Carra

[Redspin]

Where's the option for "I dont have to love him but he is still our best CB so he stays and plkays" ?

That's about as wrong as a statement can be. For me he's a complete liability, a penalty waiting to happen. Painfully slow, poor on the ball with shocking distribution. I'd have him in only if everyone else was injured. And let's not even start on his inflated ego and apparent idea that he's player-manager. Show the ****er the door

[Kenneth]

Agree with most of the above, the sad thing is he's probably still first choice due to the lack of ****e in our defence.

Did you really mean lack of ****e?

EDIT: that makes more sense

[Craig_H]

That's about as wrong as a statement can be. For me he's a complete liability, a penalty waiting to happen. Painfully slow, poor on the ball with shocking distribution. I'd have him in only if everyone else was injured. And let's not even start on his inflated ego and apparent idea that he's player-manager. Show the ****er the door

Yeah, we did so well defensively without him at Newcastle.

It's entertaining for the barometer of bull**** to be talking about how wrong statements can be. You should certainly know.

[Imy]

Did you really mean lack of ****e?

EDIT: that makes more sense

[The Birdman]

Squad player, no more and no less.
He should be the experienced pro playing in the cup games when we have more youngsters in the side

[andrewces38]

Where's the option for "I dont have to love him but he is still our best CB so he stays and plkays" ?

I used to think the same but, not no more , He's probably 3rd choice if a new man walked in and assessed the squad he would be a squad player at best , true great yes but he would and should be treated like the likes off giggs /scholes down the road , Kelly has not had the chance yet , Skrtyl and the greek are more dominant ,Agger is quality when fit and that's the thing ,Carra has always been fit ,now he's setback with his first long term injury ( since being a reg center back) ,he would struggle to get back. Also if rumours are true about the new contract and rafa bashing **** him I say, The club is bigger than ANY player

[Craig_H]

Honestly dont think any of the other CBs have actually proven themselves to be better, more consistent or more consistently available than him.

[wavydavy]

I'm old enough to remember a time at the club where once you weren't up to the job that was it!! The list is endless: Toshack, McDermott, Hughes, Thompson, Case, Jones et al. Absolutely ruthless. It didn't matter who you were. You would still be a fine player but once your performance level dropped to an unacceptable level you were out the door like **** off a shiny shovel. Off the top of my head I can only think of Kenny, Keegan, Hansen and Souness and a couple of others who avoided this fate.

[Craig_H]

That's fine mate, but the player who isnt good enough anymore needs to be replaced by someone who is.

[hold51]

dont respect him as much as I did pre-2009-10

[cream]

That's fine mate, but the player who isnt good enough anymore needs to be replaced by someone who is.

Thats the whole point.

[Craig_H]

Well none of the other 3 are good enough or consistently enough available.

So carra needs to play.

[andrewces38]

Honestly dont think any of the other CBs have actually proven themselves to be better, more consistent or more consistently available than him.

See the above post..............( my post)

[Kronenburg1892]

He needs to take a realistic look at his career and shut the **** up.

[Craig_H]

See the above post..............( my post)

Not sure i agree though andrew. Skrtel's inconsistency is worrying, and he showed the negative side of his game at Newcastle. Kyrgiakos is solid and reliable, but in terms of marshalling the back four and organising, nobody comes close to Carra.

Agger's class, but never fit it seems.

On merit, there's no way Carra isnt one of the best two CB options we have, especially while Agger's out.