Yeah, I do. Be honest, how many of those players (The ones still at Liverpool) you listed would make it into the Man United or Chelsea team? My comments on Baines are based solely on how he's playing, there isn't anyone in the Premier League at left back playing as well as he is right now. He's not as good as Ashley Cole and there are others better than him like Evra, but he's playing out of his skin at the moment.

Johnson and Aquilani? Aquilani so far has been a poor signing, but he hasn't even had the chance to prove himself. Who's to say that, when he's fit and firing, he isn't a better player than Carrick or Fletcher? I think Mascherano would start at United, but I'm sure the Mancs will disagree in their legions. I honestly don't know how Skrtel, Aurelio and Sissoko are in your list, maybe you haven't seen them play, maybe you just play too much FM, I don't know, but they are/were fantastic servants to the club.

As I have already said, he has signed many poor players in his time here, but your lack of thought/balance in your argument is, to be honest, staggering.

As for the whole next Gerrard thing, you actually have to have the talented players coming through in order to have them. Everton have been fortunate enough to have the likes of Rooney and Rodwell over recent years, just like we were fortunate to have Fowler, Owen, Carra and Gerrard over 10 years ago. It's not Rafa's fault that a set of coaches out of his control weren't producing players of the requisite standard, he can't just expect someone to have Rooney like ability, otherwise we'd be swanning around with a team full of homegrown superstars. You also have to look at the difference in expectations between Everton and Liverpool. Everton can bring in players like Rodwell, Baxter and the like, because little is expected of them. Rafa could do more with them in the cup, but he won't win trophies/challenge for trophies playing the reserves. I actually feel he could do a lot more with youngsters, but just expecting a Gerrard to pop up from nowhere is very strange

lollerpool

Are you suggesting that England take only three strikers to the world cup?

Yes quite easily

i really hope your right cause after last nights performance im not so sure

When we need a win we are normally quite good at pulling something out of the bag at home, I just hope we can do it again this time, its time to find out what some of our players are made of IMO

Its only a year since we smashed Real Madrid, surely we havent fallen that far behind

very true anfield can be very special on european night


there is some players that need a rocket up there backsides imo

Benitez interviewed on City this morning saying he doesn't blame himself for the loss but blames the Lille pitch as that contributed to the "freak" goal that Lille scored.

Blimey, he's turning into Ferguson.

Alan Shearer must be a very close second if not 1st

Just seen you can get a cracking 4/1 on Benitez being the manager at Real in 2010/2011.

Kenny Dalglish is 11/4 to be the next premanent fixture at Anfield.

i don't know about that for a gordie he does talk sence no and again


but southgate is rubbish fullstop

in his dreams

It sort of sums up the England team.

Take out the best 2/3 players and they're fooked. No chance in South Africa.

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I'm going to stick up for Southgate here...I think he is a little wooden at times and can be quite dull in his delivery but IMO he knows his stuff and is pretty bang on with his comments whenever i've seen/heard him...give me him over Lawrenson and his horrendous attempts at being droll any day of the week.

No, I agree somewhat lacking in charisma, but talks sense IMO.

Edited formore accuracy.

Webb's having a 'mare this afternoon.

Bolton 3-0 up. Can't remember the last time we had a three goal lead in the league.

4-0 Happy days.

Maybe Rafa was right we must have played well on Monday to have tired Wigan out that much

The summarizer is whining over the Hull penalty. It's as blatant a penalty as you'll ever see, but he's insisting that the contact was minimal and VH threw himself in the path of Campbell.

What an utter pile of cack. Campbell's gone across him with his knee high and made contact.

T'was offside though.

Dawson's challenge was a lot worse than Shawcross's. He just gets a yellow though, because there wasn't an injury involved.