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by **mart** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:29 pm

stmichael wrote:i purely judge skrtel on what he's doing right now and quite simply his form has been excellent so he deserves to be in the side. agger is the best defender at the club so should play when fit. i personally think it's healthy that carragher now has to win his place in the side back.

Carra has been past it for a while now. Skrtel and Agger deserves to be our first choice at CB.

by **damjan193** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:35 pm

Our defense is outstanding at the moment. Not only we have a great partnership between Skrtel and Agger, but also between Carra and Coates. They hardly gave Chelsea strikers a chance today. Also Coates could learn a lot from Carra like this. Now we have two partnerships, one for league and one for cup games

. Hope they keep this up!

by **red till i die!!** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:13 am

damjan193 wrote:Our defense is outstanding at the moment. Not only we have a great partnership between Skrtel and Agger, but also between Carra and Coates. They hardly gave Chelsea strikers a chance today. Also Coates could learn a lot from Carra like this. Now we have two partnerships, one for league and one for cup games . Hope they keep this up!

agree
for a second string defense tonight they did well.
was well impressed with coates and he could be the next sami for us.
lately our defence has been second to none and with that competition it will only get better.
the kenny magic is beginning to work again.

by **stmichael** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:57 pm

A bit early to compare him to Sami but I like what I see in Coates. He's still a kid and he's still prone to giving you the odd heart in mouth moment but for one so young his composure is second to none.

Carra could soon find himself fourth choice centre back.

by **red till i die!!** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:30 am

stmichael wrote:but for one so young his composure is second to none.

thats the comparison i seen in him last night and i thought he looked very sami like .id like to see a bit more of the lad though.

carra as 4th choice is testament to the quality we have here.
not leaking goals breeds a confidence throughout the team and we look very confident atm.
its a pleasure to watch us play once more
:buttrock

by **Kerry07** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:24 pm

I cant recall the last time we had such a solid, stable, consistent first five of...

Reina
Johnson
Enrique
Agger
Skrtel

Feels great knowing the opening five names on the team sheet week in week out, and feel confident. Clarke is doing a fine job with the backline.

by **JC_81** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:37 pm

Individually I don't think Skrtel or Agger are top class defenders if I'm honest, but collectively the whole back line are doing brilliantly and that has to be as much down to the coaching team as anything else.

Sadly though you have to wonder how long Agger can stay fit for.

by **ethanr** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:49 pm

I honestly believe we have the best defense in the league right now. Least goals conceded, and since Carra has spent time on the bench we've stopped conceding as much as we had.

3 goals conceded in the last 6 games, against city, chelsea and fulham. That's pretty damn good.

What we've got is working, so I can't see anything changing.

by **redhayesy** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:54 pm

john craig wrote:Individually I don't think Skrtel or Agger are top class defenders if I'm honest, but collectively the whole back line are doing brilliantly and that has to be as much down to the coaching team as anything else.

Sadly though you have to wonder how long Agger can stay fit for.

mate- you are entitled to your opinion,but just enjoy the moment with skittel & agger! they are keeping a LFC legend out of the team at the moment,that has to be a major positive for all concerned! & imho quite rightly aswell! they are playing out of their skin at the moment the pair of them! please long may that continue!! it's all about a squad fighting for a place in the side isn't it? which we haven't had for a long time.

i know some will differ with me on this,but iv'e always liked skittel! cause he is for me an old fashioned centre back- in that he does what he is employed to do-defend first & formost. he gets stuck in,doesn't shy away from challanges & that's what i have always seen in quality cb's in our club over the years.

yes i agree that he isn't the best skilled player in a cb we have been blessed with over the years. his pace may let him down somtimes but for me he has great knowledge & awarness of what is going on around him -he is great at sniffing out possible danger,after all his has had a great teacher in carra!

as for agger-it's brilliant to see that he has confidence in his cb partner,that he can go foward with the ball to get the attack going from the back! so for me individually & together have been brilliant & have taken their chance in the side to make sure it works for them both aswell as benefiting the team also!

by **7_Kewell** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:24 pm

I have doubts about Skrtel's ability and Agger's potential to stay fit. BUT...we've got the best defensive record in the league at present, and that's good enough for me.

by **Dundalk** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:31 pm

13 league goals scored against this season and don't forgot 4 of them were in the one game against spurs.

by **crim cram** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:46 am

Dundalk wrote:13 league goals scored against this season and don't forgot 4 of them were in the one game against spurs.

Good point on the Spurs game. Throw out that result and its a mean defense indeed :buttrock

Skrtel seems much less prone to the lunges and penalty give aways plaguing earlier seasons. Solid at the back, no complaints. :cool:

by **LittleHobo** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:39 am

real talk...skertel is probaly the best current centre back in the league

by **neil** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:21 am

Agger & Skrtel are currently the best cb pairing in the country, baffles me reading some posts on here. Haters gonna hate an all that.

by **stmichael** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:54 pm

will be interesting to see if the defence stays the same with so many games coming up in such a short space of time. i see no reason to change it but we could well see agger rested for a game somewhere along the line, possibly blackburn at home.

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