THE LIVERPOOL ARGUMENT DALGLISH ALWAYS WINS

Dalglish, Souness, Hansen, Lawrenson, Rush, Whelan, Kennedy, Neal, Fairclough, Grobelaar, Nichol, Johnston.......

They are Liverpool heroes who won everything. Even today they are a tight knit bunch and when they get together the drink and memories flow.

The two heavyweights are Dalglish and Souness. Both were world class players and both went on to manage the club.

Dalglish was the more successful. He won three League titles and two FA Cups during his six years in charge at Anfield. Souness, who succeeded Dalglish, only managed an FA Cup in his four years. Dalglish also beats Souness at international level: 102 Scotland caps to 54.

Late last year the old teammates were planning another re-union in the north west where most of them still live.

But one of their number was reluctant.

“It’s always the same,” he said, “ it’s a good craic but everyone has one too many and that’s when it starts.”

“When what starts?”

“The argument between Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness.”

Apparently these get-together’s always end up with Dalglish and Souness arguing over who signed the worst player for Liverpool.

Like all managers, they both signed some turkeys but Dalglish always wins because his trump card is Jimmy Carter.

Dalglish signed the right winger from Millwall for £800,000 in January 1991. He only played five games in eight months and was then off loaded to Arsenal.

As Dalglish likes to point out Souness inherited Carter from Dalglish and early on in his tenure used him as a substitute at Chelsea but was so unimpressed with Carter’s contribution that he hauled him off. It is football’s ultimate indignity the substitute substituted.

Cue knowing nods all around: Kenny is even the king of the turkeys.