What bothers me is that Man City were rubbish against Spurs last week.

Must have been watching a different game then because I remember Joe Hart giving a man-of-the-match performance with at least 2 world class saves.

Well like us, he's only human. I won't pretend to understand what was going through his head but from what I know of him, he wouldn't do willingly do anything detrimental to the club.

It means the result could easily have been different because you allowed these chances to materialise despite playing what some call, a defensive game. Let's agree to disagree then. For the sake of argument, let me be more politically correct and say, they played below my expectations.

How is one the same as the other? I've no idea what they mean when they say he wasn't in the right frame of mind so no point guessing. I didn't say I assumed he wouldn't do anything detrimental to the club. I said that he wouldn't based on what I know and read about him, suggesting I'm basing my opinion on what I know as facts. I don't believe in lynching our own players until it's proven without a shadow of doubt that he was indeed being nothing but selfish. It's a known fact that the media often sensationalises things.

So we have different expectations. 
I doubt some sports journalist wrote the autobiographies of players like Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. I think accounts from teammates are somewhat accurate. I also think that articles from a magazine like FourFourTwo is credible. In any case, what's wrong with adopting an "innocent until proven guilty" approach? If you lot want to lynch your own players for leaving e.g. Heinze, go ahead. Till this moment, I can't believe that some Liverpool fans blame Xabi Alonso for leaving.

Just to add, let's assume all literature has no credibility. The commitment I see from him on the pitch suggests to me that he has always played his heart out for the club whenever he's been given the chance. Actions speak louder than words? I have had nothing but good things to say about Mascherano and I'm not about to turn on him after one press report.

I like Masch, but the unsettled family angle is getting a bit tiresome. Seriously, can't imagine how hard it must be to settle into a comfortable life when your other half takes home what, 65 big ones A WEEK?

Like I mentioned earlier, it's probably either wanting to play elsewhere or something different that we know not of. Perhaps all the other Argentines are being shelved and Masch feels unwanted? Maybe he thinks that Aqualini is the dog's bollocks?

However, I do strongly suspect that RH's pro-british approach might turn off some of the foreign players.

But the real thing that has been bugging me is the RBS thing. I believe that the bank has no interest at all in owning a football club - hence the easiest way to recoup their money is to sell off Liverpool's assets. Offer Reina at 20 million - Wenger and Ferguson will probably race to bite your hand off. Torres to anywhere for 50 million...

Good..this is a game we should be winning by 3 goals or more..