Our Centre Backs

[Mathewbet1]

With Carra seemingly past his best, agger perma-injured and Skrtle apperently shite do we go shopping in Jan?

[Anny Road]

Skrtle is not a shit centre half just a shit right back.

[Mojo]

So with Agger out, is Skittles going to move back into the middle (assuming we do have a fit RB) or is Coates going to start?

Because he looks fucking slow

 

Remember Sami's first few games? I feared Ged had bought us a pondering Finnish giraffe.

[PaulMcC]

Carra's attempts at playing the offside trap were hard to watch.

[DJLJ]

Now I know this is just agents talk, but Agger's agent says Agger might have problems getting back in time for the next internationals, which is next month, so seems he could be out for a while.

 

Link (In Danish): Ekstra Bladet - Agent: Kapløb med tiden for Agger

[shaunstrudwick]

no shit we need a new proper fit straight into the first team cb

 

this is OLD news

[Xherdan]

What is the story with Johnson?

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Skrtle is not a shit centre half just a shit right back.

 

I wouldn't say he is a shit centre half either, but he is far from being good enough. He is a liability in the way he gives cheap free kicks away and i dare say he'll give a few pens away this season if he continues to pull on shirts whilst defending set pieces. He has very little pace and his tactical positioning is not that hot. Trouble is we have to play him if Agger and Kelly are injured. Wilson isn't good enough and Carra is just not the player he was. Hopefully young Coates will fulfil his potential and Kelly/Agger will be fit enough to form a steady partnership with him. Carra needs easing out and used in easier games to give others a rest. We definitely need to buy another centre half and I would sell Skyrtel to free up money/wages to do so.

[brucespanner]

What is the story with Johnson?

 

Hamstring twang; could be out for up to five weeks more Story. Shite news, we could do with him attacking from deep and stretching play a bit.

[piscinin]

Carra's attempts at playing the offside trap were hard to watch.

 

Yeah, that is becoming a recurring problem.

[ritchie]

Said it in the Summer, we needed a top class centre-back to come straight into the side(Cahill), and another as backup(Coates). Starting the season with a clearly over the hill Carra, and Danny Agger was a bit naive imo.

 

It really should have been a priority for us but even when we did sign someone we left it until late on and he's a kid who's going to take time to settle anyway.

 

Exactly. And we're paying the price.

 

Skrtel isn't good enough. Carragher is no longer reliable.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I hope Coates is good because I'm not one to dwell on who we did and didn't sign but Phil Jones is beginning to look every bit the fat 90's boy band reject I thought he was going to be.

[PaulMcC]

Yeah, that is becoming a recurring problem.

 

He seems to aways be deeper than everyone else, probably cos he's scared of getting done for pace, then tries to step up when he shouldn't.

 

I thought we needed a centre back as much as any position in the summer, and I still do.

[Deepz]

Andre Wisdom and Coates would be an awesome partnership in the future. I still think Agger and Carragher are our best bets at the moment however.

[piscinin]

He seems to aways be deeper than everyone else, probably cos he's scared of getting done for pace, then tries to step up when he shouldn't.

Over the last couple of years there has been a gradual retreat into the six yard box. He'll be camping out on the goal-line before very long!

[BenR_]

We'll always have to play a super-deep line with Carra in the side, hurting our midfield and damaging our attacking efforts as a team in general in so many ways.

 

Is that news to some?

[ritchie]

Andre Wisdom and Coates would be an awesome partnership in the future. I still think Agger and Carragher are our best bets at the moment however.

 

Definitely agree with Wisdom, but I haven't seen enough of Coates to say.

 

We needed an established centre back to tide us over for a couple of years while our young CB's can be blooded in at their own pace.

 

For me, Carragher is now too detrimental to the way we play, and to how deep we defend as a team. Skrtel should be back up and Agger isn't going to play 20 games without getting injured. If he managed 10 it'd make a change.

[Gym Beglin]

I hope we go balls-deep with Gary Cahill.

[usernameunknown]

I hope we go balls-deep with Gary Cahill.

 

His marking on the weekend was beyond atrocious and the less said about him v us and Man Utd the better. He's not helped surrounded by the likes of Robinson and Knight but equally are they making him look better than he really is? I'm not sure what his good attributes are meant to be, he just looks alright at a few things.

[Guest SpiderLucas]

Johnson was player A. We think he’s injured but it’s a conspiracy, really he’s addicted to coke.

[silverlining]

Johnson was player A. We think he’s injured but it’s a conspiracy, really he’s addicted to coke.

 

Dead funny

[usernameunknown]

Johnson was player A. We think he’s injured but it’s a conspiracy, really he’s addicted to coke.

Hopefully he sues you for slander.

[DJLJ]

Now I know this is just agents talk, but Agger's agent says Agger might have problems getting back in time for the next internationals, which is next month, so seems he could be out for a while.

 

Link (In Danish): Ekstra Bladet - Agent: Kapløb med tiden for Agger

 

He had his scan today and again according to his agent, he broke 2 ribs and is out for atleast 4 weeks, then he can start running again.

 

Link (In Danish): Ekstra Bladet - Agger har brækket to ribben

[Guest LFD]

Would be Agger + one from what I have seen so far.

 

Can't judge anything about Coates in that Spurs game, was just a freak match and he couldn't do anything about it. Thought his yellow was harsh, I thought he got the ball?!

 

But for me Carragher, Skrtel and Coates are fighting to partner Agger. Then again if Agger is injured...

[Dracco]

If Agger is out for 4 weeks + and only after that will be resuming training then we will see him at Christmas if lucky.

 

Skrtel was a disgrace on Sunday, but he was played out of position, against one of the paciest wingers around.. I hate people screaming once again that he is not good enough although he didn´t play single league game at CB in this season. He was excellent at RB against Bolton and ok against Stoke. Now he had a mare at RB and he is again shitty central half

 

Short memory works again for Martin, as people again seem to ignore how immense he was at CB since January until the end of season under Kenny and Clarke.