Did you enjoy play for England?

No, I never enjoyed playing for England for the simple factors I never played enough.

I always find myself, defending myself.

But you've got to on this one, Rob.

You've got to, because you had it to and rounded up in a little bundle and said,

there you go.

But that was me winding them up or trying to wind him up.

So if you were being kept out of an England squad by a player that was playing in the Saudi

Pro League, you'd be pretty pissed off, wouldn't you?

Of course I would, but I'd also be pissed off ever kept out of England squad by players

who weren't playing for the club.

This might get a little bit of a thing, this, but Michael was quicker than me.

Yeah.

But every other element of being a striker, I genuinely think I was better.

This is up front with me, Simon Jordan.

I believe there are a lot of vacuous, unformed, unchallenged opinions out there.

I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense.

So with this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people with strong views who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny.

There's a good chance I might learn something along the way and more importantly, so might you.

Joining me in today's episode, a local Liverpool boy who quickly became a club icon at Amfield,

nicknamed God amongst his own fans, forging memorable strike partnerships, beginning

with Ian Rush and ending with Michael Owen.

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