Since Brendan Rodgers arrived two seasons ago, he has never seemed entirely enamoured with the Danish central defender. For most of that time it has puzzled me. Agger is a smooth passer; he reads the game well, he scores handy goals and he is fiercely loyal to Liverpool. This season they have conceded fewer goals with him in the side, and they win more. What is there not to like? Agger also appears a thoroughly good egg - even if he does have a picture of a graveyard spanning his back. People with morbidity fixations should probably give him a wide berth, considering he wears the motto "death is certain, its hour is uncertain", but that suggests a cerebral quality not commonly associated with the modern footballer. And off the field he has worked for good causes - his Agger Foundation was set up to help children in need.