The hopeless optimism of Liverpool's supporters vanished after defeat to Manchester City last Monday night. This was a good thing. Liverpool is no place for hopeless optimism. Or even hopeful optimism.

Every time Joe Cole plays he gives another example of why only the deluded could see him as the signing of the summer.

Took this from another blog, still not in the mood to write:

Gillett: "We have invested more money than our competitors, in keeping with the history of the club"

Hicks: "Our debt is very managable.... and we never use player sales for debt service. The summer window will be big."

Tom Hicks (27 May 2010): "We have no intention of selling any of our top players and we have a substantial transfer budget in place.