Replacing one of Skrtel or Carra with Agger would improve our possession and attacking play.
This is probably a touchy subject to raise and I probably risk offending anybody from Liverpool.
I will be frank, basically I think Tes touches on it above but I no longer believe Carragher is up to the task of commanding a guaranteed spot at the centre of our defense. He may be a Liverpool legend and I dont think his time is up but at this point in time I would prefer to see Agger and Skrtel being our main stay central defensive pairing. Defensively Carra can still do a good job, hes well able for the bruising encounters, putting his body on the line and all that. But its his lack of pace and distribution that I think is affecting our game. When Johnson gets forward our defence gets exposed. Carra was never the quickest but his ability to cover any sizeable ground has diminished and our defence leaks. Play Carra against Stoke and he could batter Kenwyne Jones into submission but against the quicker players he gets glaringly exposed.
His distribution is terrible. When Carras in the team these days all he tends to do is punt the ball long. Time after time this season Ive seen him launch balls up for our striker to challenge for but 90% of the time possession is lost. Thats not the type of service Torres will thrive on.
Last year I thought he had a mediocre if not poor season by his standards. I know others thought he was on the top of his game. I worry that its because hes Mr Liverpool that hes being kept in the team, I genuinely think Roy is afraid to leave him out.
Apparently hes been offered a new 3 year contract. Its great to know that he will get to finish his career at the club he loves but 3 years is a long time to be giving someone whos careers on the wane. Rafa had let his contract run down, there is no way Carra would have got 3 years had Rafa remained.
I think Roy needs to make tough decisions to make this team work, for me leaving out Carra is one of those tough choices that Roy needs to call. Last season Rafa put his own job on the line by constantly hauling off Torres and wrapping him in cotton wool to the bemusement of the player himself. For the benefit of the team and for the risk of been unpopular with Carra himself I think Roy needs to man up do whats right for the team or risk having his leaky defence and eventually possibly going the same way Rafa did when new owners come in.