PaulC

I hope he is part of the first team next season. He's a player with bags of ability. If you could merge his ability with Albrighton's attitude that would be one great footballer.

If England are going to progress under Moores we need a new captain. Cook is rubbish, follows the ball and then takes Moeen off after taking his 2nd wicket. How is that going to give him confidence...

Just sounds like a bitter fan to me.... Suarez gave Liverpool their best season for many years... Anyway we'll see what Liverpool will do without Suarez next season...I bet Sturridge is half the player... Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City and Man U will all be stronger

Proud History

Yes Warwickshire would have won it otherwise. They played a lot of games at Liverpool....A world record 10th wicket partnership,,,, This is the wicket for batting records to go....We'll declare after tea

the year after they won it they were relegated. I think he's a decent county coach, but no more. It may be harsh, but he has no charisma, no zest, no x-factor and no experience of playing test cricket. He's like a middle manager at an insurance company. That's how he comes across, and as much as I agree with Strauss on KP, I suspect that KP was right about Moores. A bit better than a decent county coach. To do what he did at Sussex and to win a title which such an ordinary group of players at lancs was quite amazing. I don't think it matters that he didn't play test cricket....Neither did Duncan Fletcher.... I think given time he will do a very good job with England.... Who else could they have gone for anyway... Giles?

Poor coaching. Moores is not the man for the job. Bad appointment. Sure the problem of collapses and iffy bowling started before his time, but it really needed someone with more test experience to re-set the mentality and introduce rigour to the players and the plans. He's just not cut out for international coaching IMO. Yet another gobbledegook merchant. Boycott was talking about the fact that a lot of the back room staff have no experience of international cricket. Poor coaching. Moores is not the man for the job. Bad appointment. Sure the problem of collapses and iffy bowling started before his time, but it really needed someone with more test experience to re-set the mentality and introduce rigour to the players and the plans. He's just not cut out for international coaching IMO. Yet another gobbledegook merchant. I wouldn't disagree. I think it goes deeper (as you suggest) but it doesn't look like he was the right choice (as a lot of people said in this thread at the time). How long did he last first time around? He didn't last because of Pieterson. This is a new era post Pieterson and its going to take time.... We are still in the very early days of the Indian series. Cricket is a funny game... things can turn around very quickly.

Poor coaching. Moores is not the man for the job. Bad appointment. Sure the problem of collapses and iffy bowling started before his time, but it really needed someone with more test experience to re-set the mentality and introduce rigour to the players and the plans. He's just not cut out for international coaching IMO. Yet another gobbledegook merchant. Its a bit too soon to say that.... Moores has limited experience at international level but he is a very well respected coach. He was the man that built the dynasty of Sussex. A small county who had won nothing until he came around. Then he coached Lancashire to their first title in about 50 years. Don't judge him too quickly. This is a new team and its going to take time.

Hansen is set for his last game on Sunday. Its the end of an era. Don't think he was neccessarily good, full of cliches but I think I will miss him now....

They have already signed a couple of strikers so don't think they will. Also would he fit into the Rodgers style of play? Benteke is far more mobile than Carroll, but that big target man Rodgers doesn't like...

Bad toss to loose though. i think with the cloud cover it did a bit more than on the first two days....Anyway I think we'll get a draw out of it...

I wish him all the best.... Not too excited but its a decent signing being what we have to play with...

Close for me. Have been discussing World Cup 11's on another forum and the consensus for "outstanding" CB's seems to be; Rafael Marquez Thiago Silva Mats Hummels Ron Vlaar Mario Yepes No Vincent Kompany in there?

It will be very interesting to see Messi and Suarez play together....Champions league winners I think!

Would he get in the best world cup 11?

I have to disagree because I don't think Messi has been that impressive (yes, 4 goals I know, but by his standard he has been quiet). Maradona meanwhile dragged Argentina on his own in 1986 and was head and shoulders the best player in the tournament ...and PaulC: In my opinion Maradona was way more ahead of the rest than Messi is, and will still be the best all-time. I love his skills. But Messi gets over a major hurdle. It is easy to argue that you need to have won the WC to be the best. Messi is a great player, will rightly be considered among the greatest to play the game, but he was no Maradona. Messi doesn't cope with been marked by 4 players, and getting lumps kicked out of him anywhere near as well as Maradona did and in Maradona's day players weren't anywhere near as well protected. theres probably some quote by socrates (the original one) that could be spun in to football terms, no doubt di stefano would have argued maradona had it lucky... if / when messi wins the world cup and finally silences those who say "he cant be the best ever until he wins the world cup" will there be another wave of people saying "he cant be the best ever because he doesnt get kicked" (which id actually argue isnt true, I've seen him get battered in many games, especially vs Jose's madrid) if thats going to happen then whats the point in having a "best ever" discussion in the 1st place? it seems as futile as the good old "world class" discussion Without meaning to be pedantic, I don't think the argument is that he wont be considered the best if he doesn't win the world cup, I think it is more he won't be considered the best if he doesn't have an amazing world cup on his CV. Before this tournament he had had 1 world cup where he was poor by his standards, and another where he was just a young 19 year old bit part player. I don't think he has owned this world cup like Maradona 86, or Pele 70 or even Cruyff 1974, but he has played very well in 4 games I think. Pele had a great world cup also in 58 when he was only 17. He was injured for the most part in 62 and wasn't fit in 66 when he was at his peak age wise . Arguably we never saw the best of Pele. He would be my no.1 followed by Maradona and now its up to Messi to prove he's up there...

Yes for me one of the best players in the world cup. I can see Arsenal making a real challenge for the title next season...

totally underwhelmed.

One could argue Pele is ahead of Maradona. I guess when you take into account Messi's record at club level a world cup win would put him up there but do the Argentinian public rate him as highly as Maradona?

Must admit I'm very underwhelmed by the pending signing of Kieran Richardson. I thought he was a decent enough player about 8 or 9 years ago but not sure he's the answer to our left back problem.... I suppose its where we're at.....

Netherlands 1-2 Brazil Germany 3-0 Argentina

Mascherana I have to disagree because I don't think Messi has been that impressive (yes, 4 goals I know, but by his standard he has been quiet). Maradona meanwhile dragged Argentina on his own in 1986 and was head and shoulders the best player in the tournament Yes Maradona had brilliant games against England in the quarters, Belgium semi and the final.... Messi has been quite anonymous in the knock out stages. He'll need an outstanding final to come even close to Maradonna..

After the way he has performed in the world cup there's bound to be interest. Its best for us to cash in now rather than wait for his contract to expire...

To be honest I know he's got a great record at Barcelona but i don't know what all the fuss is about him... Over the years greats Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, Platini, Zidanne all perform at World cups, he has shown glimpses but not enough for me....

What about Platt