There are some that see the departure on loan of left back Emiliano Insua to Galatasaray as just as bad a decision by Roy Hodgson as to allow Alberto Aquilani to leave. I am not one of them. Although I believe it was a massive mistake to allow the 22 year old to leave last summer without a planned replacement in mind, I am still of the opinion that he wasn’t a good enough player to start for Liverpool.
Certainly, I could have seen him as a squad player, and he could have been a reserve for Fabio Aurelio in the short term, but I didn’t think he had the skills and attributes necessary to succeed the Brazilian in the long term. Of course, in my opinion, it would have been a better option to keep him than buy Paul Konchesky, but I wouldn’t have had a problem of either loaning or selling him if we had got the right replacement. I doubt many Reds fans would have complained if we had bought Fabio Coentrao as his replacement in the summer, but the money to buy the Portuguese was simply not there, and it was advisable to hold onto Insua in the short term while we looked for a suitable replacement.
So why do I think Insua will not make in the Premier League? It is a very simple reason; lack of pace. Some might say that to become a good full back in any top European league, anticipation and positioning are more important than speed, and although I would agree with this to an extent, the pace of the Premier League requires any top class full back to have a modicum of pace. Even if you are not the best defender, you can make up for your mistakes by retrieving situations utilising your speed, but a player like Insua could never do this.
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he is miles better than Konchesky..but i would love us to have a great left back and his cover to be aurelio,like coentrao,cissokho,santon.aurelio is a very good left back,but we liverpool fans know that he is TOO injury prone.My Liverpool line up:
Reina
Kelly Skrtel Agger Coentrao
Johnson Gerrard Meireles Cole
Babel Torres
Bench:Maxi,Kuyt,Carragher,Aurelio,Lucas,…
Finally someone that recognises Ryan Babel. He should be given a run in the starting 11. As far as Insua, he’s only 22, I rate him a lot more than Konchesky, I still pine for a John Arne Riise return, but I’d happily go into most games with Insua at left-back.
I would have kept him he came through the ranks and played well. Struggled last season but quite a lot of players did! i think he should comeback and we increase competion for places which has been a big problem for us. I think Insua should play as LM and Fabio at LB I think that will be good strength and depth. Just a thought
Mr Tully insua was brought in to the first team at an early age and every one was raving about the boy the problems began when he was the only left full back available and suffered for this because when he needed to be taken out for a rest he there was no one available to step in his for went and he lost confidence you dont have the italian teams and turkish top team wanting to take the lad if he is rubbish lets see if any of these teams come in for koncheski I dont think so I would bring the lad back and let him find his feet again under Kenny because i still think he has a place at lfc.
insua is simply not good enough.
konchesky is simply not good enough.
dossena was simply not goodenough.
risse was distinctly average.
aurelio is injury prone and lightweight but has skill.
there are no wirse left back in the top two divisions the the first three mentioned above.
who scouted them ? who okayed them ? criminal neglegance.
Mavinga should be given a chance at leftback instead of Insua. A fullback with no pace is a disaster.
haha, the deabte rages, he is way better than konchesky, rafa ran him into the ground when he was with us and he still looked decent = this my friends should be a no-brainer.
let danny wilson fill in at left back with kelly rb and johnson rw. wilson’s naturally left footed and even has champions league experience. if he can cope in the champions league with rangers im sure he is able enough to play at lb in the premier league!
I would have been happy to see Insua go out on loan if we had brought in a decent left back such as Coentrao or Taiwo but we didn’t, Konchesky was brought in as his replacement.
Hodgson loaned Insua out in the summer when we had no fit left back, with Agger being forced to fill in. Konchesky is an absolute disaster and I don’t know how Hodgson thinks that he’s better than Insua. Not saying Insua is good enough to be our no.1 left back but he’s at least better than Konchesky. I also feel fans have been a bit harsh on Insua. He was forced to play the majority of the games last year because of Aurelio being injured and was brought in directly from the youth team so you can’t really expect too much from him.
What I would like to see now is Aurelio being our no.1 left back until the summer and Chris Mavinga being his deputy. Konchesky should be sold in the summer and we should bring in a young but quality left back like Coentrao or Taiwo.
Once again lack of a LB was seen yesterday . If we had insua we might have nt played glen on LB. Got bring him bck plss he is just 23.
well we are employing comolie or what ever his name is let him get off his arse and earn his pay check and find us these player we so desperatly need very quickly