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Agger: Rodgers doesn't think I'm good enough

Daniel Agger’s future at Liverpool is looking increasingly uncertain after the Danish captain reportedly claimed that “the manager doesn’t think I’m good enough”.

 

When quizzed about his Anfield future by the Danish press, Agger is said to have responded: “I don’t know. That’s up to the manager. I can’t go and put myself on the team sheet.

 

“It definitely wasn’t great (to be left out of the games against Chelsea and Manchester City), but I don’t make the decisions. I think it is because the manager doesn’t think that I’m good enough. I’m no one’s third choice.”

 

Agger has frequently been linked with a move away from the club since Brendan Rodgers arrived in 2012, but he was made vice-captain following the retirement of Jamie Carragher last summer and his ‘third choice’ comment doesn’t really stack up. While he had to share playing time with expensive new arrival Mamadou Sakho last season, had he managed to stay fit then the chances are he would have retained his place in the side.

 

The popular Dane did find himself on the bench for extended periods during the season but usually only after he had originally lost his place through injury (the exception being when he was dropped following a 3-3 draw at Goodison Park).

 

Agger himself made that very point when speaking to the club’s official website following the final game of the season, ironically after he had been recalled to the side at the expense of Sakho. “Personally it’s been a frustrating season, most of all because of some stupid injuries” he said. “The only positive I can take from it is that I’ve not been out of the team because I’ve played bad - it’s because I’ve been injured - and then afterwards it’s been difficult to get back in because the team is winning, so I can’t do anything about that.”

 

With Rodgers seemingly unwilling to pair two left footers together at the heart of his defence, Agger and Sakho have been vying for the same position all season and competition for places is set to increase further with the Reds looking to add another high profile centre back to the squad this summer. Southampton’s Dejan Lovren has been strongly linked and the Croatian usually played as the left sided central defender for the Saints last season, meaning he could just as easily partner Martin Skrtel as replace him.

 

Agger would therefore appear to be most likely casualty of any summer defensive shake up, but even if Rodgers wishes to keep him he will not be able to guarantee him a place in the side and it is now looking increasingly likely that the 30 year old will end his 8 year stay on Merseyside.

 

 

What do you think, should Agger be first choice or is it in everyone’s best interests for him to move on this summer?

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Love Agger but for me it's no contest. From what I've watched of them last season Sakho is a better player right now, and he can only get better. I think he's going to be a tremendous player for us.

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A myth, dont be a fool?

 

We have thirteen wins, one draw and one loss with Agger at centre back this season, that is league winning form.

 

Dont know the details about Sakho, but I'm sure you do.

 

 

 

Ridiculous stats like that (which are wrong, by the way)  are the reason you've been ridiculed all across the internet, Code. They're the reason why people know exactly who you are, regardless of your name or your proxy. They're the reason why you've been banned, despite hundreds of thousands of posts, multiple times from various different websites. 

 

Agger played in one single game against a side in the top four. One. We lost it. Don't you think the quality of opposition might play a factor in whether or not he was part of a winning team? Maybe, just maybe, it's easier to win games against Palace, Cardiff, Fulham, and Norwich at home (and 11 of the wins are at home) than it is going to top sides away from home? Away with you. Back to Norwigeria. 

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Ridiculous stats like that (which are wrong, by the way)  are the reason you've been ridiculed all across the internet, Code. They're the reason why people know exactly who you are, regardless of your name or your proxy. They're the reason why you've been banned, despite hundreds of thousands of posts, multiple times from various different websites. 

 

Agger played in one single game against a side in the top four. One. We lost it. Don't you think the quality of opposition might play a factor in whether or not he was part of a winning team? Maybe, just maybe, it's easier to win games against Palace, Cardiff, Fulham, and Norwich at home (and 11 of the wins are at home) than it is going to top sides away from home? Away with you. Back to Norwigeria. 

Are you talking to me or someone else, I dont understand?

 

Are you saying we did not win thirteen games, got one draw and one loss with Agger at centre back?

 

Please show me where I got it wrong so I get it correct next time.

 

 

Agger did not play centre back against any top four teams in the league, maybe he should have.

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Are you saying we did not win thirteen games, got one draw and one loss with Agger at centre back?

 

 

 

Yes, that's what I'm saying. Do your own research if you want to know the correct figures, but even then it's a pathetic statistic used in the way you tried to.

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Yes, that's what I'm saying. Do your own research if you want to know the correct figures, but even then it's a pathetic statistic used in the way you tried to.

Well in that case you are wrong my friend.

 

Can you provide me the numbers for your hero please?

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Well in that case you are wrong my friend.

 

Can you provide me the numbers for your hero please?

You need to grow up a bit.

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You like to talk dont you, every time I'm on here you are here, so go ahead and do it then.

 

 

 

 

No.

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So you got it wrong then

 

Having just double checked... no. If you want to acknowledge the utter idiocy of your point due to the reasons I mentioned, I might give you the time of day. 'Til then, you can fuck off.

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Lying bastard.

Says the guy pretending to be from Nigeria. As I said about, if you answer these I'll give you some of my time. Until then, you already look like more of a dick than I could make you look.

 

Agger played in one single game against a side in the top four. One. We lost it. Don't you think the quality of opposition might play a factor in whether or not he was part of a winning team? Maybe, just maybe, it's easier to win games against Palace, Cardiff, Fulham, and Norwich at home (and 11 of the wins are at home) than it is going to top sides away from home?

Do you admit that maybe Agger being involved in wins isn't about Agger's influence on the team winning games, but our ability to smash shit sides?

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Not trying to get into this argument at all, but Agger is clearly a good defender when he's playing well, so there's that for a start. The other things include what I said before though : he's more settled and understands the players more. Sakho should do even better when that's sorted, and there's the huge amount of nerves from the end of the season as well, which didn't help him when it comes to a stat like clean sheets, which any single defender can only ever have a limited amount of control over anyway.

 

After all of this I'd really like us to win the league next season with both of them in defence together! If we carried on debating about who's the best between them at that point we could at least know that we'd clearly gone mad.

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Not trying to get into this argument at all, but Agger is clearly a good defender when he's playing well, so there's that for a start.

He's a good footballer when he's at his best, he's not a particularly good defender though. Some parts are fine, others are pretty poor. Add to that the fact that he's losing pace, probably due to his horrendous injury record, and that he's getting others, then you've got a defender who's ageing, slowing and not very good at defending.

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When he got blown away by Soldado at Anfield that signalled the end of Agger as a top player. For me, at least. He's soooo fucking slow these days

 

And doesn't have the positioning, anticipation or leadership skills of a hyypia or Carra to cover it up

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With the exception of Arsenal away, Agger was injured prior to all of our matches against the top teams and not available to play as CB. I believe he was played as a fullback for the match away to Chelsea. But that was his first match back after he picked up an injury against West Ham at home.

 

Maybe we would have had a different outcome in the City and Chelsea aways, but he wasn't fit.

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If we still can't figure out if Agger is any good, some 9 years since he got here, then I suggest it's time he, and us, moved on.

 

I would rather see Wisdom at CB than Agger. It's time to give the lad a chance. In fact, I'd like to see Coady given a go as well in pre-season, as that's where he and Wisdom learned their trade. Both lads did what was asked of them last season, they went out, got experience, and excelled for their sides. Fair's fair, time to bring them back into the fold.

 

Agger talks a good game and looks the part still, but he just can't back that up anymore.

 

I'm not letting Skrtel off the hook either, he gets caught out positionally too often.

 

My CB group for next season would be: Sakho, Skrtel, Wisdom, and then I'd entertain the idea of Williams or Caulker, at the right price. Coady might force his way in, and I get the feeling that Illori might be loaned out again, perhaps this time to a slightly better La Liga side, or even a Championship side. Norwich and Fulham just went down, they'd be two decent places for him to learn a bit more about English football.

 

In fact, I'd take a gamble on Hangeland for a season or two. He's 32 now, but I still get the impression he'd do a Sami Hyppia-esque leadership role at the back for a year or two.

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When he got blown away by Soldado at Anfield that signalled the end of Agger as a top player. For me, at least. He's soooo fucking slow these days

And doesn't have the positioning, anticipation or leadership skills of a hyypia or Carra to cover it up

Not just this, but the way he faces up to opposition defenders. Yes, he will get some stuff right, and he will look good on occasion, but overall, Agger flatters to deceive. He is no longer a top quality central defender, if indeed he ever was.

 

Carragher, Agger, hypvia, Henchoz, Hansen, Lawrenson, Gillespie, Wright, Sakho,

 

Agger comes last in that list.

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Soldado at Anfield blew him away? he might of run past him once, but it ended 4-0 and Soldado was completely ineffective and marked out of the entire game. It's hardly a stick to beat Agger with, is it?

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