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

CarheeX is right

Johnson is the best right back in league. At the start of the season had a vew choice words with a spurs friend that walker was a better right back. Johnson didnt have the best of games yesterday but he was stil invovled with are first goal and also help keep the score to 2-1 by deflecting the goalbound shot on to the post.

At the end of the season I be surprise if his not name in team of the year.

No, but Johnno's mistakes should still be brought up with him, and rectified for the future.

I assume that's what BR is doing on a continual basis, which brings up the question: Why don't we see an improvement on Johnno's defensive skills?

I thing the Central Defenders are more to be blamed for yesterday's goals, they have to head away the crosses not the full back.

Lets face it our defence this season has made so many silly mistakes its not just Johnson. One plus side to Johnson is the dashing runs he makes at times he is unstoppable!!

Nah, he's too busy scribbling names down and shoving them in envelopes.

Have a look at Spud's first goal again! If the central defender misses his header because the ball comes in too high for him, the least you would expect from a fullback is to face the right way and try to put some pressure on the opponent (Vertonghen), but Johnno just did nothing about it and hoped it would go away - which it clearly didn't do!

I know we should have CB's better capable of dealing with aerial threat, but either way any player out on the pitch should try and defend to the best of his abilities. I think Johnno can do better but just doesn't put his mind to it properly - or is he afraid of aerial duels?

But there are only 3 envelopes. Much time over for other things after those were sealed, right?

I would disagree with this. I think Johnson in general has been one of our more consistent players overall, although he does make errors every now and then. But who doesn't? Agger pretty much conceded 2 goals on his own against City last month.

Whilst I agree with all of this, I still feel that Johnson's performance yesterday needs highlighting. I absolutely hate the thought of it being brushed under the carpet by the fact that we eventually went on to win the game. I really hope Brendan Rodgers does something about it, whether that's giving Johnson a real bollocking or demanding he work harder in training.

Our defense in general is prone to repeating the same mistakes match on match and it's been a problem for some years now. Johnson has always shown a tendency to get caught ball watching and out of position, probably a concentration issue. However with Wisdom and Kelly I would agree RB isn't the priority. I would say we need two top quality HBs and one LFB as cover for Enrique who isn't exactly error free either. Our problem dealing with defense though might be a lack of focus on this area by BR as managers who like Tika-taki don't focus much on defensive issues