I hope you're not questioning Don Benitez' transfer dealings!

I'd say at any one time during his career Paul Merson's body contained a street value of £17.5m with ease.

There's a few spanish football experts on here so have any of you heard of Ruben Rochina form Barcelona?Rovers about to put in £1 million pound bid for him.

Badly injured his knee last year but not heard too much about him apart from that. If Barça are willing to let him go for a million I can't see him being that good. Just keep your fingers crossed he's not another Marc Crosas or Jonathan Dos Santos.

The silly season really is in full swing now www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... knapp.html

The silly season really is in full swing now www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... knapp.html

So Messi once again wins the Ballon D'or, proving he is the best player in the world and thankfully, the choker didnt even make the top 3. It would have been a sad day for football, had that preening, greasy, overated showboat come anywhere near true great players like Messi, Iniesta and the best pure central midfielder of the last decade, Xavi.

However, looking at the voting there are some questions to be asked, like, the captain of columbia voting Xabi Alonso as number 1. Hes obviously a scouser or Alonso gave him a brown envelope.

If he does well theres no reason why he shouldn't stay.





Maybe its because under Hodgson we would of folded big time? bit like at Blackburn.

Why do you care so much? if we want to think its improved we can and will.

Whats everyones thoughts on Ian Holloway's comments about Kenny and Liverpool? would love to hear the Mancs and Blues views on it.

might be handy if you let people know what exactly you wanted their opinion on.

Here you go mate.

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I think several people, including myself have said on this thread his standing as a player is without question, wouldn't go so far as Holloway in terms of best in my life time. He'd be up there in terms of best british players in my lifetime though.

Couldn't work out what he was trying to say about player manager, goals in the double, european cup? Daglish scored the superbly crafted and taken winner against Bruges, but that was 1978?

Still think he's going to find it very very tough as manager, he is going to be under the microscope massively which he doesn't seem to like, the media intrusion is going to be huge, and his record away from Liverpool isn;t that good.

Depends what the plan is, i don't think he is the long term solution, if he is keeping the seat warm for Benitez until the summer and they are talking about transfer targets it may be a good short term move.

Wembley against Bruges in 1978 your right wasn't player/manager that wasn't until 85/86 I think.

Been interesting reading the stories of the past again and how different football was when he left in terms of the Mancs not having won the title for 24 years when Kenny stood down, also how he always wanted to come back in the 90s but Peter Robinson asked him but would never offer it.