Summary: Anto is joined by Times football correspondent Oliver Kay to take a look at the two biggest storylines of the past week which is the situation with Kenny Dalglish and the England national team call-ups by Roy Hodgson in advance of the European Championships less than three weeks away. We start at Anfield where Dalglish has been sacked by Fenway Sports Group to ask several key questions about the worrying signs that were there all along for the Liverpool legend and how the second half results this term did suggest that even an FA Cup Final win would not be enough for the American ownership group, but more importantly how appointing Kenny in the first place did appear to subdue some of the doubts since the takeover yet now may stand to open the same wounds in his absence. There are deep issues to solve at Liverpool and we evaluate the structure more than the names at this point to establish whether FSG will look to rekindle a more continental approach that was abandoned under Dalglish and Damien Comolli or whether a single figure with a subordinate staff will be assembled to reset the table at Anfield. Then we turn to the matter of Roy Hodgson and the England National Team where even more questions have been raised in light of some questionable decisions that may just be more reflective of the time line and a youth crop that has yet to prove itself ready for international duty this season. In clear focus is the tactical and personnel influences, the decision to select John Terry over Rio Ferdinand because of football decisions, the strange and enduring case of Michael Carrick - which has been since revealed by Hodgson to be the player who has indicated a temporary international retirement at least - and how players such as Micah Richards seem to elude the squad as they did under Fabio Capello. We examine how the short fused timeline is impacting this team given the milestone under which Hodgson was appointed to start with and whether England has taken on an almost Chelsea Football Club-like feel where the springtime appointment of a new manager reflects the complexity of the relationship between the players and management under the England setup.
