Welcome to another feast of football for your ears. This time on the AFR Podcast were grateful to have Iain Macintosh (UK correspondent for The New Paper) in the figurative AFR house alongside Oliver Sparrow (London), Dominic Vieira (Lancaster), Eric Beard (Boston), and Darshan Joshi (Kuala Lumpur).Topics included an insight on Iain's world of sport journalism, the Kenny Dalglish appointment and Gerrard's red card, contrasting the respective ownerships of Liverpool and Blackburn, Manchester United's debt and Fergie's successor, Cristiano Ronaldo's agent claiming he will be the best player in the history of football, and Messi winning the Ballon d'Or and his fate to be at Barcelona. We also mention Ronaldinho's affection for beer and pies and why the Brazilian would have loved growing up in Wigan, amongst other things.
0-4:00 Intro and immediate reactions to Messi winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or4:00-13:40 Looking at Iain's world of journalism13:40-20:15 Notable teams that have won titles that have not been convincing20:15-27:00 Gerrard's red card and the appointment of Kenny Dalglish27:00-33:00 Contrasting the ownerships at Liverpool and Blackpool33:00-39:00 Manchester United's debt and the successor of Sir Alex Ferguson39:00-51:00 Ronaldo's agent stating he will be the best player in football's history vs. Messi actually being voted the best player in the world as things standYou can follow Iain Macintosh on Twitter: http://twitter.com/iainmacintosh Or have a look at his Wordpress: http://iainmacintosh.wordpress.com/ Subscribe to the A Football Report Podcast on iTunes: itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-football-report/id399310152