djPSB wrote: » International breaks are a balls..
Whippersnapper wrote: » Agger is not leaving the club and our new vice-captain is not about to be dropped.
T-K-O wrote: » Well you see Agger kicks with his left, Sktrel.. you can see where this going. If the form guys are left and right footed it makes sense to play them L / R. It both are left or right, its no big deal. If a centre half is not capable of that, the club should ship them out without delay.
T-K-O wrote: » No Im not. I said it before, its great (ideal situation) if you have a L and R but there is no need for this micro analysis of the CB position. How many great wingers or full backs played on the 'other' wing. How many coaches swap the wingers during a game. It's no big deal and if it is a big deal, the player lacks quality.
Kess73 wrote: Sami was better on the left side of a centre back pairing than he was on the right. Most of his best seasons and games came on the left side of a pairing. He was still good on the right side buit far better on the left. Alan Hansen was very one sided in his positioning as well. Henchoz was the same. Even watch some of the best in the business today. Silva, Hummels and Chiellini. Those three are top quality centre backs but they all have one side of the pairing that they look far better in, and rarely get moved from it as a starting point from game to game. I am not saying Sahko would struggle or be crap on the right, because until he plays there on a regular basis I cannot know that, but based on his career to date he would be better on his favoured side just as Agger is. Not really that unusual for a top centre back to be far better on one side of a pairing than he is on the other. Plus unlike central midfielders a centre back will not roam as much during a game and will more often than not be protecting one channel/area, but even amongst the central midfield positions similar examples can be found. Full backs can be this way as well with only certain fullbacks being equally as good on either flank. Johnson is very comfortable on either flank for example, but could you imagine a more good foot dependent player like Enrique being able to excel on the right side as easily? Players who excel on one side more than the other is nothing new, especially in certain positions, and plenty of high quality examples can be plucked from any era of the game. Does not in any way make those players less good at what they do. Less adaptable maybe than some other players, but no less good at their own role.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85318192&postcount=2684
Kess73 wrote: Ever see Maldini when he was used on the right? Despite being naturally right footed he fared less well in the RCB role compared to when he played in the LCB and LB roles. He was never bad on the right side, but certainly not as outstanding as he was on the left. Did not stop him from being one of the finest defenders ever. In the modern game, look at Mats Hummels or Thiago Silva. They are brilliant centre backs who are much strong on one side of the CB pairing. Simply fact is that some players are more versatile in terms of playing positions than others, butthat does not mean that the less versatile ones cannot be brilliant in their favoured position.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=86263863&postcount=7177
jethro081 wrote: I read alan hansons book, and he devotes a piece of it to the above attitude, basically saying people invariably ignore the importance of a centre half's favourite side. Saying that it really makes a difference to the defender which side he is asked to play, and that it can, for a lot of players be as significant as the difference between a winger playing on the right, or the left. A good example of this would be skrtel, and how he suffered when asked to play the left sided cb role beside carra in the past. I don't think it's just a case of "you're a centre back, so the job's the same on the left as the right". Centre halves themselves seem to argue that it makes quite a bit of difference, so it makes sense that the club would be less interested in a left sided centre back, considering the fact that agger has that spot nailed down.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=86059188&postcount=1156
Raif Severance wrote: » So a Club that already has 6 RCBs (Toure, Skrtel, Wisdom, Kelly, Coates, and Ilori) versus 1 LCB (Agger), just bought another LCB (Sakho) so we can play him in RCB? I mean, if the Transfer Committee really thought that the RCB Position was the Problem, then why didn't we just buy another RCB then? Unless they thought that a LCB would solve the RCB Problem instead of buying our 7th RCB. Or you know, BR could just drop Agger, play Sakho and pair him with any of our 6 RCBs.
billy2012 wrote: » Switching wingers / full backs is very different from switching CB's.
billy2012 wrote: » Hope your joking.
Raif Severance wrote: » If that's True, then explain to me, why are we not playing Agger as RCB or Skrtel as LCB?
T-K-O wrote: » RCB / LCB It doesn't MATTER
Kess73 wrote: » Have gone into more on this in posts in the last thread, but I would have more confidence in Sakho adapting to the RCB slot than I would of Agger doing so. Is a purchase that I have no worries about though. There may be some teething problems as he settles, but long term I think we have gotten ourselves a proper star. A player who will be as good in his best position as the likes of Suarez is in his.
billy2012 wrote: » Carragher on Sakho - and playing to lefties at CB.
G.K. wrote: » Fundamentally disagree. Welbeck's been the best player under Hodgson for England by some way, with Gerrard only player near to or better than him. Shouldn't be dropped still he stops performing for England. Sturridge is a great player, and should be playing, perhaps with Welbeck. But not at his expense.
He arrives on Merseyside with a solid reputation and it was interesting to hear that Ian Ayre, Liverpool's managing director, described him as 'a marquee signing' - when you spend £18million on someone, you would expect they will play. "So it will be fascinating to see how Brendan fits Sakho in. He is a left-sided central defender but Liverpool already have a very good one of those in Daniel Agger, who has succeeded me as vice-captain." Carragher argues that Rodgers is unlikely to change his tactics, particularly when Liverpool have had such a positive start to the season, and it will be interesting to see how he fits Sakho into the line-up. He explained: "In my experience, you can play two right-footed central defenders as a partnership - that was the case when Sami Hyypia and I played alongside each other - but I have never seen a team line up with two left-footed central defenders as a partnership. "I would doubt that Brendan is now going to start playing 3-5-2, even though he used it at fleeting times last season, so where Sakho fits in remains to be seen."
Agueroooo wrote: » Only positive im taking out of this international break is the Suarez is getting proper game time cause he looked razor sharp last night.
GTR63 wrote: » Thats good hope Uruguay can make the play offs(the game was on far too late to check the results). Its probably been answered but to get back fitness can Suarez play with our U21's to try to get match fitness or have they scrapped using overage players.
billy2012 wrote: » Suarez scored twice last night.
rarnes1 wrote: » Warming up nicely
