Cormcolash
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Damien Delaney for taoiseach!
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Damien Delaney for taoiseach!
I think you're going down the Spurs/Arsenal path there. Carragher saying that Skrtel and Sakho have played together 18 times and kept one clean sheet isn't as damning as he probably meant it to be. The question is more about how many they've conceded. if it's 24,25 goals in 18 games that's actually not too bad. It shows promise to be honest. It takes time for a partnership to settle in. You buy 2 centre halves who've never met, they concede goals so you buy another few and none of them ever get a real chance to settle in. On one hand 18 games should be enough time to expect a bit better, yes, but on the other hand the way Liverpool play in the latter stages of the game is baffling. They drop deeper and deeper until they're defending their 18 line. That's not down to centre halves alone.If we bought nobody else but two top class defenders I would be confident we will be right up there next season. I think Suso, Wisdom, Borini and Ibe coming back from fairly successful loans will add some good squad depth.
Centre backs aren't the first line of defence. For me, we need some legs in the mid. It looks bleak for Lucas, if you ask me. And Johnson, maybe. But I think we've got some decent CBs and Wisdom and Illori aren't shite.
I think you're going down the Spurs/Arsenal path there. Carragher saying that Skrtel and Sakho have played together 18 times and kept one clean sheet isn't as damning as he probably meant it to be. The question is more about how many they've conceded. if it's 24,25 goals in 18 games that's actually not too bad. It shows promise to be honest. It takes time for a partnership to settle in. You buy 2 centre halves who've never met, they concede goals so you buy another few and none of them ever get a real chance to settle in. On one hand 18 games should be enough time to expect a bit better, yes, but on the other hand the way Liverpool play in the latter stages of the game is baffling. They drop deeper and deeper until they're defending their 18 line. That's not down to centre halves alone.
Using us as an example, which I'm sure hector Grey will just love. when Distin came in it took him a while to bed in properly and form an understanding with Jags, who incidentally had a great understanding with Lescott (who looks like a liability now). We leaked like a sieve for about 10 games and I thought we'd bought a dud. Now that they've settled we expect a clean sheet. When one of them is out we concede silly amounts of goals (10 in 3 games 2 of which we fucking scored) It takes time, to be honest I though Sakho did really well against Chelski and City.
Really ? At his age and considering the big step up he's taken this season I'd say he'll nail that position down with a little work. Remember two years ago when i was complaining that Coleman wasn't the finished article because he couldn't turn his head and got drawn to the ball too often ? Looking back now you'd swear I was a mad man.Flanagan has looked very good this season but very raw, he provides good cover on both sides but I don't think he should be first choice on either side.
Centre backs aren't the first line of defence. For me, we need some legs in the mid. It looks bleak for Lucas, if you ask me. And Johnson, maybe. But I think we've got some decent CBs and Wisdom and Illori aren't shite.
I think Johnson's a good player.
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