Good replacement for Hyypia, don't doubt that. I just question the kind of signals that this sends out to Ayala and Kelly, and to be honest to the whole academy and the youngsters...
Some of the youngsters who had been named potential lfc stars for the future has been sold (hammill, hobbs, anderson etc) while the others just don't get their chances in the first team. Spearing and Darby are born in 88, Nemeth in 89, and if you look at the other big teams around europe they usually give their biggest talents a lot of games when they're at that age (and those three along side Pacheco and Dalla Valle are the brightest prospect we have). Is it Rafa who don't trust these players, or are they simply just not good enough?
Last edited by thekop_swede; 19/08/09 08:18 PM.