Lot of people seeing Carragher as out MOTM at Arsenal.
I agree he was the pick of our defenders, although I thought our defending overall was poor.
So should he keep his place?
I would say, er, no.
While individually he looked decent, he was probably the main reason we spent most of the game camped on the edge of our own box, which for me was a big disappointment, regardless of the not-bad result.
He is solid but obviously he is slow, and I dont think he fancied a foot race against Podolski, Giroud or, gulp, Walcott.
So he drops back to not leave space behind him, and of course the whole back 4 have to go with him, and then the midfield get sucked back with them.
Do not want to see the same thing against City - (a) just as a matter of general principle and (b) lets be honest if the Arse had been even moderately clinical they would have had 4 or 5.
Plus Skrtel can be the future of our defense, and Carragher, useful though he still is to have around, can't.
Brendan has given Skrtel his public boot up the arse - now show a bit of faith and get him back in the team.
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