[davidmphill]

Surely there'll be more interest for this thread than for the Newcastle one in the long run!
Good effort from Liverpool yesterday. It was one of those games where you thought that they'd fall flat on their face following the great win in Barcelona in midweek like previous Liverpool sides have done in the past.
A good move from Rafa to bring in Hyppia to try and combat the aerial bombardment that Sheff Utd would provide.
Good to see Javier Mascherano make a solid if unspectacular debut, hopefully given time he will prove to be an awesome signing. It wasn't too long ago he was highly dought after by all and sundry in Europe. Rumours are abound that Barcelona are 'interested' in Xabi Alonso following his performance against them in midweek, if he was to leave then the Argentine for me would be a more than capable replacement but hopefully it wont come to that.
Next weekend is the big one, its just a shame Liverpool are so far behind right now.