That team could have so easily dominated Europe with some of the players they had, shame about the fans letting them down, although that's a debate I don't want to bring up in this discussion.
I mean Rush and Aldridge, both prolific and would be worth how much now?
We all know the genius of Pedro.
Barnes on his club form was one of the best players on the planet before that injury robbed him of his pace.
Hansen we all know was fantastic, Stevie Nicol, criminally underrated by fans now etc.
Before any makes a remark I'm not a Liverpool fan, just a fan of good football.
A few things spring to mind here.
One is that Dalglish improved an already top quality side into one which had more flair and became even better. Just what was needed when he came to Newcastle. Which makes it even more difficult to understand why he did what he did.
Two is that John Barnes in a way mirrors what Irving Nattrass maybe could have been. Barnes was a talented player playing within himself at Watford, but moving to a club with real winners in it rubbed off on him and he stepped up a gear.
Totally. Dalglish was a phenomenal player, some of the play between him and Rushy had to be seen to be believed.
I remember one pass he played, was close to genius. He was on the right wing, ball comes out of defence into opposition half. He had his back to goal but flicks the ball first time with the outside of his right boot so the ball curls into the inside right channel inch-perfect for Rush to run onto in between two defenders and slot it from outisde the box.
Jan Molby's passing was great but his scouse-danish accent was better
EDIT - was Dalglish better than Keegan? (who he replaced)
I meant as a manager mate, but yes you are right he probably improved them as a player too. In fact, if my memory is correct, the 3 players who played for Liverpool in 1978 that didn't play in 1977 were Dalglish, Hansen and Souness.
Keegan, Dalglish and Beardsley were all great players on merit though.
Food for thought though, is who has been the most successful British player who played overseas ?
The best export for me is Keegan out of those mentioned.