Martin Skrtel

[baitman]

13 days to go till the closure of the russian transfer window...

will the zenit game be a showcase for skrtel

[Captain Stu]

13 days to go till the closure of the russian transfer window...

will the zenit game be a showcase for skrtel

We wouldn't let him leave before the summer or we'd be even more short-staffed than we already are in defence.

[Sarb]

We wouldn't let him leave before the summer or we'd be even more short-staffed than we already are in defence.

If some rich Russian club came in and offered £15m, would you take it though? We aren't going to get Top 4 this season and we may not get that price in the Summer

I'd consider it for sure

[Captain Stu]

If some rich Russian club came in and offered £15m, would you take it though? We aren't going to get Top 4 this season and we may not get that price in the Summer

I'd consider it for sure

Good question.

I think I'd consider it too (were I in such a position to do so) but we'd then be leaving ourselves with Carragher, Coates (who Rodgers clearly isn't sold on) and a few youngsters to fill a crucial spot in the team. I think that could be a disaster.

That said - £15M is a lot for Skrtel when Rodgers seems to have lost faith in him.

[barnes10]

carra instead for a swansong. i'd bite their hands off at a good price

[cream]

Bizarre how he's been bombed out of the team. Shame coz he's been playing really well.

[Arn]

Bizarre how he's been bombed out of the team. Shame coz he's been playing really well.

Not bizarre really. We know that Skrtel's big weakness is concentration and playing man man defending at set pieces don't suit him at all.

[cream]

Not bizarre really. We know that Skrtel's big weakness is concentration and playing man man defending at set pieces don't suit him at all.

Sorry Arn, not buying that one. He's been our best defender.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Sorry Arn, not buying that one. He's been our best defender.

I think the timing was strange, he was arguably our best player against United and he got benched after that. The argument from Rodgers was that we weren't vocal enough, so he brought in our most vocal player, Carragher. Now we've seen how Carragher and Skrtel have played in the past and it didn't really work out because 1 of them are shifted to the left side of CB.

[Gibbo]

Sorry Arn, not buying that one. He's been our best defender.

Nah he's not better than Agger.

Plays better with someone who can guide him though.

[RichC]

Skrtel and Agger have both had their wobbles this season, Agger is certainly the better player and offers more than Skrtel who as Gibbo has said needs the right player next to him

[cream]

Baffling seeing Carra picked ahead of him.

[Chazza]

Not really we have been more solid with Carra and Agger at CB.

[Shaggy]

Not sure I agree. We conceded 2 in four of the first five games he played in since coming back into the side.

Arsenal 2-2
City 2-2
West Brom 0-2
Zenit 2-0 loss

The other one - his first game recalled - was Norwich at home (5-0).

Since shipping two in four successive games, it's been better with 1 conceded v Zenit (his fault) and a clean sheet v Swansea (5-0).

Personally I'd get Skrtel back in the side.

[Fredo]

Think Carra's organisational skills are the reason he's in the side ahead of Skrtel.