'Agger could play central midfield'

Jay Spearing's ridiculous red card, Lucas’ unfortunate injury and Steven Gerrard’s ongoing problems mean that Liverpool FC manager Kenny Dalglish has a decision to make about his central midfield for the next few games.

The obvious choice is for Jordan Henderson to play there.

The club paid a lot of  money for him and there  have been signs in recent weeks that he has been playing with a lot more  confidence.

He was very unlucky not  to score on Monday night with his shot which hit the post and that's the kind of  driving, positive run we need to see more of from him.

But Kenny also has other options which people may not have considered.

Jamie Carragher started his career in central midfield and is still more than capable of playing there.

Martin Kelly, too, is  another who has experience of that role earlier in his  career - but another player I'm convinced could do a job  there in the short-term is Daniel Agger.

He's comfortable with the ball at his feet, can use it  well, obviously knows how to  tackle and when he gets forward has a decent dig on him with his left foot.

If Kenny was tempted to  push Daniel into midfield for  a match or two, it would also have the double benefit of  getting Carra back into the heart of defence.

Jonjo Shelvey's been recalled from his loan spell  at Blackpool and young Conor Coady looked bright  in pre-season, so there are plenty of options for Kenny to think about.

Losing Lucas, Stevie and Jay is a blow, but it isn't an insurmountable problem for Kenny.

Source: Liverpool Echo

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