Originally Posted by
vin
It's not a popular opinion but I always felt that Carra was vastly over-rated (by our fans). He was a solid defender and gave it 100%. His Istanbul performance (after the 1st half) summed him up.
I never rated him, always thought he was wildly overrated because he was a scouser who came over from the bluenoses, although, since he's been on Sky it appears being a bitter never really leaves you, the games moved on a lot since he played AND we don't play a very deep line with top class players like Alonso and Mascherano also sitting deep in front of our defence protecting it.
People probably think I said it just to have a dig at Carragher, I don't do digs, a lot of people here perceive some of what I have to say as being said for the reasons they might say it, but due to my mental make up, all i do is call it as what I believe to be matter of fact, based on all the available evidence.
Like with Fab, I'm not saying he's a bad player, but he does have a persisting issue with charging to wherever the ball is a leaving a player he's supposed to be staying with or should have the game intelligence to stay with free, which I don't think is very clever in a side that play a very high risk pressing and counter pressing game
To me it is a matter of fact that Phillips is a better CB than Carra was, just the game has moved on, back in Carra's day most defence only had to worry about one opposition player being quick, never mind lightning quick and tricky in most games, in the modern game most players all over the pitch are very quick
Last edited by Nineteenx; 17th May 2021 at 01:05 PM.
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