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by **club_Levis** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:08 am

damjan193 wrote:Why get rid of him? He's good enough for a sub.

Gives away unnecessary fouls, technically inept and his positioning for the 3rd goal on Sunday summed it up for me.He has been ever present this season in the premiership and has been at fault for most of the goals we leaked.

by **burjennio** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:45 pm

Hes a tube. You look for defenders to mature and use their brains as they get older, I think big Martin ate his own brain by the looks of 'em. Some of his decision making would back that statement up

by **Kenny Kan** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:00 pm

burjennio wrote:Hes a tube. You look for defenders to mature and use their brains as they get older, I think big Martin ate his own brain by the looks of 'em. Some of his decision making would back that statement up

by **club_Levis** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:31 pm

ethanr wrote:My girlfriend loves skrtel. Somehow she thinks he's cute... that says a lot about my looks

She will be very upset if he ends up going, but I feel that the time has come. He just isn't Liverpool standard. We need to replace him with somebody like Kjaer or Mertesacker.

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:50 pm

my fave moment of the match...

by **fivecups** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:00 pm

Anyone know what he said to Gyan?

by **RedSi35** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:05 pm

No idea. Impressed with his displays lateley, he has stepped up imo.

by **SouthCoastShankly** » Tue May 24, 2011 1:05 pm

Opta Season stats -

3420 - The Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel and the Everton full-back Leighton Baines were the only two outfield players to play every single minute of the 2010-11 Premier League season

by **Greavesie** » Tue May 24, 2011 1:06 pm

maypaxvobiscum wrote:my fave moment of the match...

Rafael just reminds me of a little yappy terrier

by **Bad Bob** » Tue May 24, 2011 2:05 pm

Gotta say that Skrtel has looked much improved under Kenny and Clarkie's tutelage. He's still prone to a bit of ball-watching and the giving away of needless fouls but he's played some of his best football in a red shirt in the past couple of months.

by **Redman in wales** » Tue May 24, 2011 3:21 pm

He has improved under Kenny – but so has each and every player. When times are good, everyone has stepped up to the mark, kuyt, maxi, even the young defenders. The time will come though when the going gets tough, can he still perform like this, or will he revert to his old self?

We have Carra, Agger, Skrtel, Soto and Kelly as our centre backs and I think we are crying out for a mainstay big, strong, good in the air, ball-playing centre back (I don’t ask for much!!). I think he still makes a few too many errors to be our first choice CB. I think we’re all agreed that Agger would be infront of Skrtel if he could stay fit, so the only reason Skrtel’s got as many minutes as he has is that Agger and Carra have both been out so much. He has improved but is not enough to be replied upon for a top 4 challenge in my view.

We conceded 5 goals in our last 3 games, and add to that 3 against West Ham under Kenny, so despite improvements in players, we still need to tighten up at the back. Yes we’ve had injuries, but we’re always going to have injuries, especially with Agger in squad.

I would prefer Phil Jones or Gary Cahill to Skrtel. Depending on how Kelly will be used could depend on who we bring in. Ie if Kelly was to stay wide, then I’d advocate bringing Jones in as young English CB, but if Kelly really wants to play more central and the boos agrees, then with an injury prone agger and an aging carra, I’d opt for Cahill with the view to having him and carra/agger this/next season and Cahell/Kelly for 2/3 years time.

by **Ben Patrick** » Tue May 24, 2011 3:55 pm

He is someone that gives me nightmares even though he has improved slightly.
Would much rather he was replaced.

by **Thommo's perm** » Tue May 24, 2011 4:45 pm

Ben Patrick wrote:He is someone that gives me nightmares even though he has improved slightly.
Would much rather he was replaced.

Are you talking about his looks?
:oops:

by **Ben Patrick** » Tue May 24, 2011 4:56 pm

Thommo's perm wrote:
Ben Patrick wrote:He is someone that gives me nightmares even though he has improved slightly.
Would much rather he was replaced.

Are you talking about his looks?

No his ability.

He is weird looking but he could look like Dirk for all i cared if he wasnt a liability

by **Reg** » Wed May 25, 2011 3:11 am

After much umm'ing and err'ing I would agree. He used to be rock solid but in the last 2 season's he's lost his reliability to find the extra yard to make the tackle. Maybe the tactics changed whatever but he looks less confident.

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