Another fine mess...

THOUGH it isn’t any of Dave Whelan’s business, unusually for the Wigan chairman (he is as big a font of bad ideas as Sepp Blatter), what he said about Liverpool is substantially correct: they ARE a mess.

I know you’ll have heard about other critical weeks for the Merseyside club this season but the next seven days really are ‘make or break’. Actually, even winning these three games – Portsmouth (h) tonight, then Lille (h) Thursday and finally, on Sunday, Manchester United (a) – wouldn’t make the season, losing them would certainly break it.

It’s difficult to know where to start. Bob Wilson, the former Arsenal keeper and a very good judge of these matters, told me last week he thought Pepe Reina was the best goalie in the Premier League. And, certainly, the Spaniard has been Liverpool’s best player in this shoddy period. However, he was as guilty as those zonal markers for that soft goal in France.