I was just reading an article which suggests that Lazio are after Javier Mascherano and that they could want to sign him as early as January. I could not help but laugh as I read this. Do they honestly think Liverpool would want to sell one of the best, if not the best, holding midfielder in the world? Secondly, would Mascherano himself want to leave Liverpool and join a lesser team such as Lazio? I do not think so.
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There had been reports on Russian television this week that Martin Skrtel is not happy at Liverpool and is looking to leave the club. But Rafa has come out today and reassured us that everything is well with Skrtel and the player has not intentions of leaving Liverpool.

Rafa said, “I was talking with Martin at Melwood yesterday and it was clear that he is very happy and just wants to get back playing. He is working very hard to get himself fit again and he is very settled at Liverpool – both in the city and at the club.”
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Reports this morning are suggesting that Yossi is not happy with playing a bit-part role for Liverpool and wants to be playing more soon or else he will leave the club. It is clear to see where Yossi is coming from, he clearly wants to be playing more than just coming off the bench. I am sure every single player at the club wants to start every game but there are only eleven places up for grabs and about 30 players vying for those eleven places.
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I can not believe what Capello made Stevie G do! If a player is said to be injured by his club then surely the national team coach should accept that! Yes, there are some instances where clubs ‘lie’ to national squads that a player is injured but can Capello questions Gerrard’s integrity? Stevie would do anything to play for England, that is just the player he is. He gives 110% into all he does. So for Capello to ask the player to travel to London to be assessed by the England medical team is just mind blowing!
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Captain Fantastic, Steven Gerrard tore a leg muscle in yesterdays win against Bolton and he will miss England’s friendly against Germany on Wednesday night. Gerrard has had scans and it is said that he will be out for between 7 and 10 days and he could miss the home game against Fulham on Saturday. Injuries are never great to pick up but this one maybe a blessing in disguise as Gerrard will not be risked by playing in midweek for England. These friendly internationals usually result in players picking up injuries which we could do without.

Great result for Liverpool. Going into the game yesterday, I was a bit concerned as it is never easy to go to Bolton and come back with 3 points. But we did the job and you could not have asked for a better result although we should have buried Bolton after all the chances we created. We bossed the first 45 minutes as if we were the home team as Bolton did not threaten us at all. We should have been 3-0 up at the break and then taken the foot off the pedal in the second and just enjoyed the game. But the longer the game went at 1-0, I feared that we would be in for a repeat of the Spurs game where we dominated for large periods but were not able to get the killer second goal and subsequently we got punished.
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Congratulations to Rafa for being named manager of the month for October. We won four straight matches in October and we are currently joint top of the Premiership. “I am really pleased to receive this on behalf of my staff because they are doing very well. People like Sammy Lee, Mauricio Pellegrino, Xavi Valero and Paco Di Miguel,” said Benitez today. “It’s important for the staff and it’s important because it means the team is playing well - you can’t win Manager of the Month unless the team is winning.”

Keep up the good work Rafa and lets lift the Premiership at the end of the season.

Philipp Degen is injured again! The Swiss rightback picked up a foot injury in the 4-2 loss to Spurs in midweek. This latest injury is set to keep Degen on the sidelines for 4 weeks. Since he arrived at Liverpool in the summer on a free transfer, we have not seen much of the player as he has always had one injury or the other. I am glad that we did not pay millions for him as I would be very disappointed on spending such a lot of money on a player who is always injured.
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After playing the final Saturday fixture in the EPL for the last two weeks Liverpool travel to Bolton tomorrow for the leagues early kick off attempting to open up a three point gap at the top. Several weeks ago I would have seen this as quite an easy match as Bolton were on a terrible run of games. Since then however there has been a huge improvement and Bolton always seem to be a different proposition at home. I can’t see a repeat of the 3-1 victory for the Reds from last season but a tighter affair but I hope I am proved wrong and also hope that Jasskelainen doesn’t put in another performance to match that of last week. The players need to show that their “rest” from Wednesdays defeat at Spurs was worth while and that they are up for the fight because Bolton sure will.
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What a disaster! I do not think I have seen Liverpool play so badly as they did in the first 45 minutes of yesterdays Carling Cup game against Tottenham. We looked lost and seemed to forget that one has to defend when playing the game. Well it would have helped if we had forgotten how to defend but remembered how to attack but even the definition of attacking was not evident in the first half. I do not think we actually tested the Spurs keeper in the first 45 minutes and this is probably the worst keeper in the Premiership!
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