If he was an inch taller he'd be the best center half in Britain. His father is 6 ft 2 in - I'd check the milkman.

The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. We have some who are fit. He wasn't fit.

The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.

Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.

As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18.

David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate.

Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.