Did we really need to sign Dossena?

[alex1982]

Having seen Aurelio improve so much last season before he got injured again, Emilio Insua showing that he has so much promise, Arbeloa and Carra who can play at left back if needed, did we realy need to sign Dossena?

[Joe King]

Aurelio is unreliable because of his injuries
Insua isn't ready yet. Yes he makes good runs however his crossing or passing lets him down.
Arbeloa or Carragher is square pegs, round holes.

Doss is Boss

[the rev leeroy brown]

quite simply yes we did need to sign him. aurelio is injury prone and too much of a risk should he get injured to have insua play the full season at full back - the boy needs a year of cup games and games against the small teams to get used to top flight football -
as for carra at left back!!? are you serious??? and arbeloa is far more suited for right back leaving us needing a new attacking left full back.

[lucas]

Aurelio - injury prone.
Insua - Inexperienced
Carra - Right footed. Not great going forward
Arbeloa - Right footed.

So to answer your question, yes we did need to sign Dossena. what would you prefer? Riise?

And why are you trying to knock Dossena before the season has even started

[alex1982]

You giva a good argument but maybe the 7mil for Dossena could have been put towards an out and out right winger which is so badly needed?

[Vermilion]

Arbeloa could be going home by the sounds of things too, maybe.

[alex1982]

As for Insua being too inexperienced surely the best way for him to get experience would be for him to play? Rooney was good enough at 17, Fabregas was good enough at 17 so why not Insua at 19 or whatever he is?

[Leyton388]

We need him as was proven last season when Aurelio was injured in the first leg of the Chelsea semi final. All we had was Riise for cover and we all know what happened there. We needed an experienced left back who could push up but was solid

[the rev leeroy brown]

As for Insua being too inexperienced surely the best way for him to get experience would be for him to play? Rooney was good enough at 17, Fabregas was good enough at 17 so why not Insua at 19 or whatever he is?

rooney looked like a phenomenal talent aged 17, fabregas was a phenomenal talent at aged 17, insua - as good as he looks - is not a phenomenal player or else he would play. insua has the ability to one day develope into a great player but at the moment he is not , IMO, ready to be our first choice left back.

[-V-]

We need a left back who can attack properly. Our rivals have Evra, Cole and Clichy who very important in giving them width in attack. Thats why we needed Dossena

Aurelio is always injured and im unconvinced by Insua. Finnan has slowed down alot over the last 2 season so we have little width from those areas. I think Arbeloa will now be our regular right-back so we needed a good left back. Dossena was very impressive against Rangers on Saturday

[anfieldanfield]

I'd happily let Aurelio go.

[Vermilion]

17, 18, 19yrs of age, you can't say a player at 19 yrs should be ready just because a couple of different players were ready at 17yrs, totally unrelated of each other, a player is ready when he's judged good enough by his manager, nothing to do with age really.

[alex1982]

Im not talking about him being first choice but a great backup for when Aurelio gets injured.
As much as I like Kuyt he is not a right winger, Yossi cant stay out wide when he plays left or right as is seen so often either gerro or fernando end up going out wide instead of in the middle where you want them.
It just seems to me that last year defense wasnt our real problem, its was braking down ****ty teams like birmingham who put 10 men behind the ball and a lot of that was due to the fact that we had nothing coming from wide positions.

[the rev leeroy brown]

Im not talking about him being first choice but a great backup for when Aurelio gets injured.
As much as I like Kuyt he is not a right winger, Yossi cant stay out wide when he plays left or right as is seen so often either gerro or fernando end up going out wide instead of in the middle where you want them

you want gerrard and torres going wherever they can cause most danger. more often than not last season torres ended up going out wide and taking central defenders with him leaving big gaps in the defense for others to take advantage of.

personally, i think full backs ( both sides) was more important than signing a right winger.

[Joe King]

As for Insua being too inexperienced surely the best way for him to get experience would be for him to play? Rooney was good enough at 17, Fabregas was good enough at 17 so why not Insua at 19 or whatever he is?

Watching and listening to some interviews by the coaching team and the men at the Academy, its clear that Rafa very rarely uses 'exceptional' youth talent at the age of 17, 18, 19, 20. Rafa wants players who are physically capable of playing 30-40 games a season but also mentally capable of playing 30-40 games a season. Some would say that even now that when push comes to shove both Rooney and Fabregas can't handle the pressure. Hence Rafa not deciding to use Insua right now. Theres no rush in my opinion. If Insua's confidence becomes shot after one performance, who knows how he will pick himself up? Youth players need time so lets give them it.