding or straight swap for Lucas.2) More importantly, would depend on the roles defined by the manager. Would Gerrard and Cole try to take up the same attacking midfield positions? Can they be trusted to know when to move wide and when to come centrally (and both would need to go wide at points), and not play atop each other/cancel each other out? Would Torres drop deep at other times, making it ostensibly a 4-3-3?As apparent from the diagram, it's a narrow formation. Which would mean Konchesky and Johnson would have to provide most of the width. Which isn't a new situation, just thought it worth a mention. It's even narrower than the 4-2-3-1, especially if Gerrard and Cole are the attacking midfielders (unlike, say, Kuyt and Jova/Babel etc).It also necessitates classic pass-and-move, quick thinking, fluid football from the midfield forward. Which we haven't seen much of this season, no matter how early it is.So and I really don't mean this condescendingly; this is the sort of 'fun on the Internet' argument I enjoy it seems more like a FIFA/Football Manager formation than likely to happen on the pitch.