KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Forget getting Left back cover, we need a Right back!

This is a priority as far as I`m concerened, Johnno for all his so called benefits on the attacking front (Not done that weel for quite a while now) his defending when at right back is very very poor. Adveresely when he plays at Left back he defends better, why? perhaps he concentrates more?
I would have him and Enrique fight it out for Left back next season and bring in another Right Back, we have plenty of cover with Kelly and poss Flanno (though I would move him on myself). Johnson was at fault again yesterday with both goals, how can a ball come most of the way across the pitch and he be facing the wrong way?? Vertonghan didn`t make a run Johnno switched off again and was hoping the ball would go out instead of dealing with it.
He seems to have gone backwards both defensively and attackwise in recent months and I struggle to see what he adds to be honest, four or five good runs forward are great if he doesn`t have a cock up defending, too often he does.

Harsh. Apart from a few lapses yesterday he's still been one of our better players this season. I don't like this knee jerk nonsense when we write a player off after one poor game and then claim he's world class the next time he does well. Johnson is one of the best right backs in the league and very versatile too.

Sorry CarheeX but a few lapses? that was just yesterday and he has them every game, his concentration levels are really poor and he gets caught ball watching far too often.
This is not just his fault though, surely years of coaching should have sorted this out, if we can see it why isn`t it being dealt with? he has costs us many goals this year by sleeping at the far post. We conceed more goals because of his defending than we score through his attacking play.
He is not a bad player by any means but he shouldn`t be making the same errors over and over again.