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

Bar, I meant for crosses and corners, Pepe running out like a complete Pillock and leaving his goal wide open at Man City is just another stupid mistake.
If he had stayed at home Skrtel would have closed Aguero down so he would have had to turn back towards his own goal, this would have bought us a few more seconds to try to defend, Pepe made up Agueros mind for him, great goal but all Pepes fault.!

I think its pretty clear that we need a big, imposing defender thats dominant in the air but whilst Johnson could have done better on the first goal I dont think we have a problem at right back at all. Johnson has been very good for most of the season and he's one of the best full backs around, no way we should get rid.

Agreed. Johnson, Suarez, and Gerrard have been the three players who have been consistently good for us this season. There are much more troubling players to worry about first before we even think about trying to fix RB.

Is it just me?
I kinda blame Carra for the goals. He is slow and has no spring in his legs. I'm almost certain that MS would have gotten his head on both of them crosses. (is he really not fully fit?)
Also why was he free to pick out the cross. Someone should have managed the threat rather than getting sucked into the decoy double up. At least they can learn from the videos, Carra can't get younger or springier.

Just watched it another time too, and the problem with Johnno in that situation was that he was ball watching - as you say probably thought Carra would deal with the situation.

I'm not asking for Johnno's replacement but for him to learn from his mistake and move on. Next problem. Fix. Move on. Next problem, and so on.

As it is now he is constantly caught ball watching in defense. He's actually a bit like Assou-Ekotto: Lazy in defence but likes going forward!

I know people like to point the finger but as with a lot of goals conceded maybe the fault was a collective thing. I think we were slow to push out after the initial free kick, we then left Bale free to pick up the ball and cross into the box and lastly we failed to put enough pressure on Vertonghen when he headed in at the far post.

johnson has been fantastic all season. can't just write him off after one game. a very strong defender who is very useful in attacking play got the better of him. vertonghen is a handful imo and one of the best in the entire league.

there seems to be this stigma against johnson that he is completely incapable of defending. i don't really understand why everyone seems to jump on the same band wagon. majority of games i see him he defends quite well. when he goes flying into tackles 9 times out of 10 he comes away with the ball

It's not only you, me too, especially when you look how high Vertonghen went to take the header.