Best of the TLW era - you decide: Centre Backs

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The 100th and final issue of ‘The Liverpool Way’ is fast approaching and we’re looking to get your input on a series of articles featuring ‘the best of’ the TLW era, which spans from August 1999 when the first issue was printed, to now as we prepare to declare once reaching a century.

 

Over the coming weeks we’ll ask for your votes on various subjects, such as best goal, best game (may have to include a ‘that didn’t take place in Istanbul’ disclaimer on that one), best signing, worst signing and all the usual stuff.

 

Firstly though we’re picking the best team of the last 16 years. We’ve had the goalkeepers and full backs (right backs here, left backs here) so let’s complete the back four with the central defenders. This is probably the most straightforward one but we’ll see.

 

For simplicity, these have been listed in pairs and it’s been narrowed down to Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Daniel Agger and Stephane Henchoz. Perhaps Martin Skrtel could have made the shortlist too but a line had to be drawn at four contenders so he narrowly missed out.

 

 

 

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[dennis tooth]

Hard one, i love carra but its got to be henchoz and hyppia if my life was on a clean sheet.

[matt1983]

No Pellegrino? Sami and Carra, then.

[Grinch]

Sami and Carra. No disrespect for the others but it's not even a remotely tough choice.

[aRdja]

Sami and Carragher.

[Byrnie]

Sami and Carra, no contest.

 

[John101]

Hyypia and Henchoz. Perhaps im remembering them as better than they were given the dross that came before, however, they stand out as the best pairing for me.  The 2001 defence as a whole was superb.

[Tony Moanero]

Hyypia and Henchoz. Perhaps im remembering them as better than they were given the dross that came before, however, they stand out as the best pairing for me. The 2001 defence as a whole was superb.

Hyypia and Carragher. Carra was better than Henchoz, but makes the team for Istanbul alone. That said, Henchoz was very much underrated and better than anything we have now.

[Guest LFD]

Hyypia and Henchoz. Perhaps im remembering them as better than they were given the dross that came before, however, they stand out as the best pairing for me.  The 2001 defence as a whole was superb.

 

Yeah I'd be tempted to have Carragher at left back.  That back four was so well drilled.

[John101]

Hyypia and Carragher. Carra was better than Henchoz, but makes the team for Istanbul alone. That said, Henchoz was very much underrated and better than anything we have now.

Id shift Carra to left back. Whilst he isnt the modern full back, i still think he is better than anything we have had there. 

[dennis tooth]

Hyypia and Carragher. Carra was better than Henchoz, but makes the team for Istanbul alone. That said, Henchoz was very much underrated and better than anything we have now.

Carra was better than henchoz overall but henchoz had one thing on carra he read the game quicker and snuffed things out carra though could recover better which almost covers that. However as a pair h and h edge it for me their understanding was just a bit better, c and h were individually better but as a partnership h and h.

[Megadrive Man]

Id shift Carra to left back. Whilst he isnt the modern full back, i still think he is better than anything we have had there. 

 

That back four is easiest the best in my lifetime. 

 

Carragher was a solid left back, It's no wonder we won so many games that year.

[lebron]

Hyypia and Carra. Would take Skrtel over both Agger and Henchoz btw...

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Easiest one yet.  Hyypia & Carragher, by a mile.

 

 

[Razoray]

Carra as asked Davd U on twitter if he can vote. Fair play to him

[Pureblood]

What no Sakho?

[Bjornebye]

Easiest choice. Not looking forward to the strikers one....

[Original202]

Can't really look past Carragher and Hyypia for this one but I think people forget how good Henchoz was too.

 

I can't recall why but he was completely out of favour under Benitez so he ended up leaving us through the back door but his partnership with Hyypia for 3 or 4 years was superb - and to think they only cost about £3m each.

[Dr Nowt]

Carra and Big Sami.

 

What a time that was.

[Paul]

Henchoz over Carra? Each to their own...

 

Carra and Sami by a country mile.

[Tony Moanero]

Easiest choice. Not looking forward to the strikers one....

Suarez and Owen.

[Captain]

Am I the only one who can't see a poll anywhere?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Sami

[Strontium]

Am I the only one who can't see a poll anywhere?

 

I also cannot see this one.

[dave u]

Am I the only one who can't see a poll anywhere?

 

Code couldn't see one the other day. You're Code aren't you? I knew it!!!

 

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