Leo No.8

Every time I see this lad he looks quality. Rafa was apparently gutted when he got that long-term injury, and he's spoken of him in absolutely glowing terms by his own cautious standards. I think what I see with my own eyes coupled with Rafa's high opinion of this lad is fair justification for getting a bit excited about his arrival...

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I wouldn't swap Pepe for Casillas, or any other keeper for that matter. The problem is though, its tricky for keepers to dislodge the number one unless they make a series of mistakes or get injured. That's why Pepe won't start the world cup unless one of those happen. When he gets his chance though, I bet Casillas will have a hard time getting his place back...

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I don't think there's a problem having a favoured team abroad. I tend to hold an affection for teams we've met on big occasions. I like Milan as they kind of have links with us (singing YNWA etc) and moreso now since the great memories of Istanbul; also I grew up with their great sides of the 90s. In Spain I can't help but like Alaves after our incredible UEFA Final with them, and their fans were brilliant unlike many continental sets of supporters. The Betis fans were very passionate as well. Being born and bred in Liverpool I don't have a second English team, but if I lived in a different part of the country I'm sure there would be a local side I'd take an interest in...

Stubbs has the IQ of a woodlouse, so I wouldn't worry too much about anything he has to say. He struggles to string sentences together; they probably had to translate these comments from his neanderthal grunting...

'Beni'. Does he get chased round the training pitch by half-naked women?..

McManaman I find irritating for two reasons: 1) He left on a bosman (petty I know - but who cares) 2) He thinks he's cleverer than he is He's like the Scouse Graeme Le Saux - revels in this tag of being smarter than the average footballer because he reads the broadsheets now and again, when in actual fact he's not at all. I just don't like McManaman, regardless of these comments. He annoys me.

Than crossing with a defender pressurising you? I don't agree mate - I think a lot of top footballers make an absolute meal of set-pieces. I know lads at Amateur standard who can hit the right spot practically every time - Gerrard is a great example of how some top players make it look harder than it really is...

Practically every newspaper report about the game I've read has been terrible. 'Yob Culture' etc, practically every one referring to how the match having so many cards besmirched the good game of Liverpool ahead of the capital of culture in 2008, and choosing to ignore a fantastic display by a Liverpool side without their best player and one less for most of the game. Talk about ridiculous - The Sunday Mirror actually coined the phrase 'there was nothing for the football purist to see in this game'. Obviously that particular reporter went for a pie when we scored our second and third goals then - it doesn't get much purer than Kewell's goal in particular. Some anti-Liverpool feeling being expressed all-round I think...

Stevie, for whatever reason, delivers the ball far better when he's on the run. It's odd as that is the more difficult skill of the two, but I think given more time to decide what he's going to do with the ball, he often tries too much and fails to put the ball in the right area. When he has no time to think about his cross, he hits the area between the keeper and back-four more often than not and its a nightmare to defend against. From set-pieces Stevie's actually not that great - I'd certainly prefer to see Alonso on the dead-balls in future...

Ireland's betting scam machine rumbles into motion again...

Fantastic keeper - I haven't felt as confident in any keeper as long as I've been watching Liverpool. He comes across very well in this interview as well - very much a 'Liverpool player'. Down to earth and professional. We really need a song for him - even if it's just 'Spain's Number One'!

Taylor has been superb for Brum - he just had one of those rare dodgy nights on Tuesday, and happily it was against us. As you said Stuff, he has games when he seems like he's unbeatable. Crossley is like that sometimes as well - that game he had against Newcastle last year being a prime example...

Everyone is talking about our strikers finding form, but in all honesty nothing much has changed. Moro has scored 2 tap-ins, Crouch has been great in general as he has for most of the season, but he's had a bit of luck with his finishing; his header for the second against Brum was woeful but Taylor somehow let it in. Then you have Cisse who has scored a pen and profited from another keeping blunder. Keepers seem to have been having blinders all season against us - they've just started letting them in! In all honesty its not a lot to do with the strikers - the same player who has been driving us all season has been doing so as normal in the last two games. Gerrard has been so much better than anyone else on the pitch with him it's untrue; he basically created or had a big part in 4 out of the 5 goals before he went off against Brum.

Pepe is our best keeper in a long, long time I reckon. He's ace...

Wow - this one actually takes making stuff up to a new level.

An alternative headline for Capeling's latest offering: 'BITTER BLUE IN REINA STRAW-CLUTCHING SHOCKER'...

It'd be interesting to know just what Figger's role has been in his move...

Funniest thing for me was Bruce's chubby cheeks getting rosier and rosier as the goals went in. I'm sure it was the cold, but it looked for all the earth like embarrassment! It looked like his big fat meat-head was going into meltdown...

Gerrard gets to run at defenders more when he plays on the right, and he looks frighteningly good when he does that. I can't understand this obsession with him playing in the middle - I actually think he gets to influence our attacking play more when he's out wide. He gets more space to run into, and his delivery on the run is as good as anyone's in the game. It seems to me like a lot of people believe the best player should always play in the middle no matter what...