Watching Javier Mascherano put in a man-of-the-match performance in a Liverpool shirt last night was a treat (I love Maschy, mostly because he’s so bloody good in Pro Evolution Soccer) but also made me very angry with English football.
How the feck could neither Alan Pardew or Alan Curbishley get the best – or anything like his best – out of a player who is clearly world-class? The Alans’ blatant failure to man-manage/encourage Mascherano is a damning indictment of the quality of home-grown managers in England. In no time at all, Rafa Benitez has got the best out of Mascherano, where West Ham persisted with journeymen like Nigel Reo-Coker and Hayden Mullins. Grrr.