Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson is delighted seeing several of the club's young guns step up this season.
He has been pleased with how the likes of Jay Spearing have risen to the challenge of playing regular first-team football - but there is no denying he would like more options.
"I'm not sure our strength in depth is as good as it needs to be and that will be a very important conversation we'll be having in the coming days: what can be done to make our squad a bit stronger than it is?" said Hodgson.
"If you compare us to some of the squads we'd like to be competing against, theirs go a bit deeper.
"But those who have been thrown in have kept our heads above water. Take a guy like Jay Spearing. I think he's played in every single Europa League game so far. It's good to know that people like that are getting a chance to show what they can do and play regular football."
