KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Has Aldridge got a good idea?

"Woeful" perfectly summed up, well done.! ha ha

Yup, been watching from the stands mate. I don't know if your exagerating, but anything? really? That just isn't true, I have seen him beat players many times, and whip decent balls into the box on occaision. Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying he is the winger of our dreams lets make him permanent. I am saying, he will offer something Kuyt in that position couldn't offer in a million years. Teams know with kuyt and cole on the wings, the ball is coming central, every time. Easy to defend when you know that. Johnson in the wing, as he is good with both feet, can shoot with both feet, and has a good touch when going round people with both feet, add to that a decent turn of pace (although not as much as last year he's got a bit fat), then at least defenders don't know what he can do. This creates indecision allowing time and space, and also causes other defenders to come and support, freeing up space in the centre for our more talented players to be creative in. The thing we have been lacking.

He is not an ideal solution, but he is a temporary one to the glaring problem we have at the moment.

i think his 100% correct. i rather see johnson as a winger then kuyt or maxi

Johnson is neither a full back or a winger - he's a bit like rob jones, but his final ball can be poor. maybe if he was relieved of defensive duties he might put in better crosses.

Maxi is god awful and Kuyt is no winger either - this is all rafa's legacy. Not least the sale of Yossi.

So basically what people are saying is, because he doesn't want to defend and can't defend as he should, move him further up the field?? I have seen enough off johnson to know it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.

There is a whole topic on his pro's & [oops]'s mostly [oops]'s. He isn't good enough to play for Liverpool fullstop.

Dingo spot on.!

maybe he'll lose some weight if he had a hair cut

When Torres is ever injured we could play Ngog & Kuyt both up top together as another option. Kuyt is a good striker and i hate the way we have lost sight of this, he was brilliant for Holland in that position in the WC.

Why do we play kuyt out on the wing!! He would give us more goals in his natural postion aswell. We dont have qaulity in abundance, so the quality and good players we do hae should be used to the best of there ability.

I would rather see Babel than both Kuyt and Maxi myself even though long term he's probably not the answer. If It was me picking the team I would have a forward three of Torres flanked by Babel and Jovanovic, I would then have a midfield trio of Meireles, Gerrard and Joe Cole. The really important changes would be at the back, Kelly would replace the awful Johnson and I would reinstate the best centre half at the club Agger in place of the pensioner Carragher.