Is it pompous to quote yourself? “I’ve never been so glad to see a season come to an end.” That’s rarely rang quite as true as today after the Reds stumbled to a closing day defeat at the Liberty Stadium, and with that lousy 1-0 reversal we’ve recording our worst league campaign in 19 years….
I’ve never been so glad to see a season come to an end. Not even during the arduous days under Houlier or the dark times under Rafa; this has easily been one of the worst seasons I can remember. Don’t get me wrong, by Sunday afternoon I’ll be patiently counting down to opening day whether…
Remember yesterday when it all went wrong in Wales? The News Desk forgot about that already. Our friends over at Warrior Sports have put out a number of videos promoting the recently launched Liverpool kit and despite the controversy surrounding it’s launch and how you might feel about it, you have to admit these are some pretty classy shorts. Impossible is nothing? Eat that Adidas.
Is it pompous to quote yourself? “I’ve never been so glad to see a season come to an end.” That’s rarely rang quite as true as today after the Reds stumbled to a closing day defeat at the Liberty Stadium, and with that lousy 1-0 reversal we’ve recording our worst league campaign in 19 years. Danny Graham’s 86th minute strike was enough to pull in all three points for the Swans, who were secure enough in their point tally to not worry about the relegation scraps playing themselves out at grounds all over the country. Brendan Rodgers spent some time defending the record of Kenny Dalglish the day before the match, but I’m quite interested to know exactly what he thinks now.
The season isn’t even over and the News Desk is already being inundated with transfer gossip. Buried near the bottom of the Chelsea match report on Martin Skrtel’s website, it says that the Slovakian international Captain will not be making the trip to Wales on Sunday for Liverpool’s last match of the season due to a minor operation on a fractured nose. We never pegged Martin as the vain type, but a little elective surgery never hurt anyone. Well, not too badly anyways. Missing the last match of the season isn’t that big of a deal, but the press has now also conjured up a storyabout the big defender handing in a transfer request this summer as he goes in search of Champions League football. It’s a little early for speculation, but after a campaign that saw the Reds falter at every possible turn, it may not be too far from the truth.
I’ve never been so glad to see a season come to an end. Not even during the arduous days under Houlier or the dark times under Rafa; this has easily been one of the worst seasons I can remember. Don’t get me wrong, by Sunday afternoon I’ll be patiently counting down to opening day whether we invest heavily in the summer or not. It’s getting harder to write about Liverpool not playing for anything and trying to keep your head from exploding at the same time. Well, here we go again; we travel to Swansea on Sunday hoping to close this campaign off on a high note, but hardly expecting to head to back to Merseyside with anything at all.
Some sad news passed across our desk this morning with word that former Liverpool player, and current Liverpool fan, Neil Mellor has retired at age 29. The Preston North End striker has endured a career wracked by persistent injuries and has made the tough decision to call time on his playing days. The Sheffield born striker began his professional career on Merseyside after coming up through the ranks of the youth academy and despite his lack of first team appearances, was involved in two of the most memorable Liverpool goals in the past 10 years. His last gasp goal against Arsenal will always be remembered, but possibly not as much as his “lovely cushioned header for Gerrard” which set us on course for Champions League glory in 2005.
A few more matches like that, and Liverpool could be going into the last match of the season under dramatically different circumstances. An empathtic 4-1 victory, at Anfield, over Chelsea, was an unexpected result. A bit of revenge for their 2-1 loss to the Blues at Wembley on the weekend would be the first thing on the agenda for Kenny and the boys, but few expected a reaction of this magnitude. Luis Suarez forced a Micheal Essien into an own goal with a superb run before a John Terry error allowed Henderson to run through and finish past Turnbull with a cool as you’d like finish. Daniel Agger would score his first league goal in many moons and a Jonjo Shelvey strike from distance rounded out the rout after Ramirez pulled one back for the visitors. Personally, I’ve done my absolute best to forget the gleeful taste of schadenfreude, but indulging now and again remains a guilty pleasure.
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Despite what the good people at the Disney corporation might lead you to believe, things don’t always end with sunshine, puppy dogs and a reprise of the theme from Beauty and the Beast.. Here’s what the boys had to say in their various states of inebriation…
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