Ask Mark Lawrenson transcript
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Mark Lawrenson
TV football pundit and former Republic of Ireland and Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson tackled your questions.
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From Michelle Martin: If you could liken yourself to one of today's top footballers,
who would it be and why?
Mark Lawrenson: That's almost an impossible question. My idols would have been people
like Bobby Moore. It looks like Rio Ferdinand has the potential to be a real world class
defender.
From Nick1: Do you think the speed and physical nature of the Premiership reduces the
number of flair/creative players that England produces?
Mark Lawrenson: No. If you look at England, Dyer, Beckham, Gerrard, they're all flair
players and outstanding players. They have got stronger and fitter. Football teams come in
cycles - maybe England have just started their cycle in terms of having a good side. It
looks like that at the moment.
From west_ham_lad: Would you ever go back into coaching?
Mark Lawrenson: The easy answer to that is no. I enjoy what I do and I'm at the games
live so it's great. I get to spend time with my little one too, which is great. I get to see
them grow up.
From Terry: Who was the best player you played with at club and country
level?
Mark Lawrenson: Kenny Dalglish. Anybody who played with him will tell you he was
brushed with genius. He was an absolutely brilliant player.
From jcrennie: £30M for Rio Ferdinand - how much for a 23 year old Alan Hansen
now?!
Mark Lawrenson: When you get players and build the team, you overpay for one of them.
Maybe they've overpaid a little bit. Hansen would be more than Rio to be honest with you. I
think the transfer market is calming down a bit now. The top 20%, the wages will go up, and
all the rest will come down.
From Cheryl: Who, in Mark's opinion, should be in the England squad that
isn't?
Mark Lawrenson: Nobody. If you cast your mind back to the manager picking the England
squad for the World Cup, there wasn't really a case for anybody who wasn't included.
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