Paul Konchesky

[digs_nz]

Liverpool have today completed the signing of Paul Konchesky on a four-year contract.

The 29-year-old full-back moves to Anfield from Fulham after agreeing terms with the Reds and passing a medical.

 

Youngsters Lauri Dalla Valle and Alex Kacaniklic have made the switch from Anfield to Craven Cottage as part of the deal.

 

Konchesky has been allocated the number 3 shirt in Roy Hodgson's squad.

 

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/reds-complete-konchesky-deal

 

 

Welcome and Good luck. Let's Hope that he puts in a good shift at a problem position, here's hoping Hodge sees something in you that many have not yet

 

Brilliant for the English Quota, and lets see some more goals like this one (not Carragher's):

 

 

[Billy Dane]

 

Love it if he turns out to be another Djimi Traore

[ajams]

Can't say I've ever been particularly impressed, but hopefully he can do a job. If he allows Agger to move back to the middle instead of Skrtel it has to be a good thing.

 

I sense this isn't going to be a very popular thread though...

[digs_nz]

Can't say I've ever been particularly impressed, but hopefully he can do a job. If he allows Agger to move back to the middle instead of Skrtel it has to be a good thing.

 

I sense this isn't going to be a very popular thread though...

 

If the thread stays inactive, that can be considered a pretty good thing, when you look at the Lucas and Aquilani threads.

 

Agree, moving Agger to the middle is hugely important.

[cocknose]

Dog muck

[Clay Davis]

Aurelio plays every day when fit IMO.

 

So Konchesky to get 30+ games.

[ajams]

Watching that video of the FA Cup final I think it's safe to say we don't want Konchesky taking penalties either.

 

Incredible that 13 of the 16 players in our squad that day were gone within 3 years. Can't help thinking we could still do with a few of them, although I'm glad we got rid of that gormless t*** Kromkamp.

 

Maybe it's the rosy hue of nostalgia, but for all his faults selling Riise is looking a bit of a mistake these days.

[KD07]

Welcome PK (not peno kick).

[muleskinner]

Watching that video of the FA Cup final I think it's safe to say we don't want Konchesky taking penalties either.

 

Incredible that 13 of the 16 players in our squad that day were gone within 3 years. Can't help thinking we could still do with a few of them, although I'm glad we got rid of that gormless t*** Kromkamp.

 

Maybe it's the rosy hue of nostalgia, but for all his faults selling Riise is looking a bit of a mistake these days.

First sight of dossena showed how much of a mistake it was.

[Stevie H]

pretty underwhelming signing of course. best of luck to the lad though, hope he plays well.

[Roarcelona]

I am trying to take confidence from the fact that Fulham were pretty good defensively, and Konchesky played a part in that. Argument that a lot of that was down to Schwarzer and Hangeland but even we showed last season that having a great keeper and good central defence isn't enough if one of your players can be targetted. Having played under Roy hopefully he can just slot straight into our system and will be able to deal with being targetted.

 

I'm clutching at straws really though.

[Stevie H]

I am trying to take confidence from the fact that Fulham were pretty good defensively, and Konchesky played a part in that. Argument that a lot of that was down to Schwarzer and Hangeland but even we showed last season that having a great keeper and good central defence isn't enough if one of your players can be targetted. Having played under Roy hopefully he can just slot straight into our system and will be able to deal with being targetted.

 

I'm clutching at straws really though.

he certainly seemed to get performances out of aaron hughes that hadn't appeared there before.

[_00_deathscar]

I am trying to take confidence from the fact that Fulham were pretty good defensively, and Konchesky played a part in that. Argument that a lot of that was down to Schwarzer and Hangeland but even we showed last season that having a great keeper and good central defence isn't enough if one of your players can be targetted. Having played under Roy hopefully he can just slot straight into our system and will be able to deal with being targetted.

 

I'm clutching at straws really though.

 

Didn't we have the 2nd or 3rd best defence in the league last season?

 

Not saying we actually defended well last season - because we didn't - but stats wise we didn't do too badly. You make it sound as if we got t******. Just pointing that out if all you're looking at is Fulham's statistics.

Edited September 1, 2010 by _00_deathscar

[Rich Gobey]

Didn't we have the 2nd or 3rd best defence in the league last season?

 

Not saying we actually defended well last season - because we didn't - but stats wise we didn't do too badly. You make it sound as if we got t******. Just pointing that out if all you're looking at is Fulham's statistics.

 

Some stats are significant.

 

Defences conceding fewer goals than most means their defence is better than most.

[_00_deathscar]

Some stats are significant.

 

Defences conceding fewer goals than most means their defence is better than most.

 

Was our defence the 2nd or 3rd best in the Prem last season? Probably.

 

Did we defend well? Did we f***...

[Roarcelona]

Didn't we have the 2nd or 3rd best defence in the league last season?

 

Not saying we actually defended well last season - because we didn't - but stats wise we didn't do too badly. You make it sound as if we got t******. Just pointing that out if all you're looking at is Fulham's statistics.

 

Yeah we were 3rd best defensively, which is pretty good given Insua's difficulties. Konchesky is experienced and would expect him not to be worse. The question is how much will losing masch cost us defensively.

 

Looking at last seasons table our problem was clearly scoring goals, which just makes our failure to get cover for torres even more frustrating. Could've lived with an average left back if we got that cover. The flipside is of course having an average defence costs us because we sit deeper and become more stretched making it harder to play. So our poor defence (in performance last season, not stats) contributed massively to our poor attack... Which is fairly obvious

Edited September 1, 2010 by rossk

[McBain]

Aurelio plays every day when fit IMO.

 

So Konchesky to get 30+ games.

 

He's been snubbed for Agger so far so am unsure why Roy signed him

[Rich Gobey]

Was our defence the 2nd or 3rd best in the Prem last season? Probably.

 

Did we defend well? Did we f***...

 

What other measure is there of the quality of your defence than how few goals you concede?

[anny road]

spoke to Ste about him, being a lefty and all that

 

Says he will be a decebnt signing, good engine....good tackler.....will provide balance with Johnson on the other flank

 

We shall see

[_00_deathscar]

What other measure is there of the quality of your defence than how few goals you concede?

 

That is the best one, I'm just wary of it that's all. Like I said, we defended (and played) like complete amateurs last season - but stats will show we "only" conceded 35 goals and had the 3rd best defence in the League.

[Eiler99]

He's been snubbed for Agger so far so am unsure why Roy signed him

 

Maybe he sees him as a good alternative for left midfield when we're away. Played him there against Trabzonspor at least.

[Gerry]

What other measure is there of the quality of your defence than how few goals you concede?

 

Whilst this is true, i'm sure you'd concede that one of the reasons we conceded so few goals last season was the fact we played so incredibly defensively for a lot of the games. We were a far more cohesive defensive unit in the 2-3 seasons prior to that.

 

Oh and good luck Konchesky.

[drdooom]

Maybe the defining metric for defensive play should be the number of times fans of the team crap themselves while watching it defend.

[Spion kop]

Welcome Paul, you are better than Inusa.

[Woodsyla]

Was our defence the 2nd or 3rd best in the Prem last season? Probably.

 

Did we defend well? Did we f***...

That was still 7 league goals more than all other seasons under Rafa (except hte first when we conceded 41)

 

That's 25% more goals conceded than the previous 4 years.