Centre-Back crisis

[Red Kent]

Worst case scenerio - No Carra, Agger or Skrtel, then only one or two available.

 

If two or three are available then no problem, but if only one available then personally I would go for:

 

Kelly Johnson xxx Insua

 

If none available then;

 

Kelly Johnson Ayala Insua

 

Although still concerned that the defence is so young and inexperienced, would it be prudent to play Dossena instead ?

[Mike]

reckon we'll only have carra available

[Red Kent]

  Mike said:

reckon we'll only have carra available

 

Doesn't Rafa think Agger will be ready as well ?

[Smith]

think agger will be ready, reckon rafa will risk him

[Swipe]

Carra and Agger will play, I reckon

[Stefano]

Agger hasn't played for a while. Could be Carra/San Jose.

[Stevie H]

who's marking crouch then? oh that's right, we use zonal don't we. i wish sami was still here.

[Jarg Armani]

  Stevie H said:

i wish sami was still here.

I'll give you a shout when I've finished building this time machine.

Edited August 11, 2009 by Jarg Armani

[cymrococh]

  Jarg Armani said:

I'll give you a shout when I've finished building this time machine.

If we played Leverkusen it would completely destroy the Space/Time continuum.

 

Sami insanely smiling at himself at corners.

[Hassony]

  Jarg Armani said:

I'll give you a shout when I've finished building this time machine.

Will the shout be in the past? that might confuse steve h as hyypia would still be here and he would never have asked that question in the first place

[madaboutlfc]

i think we will play higher up the pitch and crouch and whoever will not get the ball for spurs.. 75% possession

[Eskimo]

  Stevie H said:

who's marking crouch then? oh that's right, we use zonal don't we. i wish sami was still here.

 

Not like Crouch can head a ball is it?

[Molby]

I think this CB crisis will have far reaching consequences if not resolved soon

 

as soon as it became apparent that Xabi would leave I was thinking about how important Agger would be in carrying the ball out of defence; I thought that Agger in this role plus a genuine flying full back that we could find easily would possibly make up for Xabi (if Aquilani turns out to be good, and fit)

 

but as evidenced through the pre-season, Agger's fitness is a major worry

also, although many disagree, I was convinced Rafa would play 3 at the back sometimes, in a kind of 3-4-2-1 formation; that's also a dim prospect now

 

and we have Kelly effectively covering 2 positions and the other two kids looking a bit ropey at CB at the moment

 

I would say not only do we need the kid from Hull, we need him to be a good footballing CB

 

is he?

 

oh and some spending money would be handy too, naturally

[Stevie H]

  Eskimo said:

Not like Crouch can head a ball is it?

you mockering tw*t.

[Eskimo]

  Stevie H said:

you mockering tw*t.

 

[growler]

anyone know where Darby has gone? Thought he was going to get a run at RB too.

 

Lets not forget Degen (although I am still trying to)

[New York Red]

Christ. Fingers crossed. Let's hope for the best. This isn't good at all.

 

With these bloody injuries, and not one off injuries I might add, we are really dicing with death here.

 

We need another CB, end of story. I don't want to be stuck in march with Agger's back still hurting him; Skrtel's hamstring playing him up for a second time; Carra soldiering on and clearly struggling; Kelly getting a right seeing to and barely keeping up.

 

This is not good. Carra has to transition this season into number three, yet our future starters seem to have disturbing injuries.

 

This is not a good way to start the season.

[Zoob]

Don't Spurs also have a centre back crisis - Woodgate, King and Dawson all injured aren't they?

[New York Red]

  Zoob said:

Don't Spurs also have a centre back crisis - Woodgate, King and Dawson all injured aren't they?

 

I couldn't give two sh*ts about Spurs. I'm glad that they are in bad shape.

[floyd]

Whoever we have at the back, we should muller these. How we lost to these last season after battering them for 80 minutes is still yet to be made into an episode of, Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World's

[Falconhoof]

  New York Red said:

This is not good. Carra has to transition this season into number three, yet our future starters seem to have disturbing injuries.

 

Lets not be too hasty. Carragher doesn't have to transition into anything. At his best he's our top defender, we want him rejuvenated not winding down to retirement.

[growler]

what are the odds on a 4-4 score line?

[muleskinner]

Doubt it will be 4-4 but I'm just about convinced it will be a draw. King and Bassong are available for them. Crouch and Defoe will be a test for whoever we have at the back, Mascherano and Lucas will also have a tough afternoon against Palacios, Huddlestone and Modric.

[Red Kent]

Dawson and Bassong are fit according to Sky.

[psl]

  Lost Boy said:

Dawson and Bassong are fit according to Sky.

 

Well that's the good news anyway.

Edited August 12, 2009 by psl