23 Jan 2019 16:05:40
ed any chance of your opinion of Martin skrtel on his time with us if you get a chance

loved him as a player, maybe not the most technically gifted player but always seemed to put his body on the line for us

cheers mate.

{Ed001's Note - not a fan at all, lacked pace, was weak, despite looking hard he was far from it and was never in position to put his body on the line.}

1.) 23 Jan 2019
23 Jan 2019 19:28:16
OP, Dreadful defender, IMO. Ed01 already showed his faults which are pretty awful Putting your body on the line simply means you have poor positional sense and trust me, it is not and NEVER will be a quality in any defender or midfielder. Why do CB's like VVD, Gomez or even Lovs seem to put rarely "Put their bodies on the line"? Maybe it is cos they are able to read the game very well, anticipate and snuff out danger before it happens. One of the reasons I am happy Klopp came to us. It took him only 6 months to figure out Skrtel was pants and cut him loose, ASAP.

2.) 23 Jan 2019
23 Jan 2019 21:42:04
He scored some bullet headers though.

3.) 23 Jan 2019
23 Jan 2019 21:48:21
I liked Skrtel, but I didn't rate him in any form of expansive football.

In a deep line with a criminally under rated Agger holding his hand, he was decent. In a high line with Sakho next to him he was an absolute liability defensively.

Skrtel was a trier though. Always gave 100%, played with injuries, put his head in places it could and did get hurt etc. The problem was that he only had to try so hard because he was so rash. He was always getting sucked into midfield or full back areas to make challenges from the wrong side and if/ when he got it wrong he was miles out of position.

He also couldn't cope at all with pace. He was slow, but completely lacked the intelligence to drop off.

I'll tell you one thing though, we have never had a player at the club in my lifetime who was better at attacking a ball into the opposition box. His timing was brilliant and he scored some legendary headers.

I miss his passion but even in his prime he wouldn't get near the bench in this squad.

4.) 23 Jan 2019
23 Jan 2019 23:43:54
MK, the goal that stands out to me was when Skrtel scored an early goal V the Gunners at Anfield, think we scored about 4 or 5 goals that day .

5.) 24 Jan 2019
24 Jan 2019 00:32:24
Skrtel was pretty useless tbh, would rather of had a charmander.

6.) 24 Jan 2019
24 Jan 2019 06:46:22
Wasn't he selected as Player of the Year by the players, or something similar, one of those years?

{Ed001's Note - so what? They are a terrible judge as is any kind of popularity vote. The guy was carried by Agger for years and was not that brave, remember him needing months off after a clash of heads with Carra? After he came back he pulled out of headers for over a year. Without Agger alongside him covering his rashness, he was a liability.

Oh and has everyone forgotten his little temper tantrums every time he had one good game wanting a new contract with a payrise?}

7.) 24 Jan 2019
24 Jan 2019 09:34:28
thanks for the reply mate 🖒🖒.

{Ed001's Note - welcome mate.}

8.) 24 Jan 2019
24 Jan 2019 10:24:16
Liverpool used to have a reputation for hard tackling defenders. Skrtel may not have been a great footballer but he was a true warrior who served us well for years. Don't like hearing him bad mouthed.

Jamie carragher put his body on the line all the time but he is praised for it. I can't think of many Premier league CBs that scared strikers as much as Martin. Maybe vidal (utd cb, dunno if I got his name right) keown was an animal. Both better players than Skrtel but man what a warrior.

And yeah, he scored some big goals, some real bullets. I liked the agger Skrtel partnership. After hypia and Hencho they were probably the next best partnership in the Premier league era. Although I believe van dijke and gomez will go on to pass them all as the best cb partnership in the Premier league era. Maybe ever.

Can you imagine a van dijke hansen partnership!? Man they would have been formidable.

{Ed025's Note - you need to take them red specs off robbie, skrtel was an absolute dog mate, hard man yes and even a grafter, but as a footballer he was neolithic..

9.) 24 Jan 2019
24 Jan 2019 19:48:02
Spot on, Ed25. Sorry Robbie BUT please, do not compare Skrtel to Carra as they are in NO WAY similar. Skrtel was NO hard tackling CB nor was he some kind of warrior. He only played the part on TV. He was pants from head to toe and the fact that NO manager was able to see it until Klopp arrived, shows the rank incompetence of all them on this topic. It took Klopp (a former CB himself) to know within 6 months that this guy was a fraud and binned him ASAP. All the CB's that have come to the club since Skrtel left are LIGHT YEARS ahed of Skrtel in near every dept. The guy was a wuss who used to get done by the most average of CF's. I mean, even Dwight Gayle had his way with him.

10.) 26 Jan 2019
26 Jan 2019 06:59:13
Skrtel a wuss! Tell that to his face. And guys, I said I know he wasn't a great footballer. I said he was a warrior. Which he was.

{Ed025's Note - i hear that liverpool are looking to sign attila the hun...not a great footballer...but what a warrior.. :)