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neil wrote:

metalhead wrote:Puyol is twice the player Agger is and carries the ball better than Agger does.

with all due respect, thats me ar5e.

metalhead wrote:

neil wrote:

metalhead wrote:Puyol is twice the player Agger is and carries the ball better than Agger does.

with all due respect, thats me ar5e.

Watch Puyol with Barcelona.

I agree with BB too, Carvalho is better than Agger.

Look, Agger is an excellent player, but he isn't a Top Class player, he has so many faults that some can't see!

Carvalho, Puyol, Ferdinand, Gallas, Toure are all better than him

s@int wrote:Considering that last season it was widely touted that the injury to Agger was one of the reasons we never made a title challenge , I am a little surprised to see that his "stock" has dropped so low so fast.

I think he is a very good player who perhaps needs a Hyypia beside him rather than a Carra. While not physically as strong or dominant in the air as I would like, he reads the game well enough, tackles well, and carries the ball very well. Yes there are better players, but we couldn't afford them or they are getting on in years.

Someone else with sense on here.

Maybe it's just because I am a CB myself but I see Agger as a class player. He knows that if he stays at LFC he will learn off some of the best in the (English) game in Carra and Sami

Oh and not forgetting Pelligrino 

john craig wrote:

maguskwt wrote:

john craig wrote:

metalhead wrote:

john craig wrote:If you ask me Agger is a bit overrated by most LFC fans.  He is a pretty good player, but not top class, and also quite injury prone on top of that, which is certainly not good for a central defender - a position where you need stability and consistency.

He is the weakest of our 4 centre halves all round imo and that has shown in his form this season.  He has been unimpressive in several games this season.  Skrtel will be first choice when fully fit.  If he wants to leave then let him, although I wouldn't mind seeing what he's like at left back - that would probably be his best bet long term as a first choice pick if he could adapt well.

Spot on John, he is a very good player indeed, but has his limitations. However, I wouldn't sell him for 8m, a bit more.

I'd go along with that.  I wouldn't sell him for 8 million.

For the record I'd ideally like us to keep him, but if so he needs to either be content to spend a reasonable time on the bench, or else step his game up.  He can start by being less casual.

what kind of mistakes has he made this season? He was playing very very well with carragher in the season before he got injured... I don't see any real weakness in him. Would've liked him to be stronger in the air but that's about it. He is a far better CB than carragher was at that age... would keep him... 8 million a ridiculously peanuts for a class CB... remember Terry was nothing at that age... Agger is somewhat like Ferdinand, but ferdinand is actually a poser when it comes attacking with the ball, Agger is really a threat when he storms foward.

That's rubbish to be honest mate.

Terry nothing at that age?  Why were we trying to buy him off Chelsea before he ever broke into their side then?  They wouldn't let him go because they knew they had a gem on their hands to take over from Desailly when he moved on.  Don't try and re-write history, John Terry didn't come from nowhere, much like talents like Owen, Gerrard, Joe Cole - people knew about them years before they played their first senior game.

What mistakes has Agger made this season?  What about giving the ball to Zaki to score at Anfield.  Usually though it's giving free kicks away in dangerous areas because he can't keep his hands off opponents' shirts.  I'm not saying the lad's a bad player, he's pretty good, but don't make him out to be something he's not.  If you 'can't see any real weaknesses in him' as you say then that would make him the best centre half of all time would it not?  Which he clearly isn't.

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