Mind games ahoy

The mind games are already in full bloom it seems. Ferguson has said that Darron Gibson has played his way into the Carling Cup Final team. Surely a wind up? He does realise that Spurs aren't quite as bad as Derby, yes?

Speaking of mind games, Rafa has once again felt the need to talk about us, despite being annoyed when Ferguson talks about them. Apparently we spend economy busting levels of cash on transfers, eclipsing their paltry yearly spend, making their relative position utterly astounding and proving that Señor Benitez is certainly the best manager ever to have graced our league with his presence. Either that or he's publicly airing his CV in a hope that a certain team from the Bernabeu (or the Nou Camp, as hilariously reported by the Daily Mail yesterday) will see that he is reluctant to sign a new contract at Anfield and he would appreciate a counter offer to force the Liverpool owners' hands. Either way, a quick look on http://transferleague.co.uk/ puts his arguments firmly to bed, even if those sites are afforded a little leeway on their guestimates of transfer figures.

Net spend is a common phrase you'll here coming from Liverpool fans. The basic premise behind this is that you're allowed to buy crud players if you subsequently make a profit or break even on that player. With that criterion, Dong was the best purchase of all time, given the influx of money it brought us from the 1.4 billion occupants of his native China.

The poll actually exists now. Bit of a technical glitch yesterday or I forgot to put it in, whatever you want to believe.

Much love!