Joe Cole is a tidy player and if you would have asked me at the start of the summer would I take Joe Cole and 5 million pounds for Yossi I would have laughed but that is exactly what is happened this week.

The Joe Cole move to me was a good addition because it gives us a player who can go around people with tricks and flicks but also someone who can help provide goals and score them as well. He had a habit of scoring against us as well so that is one less player to worry about.!

I think most of you know that I was totally against the sacking of Rafael Benetiz. Rafa was our best manager since Daglishsh and the media seem to forget that Liverpool were not regular participants into the Champions league before he came along. He built us back up to be one of the most feared teams in Europe again. He signed players cast offs like Mascherano who is know the captain of Argentina (and if he sold will be sold for double what we paid). Little known keepers like Reina who is now one of the best in the world. Players like Kuyt who are finally getting their just due at the World Cup, never mind players like Agger, Torres. Sure, like every manager he has made mistakes but his positives far outweigh his negatives. LFC had the most players of any team at the World Cup.