If we sell him to another relegation battler it will be a huge mistake.

Proved his worth again tonight. Very, very cool under pressure taking two penalties and making it look easy. It'll be a huge shame if he leaves in Jan

Missing out on the knockout stages of the Champions League would be a bitter financial blow for Liverpool. Missing out on the top 4 this year would be devastating for them in every way possible. Huge pressure on Benitez right now. Looking at their squad... I'm not sure they're upto the task. Without Gerrard and Torres they offer no more than any other upper-mid level premier league team. * 01 Cavalieri, * 12 Aurelio, * 37 Skrtel, * 26 Spearing, * 28 Plessis, * 10 Voronin, * 19 Babel That was their bench for tonight. Worrying times to be a Liverpool supporter

Moko started off somewhat decently for us, but quickly turned into a liability. His signing for Portsmouth was the first sign of their downfall.

McClaren should never have been manager of England, Ince should never have been manager of Rovers. Simple

A legend in every sense of the word. RIP.

Can't see any other clubs offering him anywhere near 65k a week... even 48k seems extortionate, as he's not that good and on the wrong side of 30. Hopefully this will stop anybody wanting him back here.

Tevez on for Anderson, hmmm.

ITV cocked up Ferguson's interview, and it's taken them half an hour to get their score bar back up upholding their usual high standard of broadcasting. Oh, no, the score bar has disappeared again. Useless.

Can't fault his commitment, been a pleasure to have him here. A proper professional.

I'm aware of the reasons behind his rapping about Mariah, it's just outdated. A lot of his pop references in this album are, but it doesn't really detract from the record much. Beautiful's grown on me a lot. Good song. He was interviewed by Jonathan Ross a couple of days ago... what a joke Ross is a tool.

Been listening to it for a couple of days.... basically a rehash of the Slim Shady LP, with less anger and a more commercial angle. I like it, though. 3am, Bagpipes from Baghdad and Underground are probably my favourites. Em seems stuck in 2001 though, why is he still rapping about Mariah Carey and Britney Spears Also, 'Insane' is seriously messed up.

Probably the right decision by UEFA, not morally as pretty much anybody who knows anything about football knows it was never a red card, but for purposes of consistancy this was the most likely outcome. I expect the rules to change next season.

Having watched Cisse on and off over the course of the season I'd stay far away from him. Not consistantly good enough, might as well keep Derbyshire.

Benni's a bit of a tub but i'd keep him here. Knows where the goal is and is a good option to have. Hopefully he can get a little fitter next season, and bag a few more crucial goals for us.

Aye, I'm interested in that as well. There's definately a mole (or moles?) within the Newcastle dressing room leaking things to the press constantly. Shearer's been annoyed with it since day one and they still haven't found out who it is. Interesting, wonder if Nicko knows who it is?

The papers are full of the Chelsea players defending themselves, unbelievable.

Edit. Agree with the above post. Drogba, Ballack, Jay Tee and Malouda were all disgraceful at the end of last night's match. Worse was Hiddink defending their behaviour.

Barton had an interview a couple of months before he went on to commit the crime for his most recent jail sentence, where he said he was genuinely sorry and had learned from his mistakes... can't remember when it was or who interviewed him (was a fairly famous female presetner, possibly for sky sports?) but at the time I remember thinking "yeah right", and a few months later, here we go again.

It's a perfect representation of how far society and standards in general have fallen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/200...and_arsene.html good article.

It's amazing... even the most obvious wrong decision still has people supporting it

I think what angered Shearer was the fact it was a stupid tackle that didn't really need to be made like that. Whether he won the ball or not, there was absolutely no need to go flying in, especially with his reputation. Whether it was a red or not, the nature of the tackle was ill-advised and his sending off means Newcastle are one player down in their fight against relegation. Good for us, bad for them.

Unfortunately for Barton, his numerous actions off the pitch ensure he will get treated unfairly. That's life, and it's a web he's woven himself. For what it's worth, I think Barton will desperately try to cling to his NUFC contract for as long as he can. There's no way he'll get 65k p/w anywhere else.

I agree that Arsenal will finish top 4 again next year.... but in order to compete I believe they need to bring in a couple more signings like Arshavin, else they'll finish 4th again with no silverware to show for it. The threat for Arsenal, as I see it, is that their young players may start looking elsewhere for trophies if Arsenal continue to win nothing. That's not a reflection on Wenger as a manager at all, it's just a sad fact of the game that loyalty doesn't really exist.