NOW, THIS IS JUST SILLY....

For me, this was a big improvement on the displays against Fulham and West Ham.
Despite some defensive calamities, we peppered the Hull goal and we were unlucky not to take three points, no matter Sky boffins Keys and Gray might say.
But, we still don't seem to have the answer up front, and when Torres is missing, we're not the clinical table-topping side we should be.
Or maybe we do have the answer, it's just that he, namely Robbie Keane, is not allowed to be let loose on the pitch.
The biggest conundrum from Saturday's entertaining but maddening 2-2 draw was the Keane debate.
Here's the scenario. You've gone two nil down, you've pulled back to all square with 35 minutes on the clock.
The minutes tick by and that elusive third goal continues to pass you by, that all-important goal that could provide two more points that could be hugely crucial in the title race.
You've got a £20m striker on the bench whose had an average start to Anfield career, but is showing signs of running back into form.
You're playing one man up front, and that one striker is having a very mediocre game.
You make your first change, putting a young unproven Morroccan winger on, and then with ten minutes to go, you bring on an erratic winger-cum-striker.
Then, to top it all off, with two minutes left, you bring on a defensive midfielder, leaving the £20m striker mystified on the bench.

It left me baffled and countless others sat around. It was impossible to try and understand Rafa's thinking.
He talked in the post-match interview of trying to get width, which is all well and good, but if you've got nobody in the box who's experienced in the business of scoring goals, everything else becomes irrelevant.
We're not going to get the best from Keane unless we play him. Simple as. There's been rumours this was a Rick Parry signing and not Rafa's, but you've got to work best with the players you've got.
And not playing you're big summer signing, even given his indifferent form, doesn't make sense.
If Liverpool had continued to playin the second half as we did in the first, there might have been more understanding as a third would surely have come.
But the second half went a bit limp at times and Hull were able to take the sting out of the game.
An injection of something new and fresh up front was desperately needed.

The first half was one of the best at Anfield in terms of entertainment value and volume from the crowd in a good while.
Hull, to their credit, came and had a go. And we were stunned to go two nil down within 20 minutes.
Defensively, we were poor for both. Initially, I thought Dossena was dreadful for McShane's header.
But having seen replays, the way we defended that cross generally as a team was suspect.
Alonso is picking up the McShane, but leaves him, meaning Dossena has to quickly readjust and consequently gets comprehensively beaten in the air.
But why is Xabi playing the centre-half role at a free-kick anyway?
For the second it was Dossena and Carra calamity show.
Mendy is no doubt a whippet on the wing, but the Italian has to learn to stop crosses coming into the box.
That's Wigan, Spurs and now Hull where he's barely thrown out a leg to try and get a block in.
Still, Carra got himself in an almighty mess with his clearance. There wasn't a striker in sight, yet his feet looked like they were sewn on backwards.

Onto other performances, everyone played farily decently, with Alonso probably the pick of the bunch yet again.
His passing is much better than anyone else's and every ball is moving us forward.
Coupled with that, the Spaniard now hammers into tackles almost Gerrard-style these days.
Riera flitted in and out, some good things, some ordinary, and the captain was great in the first half, but faded badly in the second.
Mascherano was solid enough, but he's the kind of player we can afford to sacrifice to accommodate another attacking player in these sorts of games.
Benayoun was impressive in the first 45, cooly setting up Gerrard for the second, but then couldn't find that level after the break.
Kuyt didn't have his best of games, but he still managed to play key roles in both our goals. That's why Rafa loves the Dutchman. He'll have am impact even when he's off song.

Thankfully, West Ham put in a cracking shift against Chelski on Sunday to peg back the Blues once again.
It was quite tiresome to then watch Gray and Keys dissect Liverpool's game the previous day, which basically involved questioning each of our goals with a very obvious joyful abandon.
Granted Riera gets away with a shove in the area for our first, but if you disallow the second for Kuyt's jump, then goals would hardly be scored in the Premier League.
And on the balance of play, we peppered the Hull goal and they barely deserved the draw.
Still, top of the league means the so-called experts are always going to strain every sinew to have a pop.
Onto Arsenal, away from home. That might mean we stand a chance of winning....