Eager Beaver Agger

Thought Agger played poorly when Liverpool faced Standard Liege in Belgium. That single dismal show led to him being benched by Senor Goatee till now with the exception of Carling Cup tie against Crewe. He did score in that match too.
Not even a single appearance even as a substitute in EPL and CL.

Remember when he was idolised season before last and last season until that freak injury?
He scored the only goal against Chelsea in that epic CL semifinal, didn't he? He was Carragher's partner, he was steady, he was a rock until that injury.

And then came Skrtel. This lad never looked back. I like his hitman like persona. Menacing.

When the team floundered during Christmas period everyone was saying how Agger could have made a difference. How he could bring the ball out out of defence. And a host of other possibilities. We missed Agger, said the romantics.

Suddenly, Agger is missing from our radar. Skrtel and Carra made the position their own, not without merits though. Together, they were fantastic duo.

My immediate thought when Skrtel was stretchered off was kinda like....who's coming to replace him? Agger or dear ol' Hyppia.

As if as an answer to Rafa, Agger scored in midweek for Denmark.
Yes, he has a sweet left peg and a tremendous header too. Useful in set pieces as does Hyppia.
Carra is like a Table Mountain, solid but never a goalscorer. He only manages 1 in every 100 games.
Hyppia's ratio is the best amongst them but he's getting old. Ballack was a second too quick for him last season resulting in a Lampard's penalty that condemned us in that fateful CL semis.

On current form, Carra is a sure pick. Who to partner him against not so bad Wigan? Mind they have a resurgent Heskey and a very mobile Amr Zaki spearheading their attack.
Agger or Hyppia? Rafa has all the answer.

My pick, one Eager Beaver Agger.