I agree we should be looking to improve on Skrtel (amongst others) but you're making a Jimmyesque mistake as that's not (and never has been) my point. My point is that at the moment he deserves BETTER than just a place in the squad.....as there isn't anyone better IN THE SQUAD Yes he backs off to his 18 yard box....just as Terry backed off and backed off countless times when AVB was having his Chelsea nightmare. The reason is they start off too high and then can't cope. I'm not comparing them in terms of ability but style, they are both good old fashioned English style centre backs who play best in and around the 18 yard box. Skrtel isn't the problem (neither is Sakho really), the way Rodgers sets us up is. He can buy all the players he wants to fit this defence but I'm still not convinced it will ever make much difference unless the new coaching staff knock some sense into him. Have a decent back four with full backs who support attacks when necessary (not attack at will) and give them at least one man in midfield who offers them decent protection and eases the pressure. Had he spent his first season or two solidifying the back line he could have let the rest just get on with it.
Show me one person that when ymca comes on doesn't have a cheeky little grin and sing along / do the moves.
I like the fact he got a shed load of abuse and I know what you mean but nevertheless....many of the tourists tend to sit around the margins (I see more in the Paddock and Centenary than on the Kop) yet the atmos from the hardcore isn't what it used to be either. It got pretty electric at times the season before last but only before the game. As soon as it starts and everyone sits down it was still below the volume you'd expect considering we were chasing the title. Basically it's all the aforementioned factors rolled into one giving us the completely sterilised atmosphere we knew would happen in the end
You lads think the club's Thomas Cook sales are the problem? I think there's quite a bit of season ticket sales going on personally. My view is that these guys bring revenue into the whole city and shouldn't be abused at all..... but..... they are big on etiquette over there so why there is zero advice to them on what to don don't know. Selfie sticks and crowd filming should not be allowed.
Ehhhhh. ........ I have never done so. I would count myself in the 90 percentile of straight men who would not. Oh and my lesbian warriors wouldn't either
I am right though you gaylord fokker you. next time you are in the cheese put on ymca and see how many "do the moves"
All those I have bolded show exactly why they are different. If you look at what Sakho does better compared with Skrtel and Vice Versa shows that one is a defender who drops deep and one is a player who plays on the front foot. I think our team pushes too high and the defence don't go with them. Based on the defenders we have if we dropped Skrtel and played lets say Ilori (granted his is in experienced) with Sakho I think we would see us concede less goals. In our current crop of centre backs I think Skrtel is the odd one out. Not that he's rubbish (far from it) but he is the one least suited to how we play.
doubtful... why? mingolet won't sweep up enough we should push much higher against sides with one forward and especially when said forward is a target man.
picutre of the kid Allan Rodrigues de Souza training with LFc. It seems he is at least on trial with club.
You do raise a very good point MITO, that is another weakness of ours. Which tells me that either rogers doesn't know what to look for in a defender, or he doesn't have full confidence in our defenders ability to play high, or as someone else has stated he has a "they will sort it themselves attitude.
