Alan Quinlan

And I'm not saying cast people away or anything.

I mean, they need some top-class players to come in if they can.

and drive the standards.

I just look at Jordan Henderson, who's in the English Soccer World Cup squad.

A lot of people questioning his selection.

A lot of people saying he's 35.

He doesn't start every week for Brentford, so it shouldn't make sense that he's in an England squad.

But I've read loads of stuff in a sense, and this isn't a Liverpool-biased thing or anything.

I've read loads of stuff that he's a standard driver as regards...

training attitude commitment desire all that kind of stuff and i know people who probably haven't played sport or maybe i don't mean disrespectfully at a high level having a couple of guys in there who may not be starters but are driving in standards keith earls peter o'mahony murray conor murray you know these guys and they help drive that standard in 23 when they want it

Again, it's not something you can just get a magic wand and do that.

But the group looks like it's lacking leaders and personality.

And all the small things, if they get better at that next year, will help them improve as a team and become more resilient and robust and more consistent.

The players have got to take a lot of this in the chins themselves because they were very, very inconsistent.

And throughout the whole season, we're talking about...

A lot about, oh, you know, and to quote Clayton McMillan, we get punched in the face and get a bloody nose and then we react the week after.

But then it drops again.

So there's, you know, of course, and I'm not absolving coaches here, the coaches have to take responsibility as well.

But you just feel it needs a couple of Jordan Hendersons in there.

ty burn is away a lot you know with the internationals craig casey fits that bill he's away with the internationals you just need people need to step up grow up um and have a real maturity and and look i may be wrong but i think and that may seem very innocuous but it definitely helps and the evidence of if anyone comes back to me wants to say and i don't mean disrespectfully to anyone