I know its subjective opinion, but Agger is two rungs too low on your ladder, in my view. He would fit in to most generations of Liverpool CBs.
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Why are we stopping at PL times?
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Because football didnāt exist before the Premier League, apparently.
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I donāt think heās as good as Hyypia. I think most people would agree with that.
Iāve only put in Premier league players because Iāve only been watching us with any regularity since the mid 90s so thereās no point me commenting on anyone before then. Could have just about included Wright, Harkness and Babb but even then my recollection isnāt anywhere near accurate enough to include them in any kind of ranking.
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Babb isnt on a par with the better players being mentioned here. Wright was good for a short period but never lived up to expectations. From what I remember had a habit of dropping off the back four line creating a gap that could be exploited.
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Yes, that pretty much stacks up with how I remember it, but itās not like I was watching every game like I do now.
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Last 20 years
VvD
HyypiƤ - Matip
Agger
Carra
Skrtel
Gomez
Lovren
Sakho - Klavan (dead serious)
Nat Philipps
Kolo
Yes, Iām having Agger above Carra and Skrtel better than Gomez.
I think without the injuries and under a manager like Klopp Martin Kelly could have turned into a very good squad player for a long time.
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Think thats a bit harsh on Kolo and Klavan. Perhaps Sakho too.
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And Torben Piechnik.
Ok
If thats the timeframe it obviously rules out Hansen, Lawrenson, Thompson, Hughes etcā¦
BTW
No one has mentioned Ruddock?
Fucking waster.
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John Scales.
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Itās not the timeframe, it was literally just a list to show where I personally rank Agger compared to others Iāve seen with a lot of regularity. I canāt objectively rank players that Iāve never watched full matches over the course of seasons.
Feel free to post whatever you like on the subject.
Thereās really no reason for anyone to get offended by a personal opinion of players.
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Youāre all talking about centre backs and none of your have given our horse cocked greek god any mention, let alone respect.
Geezer had beautiful hair too. Really was a marvel to see.
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What Carra did consistently in (around) the '04-'09 period would still make me put him alonsgide Virgil and thatās actually not even a hard question for me. Very straightforward. Think some people forgot how some players played and how important they were to us. Styles aside, eras aside, theories aside, personal preference aside. If we want to imagine theories and peaks of certain players, thatās a different game. But thatās not reality anymore. Third would still be Hyypia. Then it would be between Agger and yeah, perhaps Matip, but Iād give it to Agger, leaving Matip a bit of room with the fact that heās still active and could climb up.
So, in my time in 22 years so far, those were in my opinion our 4 best/most important CBās. And in that order.
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Liverpool legend and former Wales manager John Toshack is in intensive care after suffering complications in his battle against Covid.
Respected Basque daily El Diario Vasco says the 72-year-oldās condition has worsened in the last few hours after medics confirmed he was suffering āserious pneumonia.ā
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what a classy guy 
Is that really 27 years ago? Jeez, where did my life go?
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Weāve all been there. Well, I have anyway.
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