There is an awful lot going on in this post so I apologise if I have gotten any of it wrong but given what has been discussed in terms of partnership pairing for us should we sign Lovren hopefully this will give us some sort of idea what our weakest is, based on last season.
Stoke (1:0 Win) - Agger & Toure
Aston Villa (1:0 Win) - Agger & Toure
Mancs (1:0 Win) - Skrtel & Agger
Swansea (2:2 Draw) - Skrtel & Sakho
Saints (1:0 Loss) - Agger, Skrtel, Sakho & Toure
Sunderland (3:1 Win) - Skrtel, Sakho & Toure
Palace (3:1 Win) - Skrtel, Sakho & Toure (Goal conceded after Agger had Replaced Sakho in the 66th minute) **This basis I am classing it as a clean sheet for Sakho on the technicality as there was still a significant amount of time to be played**
Newcastle (2:2 Draw) - Skrtel, Sakho & Toure
West Brom (4:1 Win) - Skrtel, Sakho & Toure
Arsenal (2:0 Loss) - Skrtel, Sakho & Toure
Fulham (4:0 Win) - Skrtel & Agger
Everton (3:3 Draw) - Skrtel & Agger
Hull (3:1 Loss) - Skrtel & Toure
Norwich (5:1 Win) - Skrtel & Agger
West Ham (4:1 Win) - Skrtel & Sakho
Spurs (5:0 Win) - Skrtel & Sakho
Cardiff (3:1 Win) - Skrtel & Sakho
Man City (2:1 Loss) - Skrtel & Sakho
Chelsea (2:1 Loss) - Agger, Skrtel & Sakho
Hull (2:0 Win) - Agger & Skrtel
Stoke (5:3 Win) - Toure & Skrtel
Aston Villa (2:2 Draw) - Toure & Skrtel
Everton (4:0 Win) - Toure & Skrtel
West Brom (1:1 Draw) - Toure & Skrtel
Arsenal (5:1 Win) - Toure & Skrtel
Fulham (3:2 Win) - Toure & Skrtel
Swansea (4:3 Win) - Skrtel & Agger (Toure replaced Agger in the 63rd minute) **This basis I am classing it as a clean sheet for Toure on the technicality as there was still a significant amount of time to be played**
Saints (3:0 Win) - Skrtel & Agger
Mancs (3:0 Win) Skrtel & Agger
Cardiff (6:3 Win) - Skrtel & Agger
Sunderland (2:1 Win) - Skrtel & Agger
Spurs (4:0 Win) - Skrtel & Agger
West Ham (2:1 Win) - Skrtel & Sakho
Man City (3:2 Win) - Skrtel & Sakho
Norwich (3:2 Win) - Skrtel & Sakho
Chelsea (2:0 Loss) - Skrtel & Sakho
Palace (3:3 Draw) - Skrtel & Sakho
Newcastle (2:1 Win) - Skrtel & Agger
Points Accumulated:
Skrtel & Agger - 34
Skrtel & Sakho - 20
Skrtel & Toure - 14
Skrtel, Sakho & Toure - 10
Agger & Toure - 6
Games as Pairing:
Skrtel & Agger - 12
Skrtel & Sakho - 10
Skrtel & Toure - 7 (8 if you include the technicality)
Skrtel, Sakho & Toure - 5
Agger, Skrtel & Sakho -1
Agger & Toure - 2
Agger, Skrtel, Sakho & Toure - 1
Skrtel, Agger & Toure - (1 if you include technicality)
Clean Sheets as Pairing:
Skrtel & Agger - 6
Agger & Toure - 2
Skrtel & Sakho - 1
Skrtel & Toure - 1
Skrtel, Sakho & Toure - 0
Agger, Skrtel & Sakho - 0
Agger, Skrtel, Sakho & Toure - 0
Conceded as Pairing:
Skrtel & Agger - 12
Skrtel & Sakho - 16
Skrtel & Toure - 12
Skrtel, Sakho & Toure - 7
Agger, Skrtel & Sakho - 2
Agger, Skrtel, Sakho & Toure - 1
Agger & Toure - 0
Clean Sheets: (Individually)
Agger - 8
Skrtel - 8
Toure - 4
Sakho - 2
Conceded: (Individually)
Skrtel - 46 (+2 o.g)
Sakho - 21
Toure - 15 (+1 o.g)
Agger - 15
We seemed to have very little variation to the pairings at the back as most of the combinations are Skrtel with a different partner.
Make of this what you will but IMO, all stats aside, I would personally like to see the pairing of Sakho and Lovren. Sakho is young, and rough around the edges but he has a lot of potential and I think him and Lovren could bring out the best in each other.
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