BoB you are such an optimist about your team. You remind me of a Liverpool fan, God Bless You. I've actually heard a couple of United fans say they'll come back and win the league next season.... could next year be Their Year?

On Kagawa, here's a quote that's been doing the rounds on the internet from Alex Ferguson: "In moments he could be sublime. Talent-wise there was absolutely nothing wrong with him. He had two fine feet, he could run, his control was magnificent, his vision was brilliant - he just couldn't fit into the team."

He's talking about Juan Sebastian Veron, but, yeah.

Mind you it's obvious that Park, Kagawa and especially Dong were bought to shift shirts in Asia. I'm not saying they were bad footballers - well, the last one certainly was! - but it was clearly a huge element of why they were signed. Dong cost £3.5m... how much Manchester United merchandise was shifted in China because of him? More than £3.5m? Probably. The Liverpool PR machine is doing a large number on some 14 year old Indian kid we have, setting up an official LFC India Twitter and everything. Gotta play the game - and I don't mean football.

Incidentally I saw ITV's the Bundesliga show the other day and I spied Mame Biriam Diouf knocking in a few goals. I thought he seemed quite handy