A wonderful new discovery

Strawberry jam and beef sandwiches...where have they been all my life?

Despite my resolution to blog more often I fear I am not going to be able to blog on every Liverpool game as they just come too think and fast for my limited typing skills.

My last post about Wigan seems ages ago. Since then we have beaten Portsmouth (just) but been knocked out the cup by Everton. Not too bothered about that though as its allowed us a breather but Gerrard's injury is a blow.

I am going to the game at home this Sunday against City and hoping to get tickets against Sunderland as well in a couple of weeks. My take is we need be be unbeaten for the rest of the season and drop no more than two points. At the end of the day though (as much as I hate to say it) you have to take your hat off to Man winning all those games in a row not conceding a goal.

As for the criticism of the manager I just say in Rafa we trust. We have more points than we did this time last year and despite criticism and our main striker being injured all season, we have scored more goals than Man U.

Much will depend now on Rafa's substitutions. Players like Babel, Benny Onion and Ngog will be crucial as super subs/impact players.

Bring it on.

Elections

voting fraud testing testing

This post is just to test the google alerts I have set up for work.

MP's - why do I bother defending them?

All my life I have been asked two questions by people when they find out I am interested in politics, and I suspect I am not the only one.

1. Do you want to become Prime Minister?
2. Why when all politicians are a bunch of no good s**ts?

The answer to the first is no (and I dont want to become an MP). The answer to the second is that there are a few bad apples but most politicians are decent people.

This story makes it all the harder to defend MP's. They just dont get it! Yes most MP's find it hard after leaving Parliament to get a new job so deserve a parachute payment. The thing that grates is they get to decide their own pay. And then they go against a recommendation of an independent board.

As our poster says (see last post on this subject) there are some things money cant buy...for everything else there are MP's expenses.

This area represents a real opportunity for David Cameron, if he has the courage to tackle the old guard on both sides head on in the Commons. With the economic situation meaning 'good news stories' will be hard to come by in the first few weeks of a new Conservative Government, measures to tackle the expenses issue will go down well with the public. I A manifesto committment could also win a few votes in key seats as well.

Wigan 1 - Liverpool 1

Wigan v Liverpool
Venue: JJB Stadium Date: Wednesday, 28 January Kick-off: 1945 GMT

So yet another draw - and you get help get the feeling that out title chances are slipping away.
Seven of our last 10 league games have been drawn.

That is not good enough! Whilst we are only two points behind having played a game more, you have to feel Man U will win that to make it 5 (in effect 6 with goal difference).

Its almost as if all our luck at the start of the season is catching up with us. Also whilst what he said was true, since Rafa made his comments about Sir Alex and Manchester United we have not won a match.

We are just not seeing off teams e.g. getting the second goal. If you analyse the games we get a goal and then concede in the last ten minutes after a series of substitutions. This game was no different though I suspect Rafa took Torres off because he was not fully fit and tired. Why he too Gerrard off though no one knows!

The next month will tell us a lot about the team and the manager. I cannot see where Keane fits into the starting xi leaving us reliant as ever on Gerrard and Torres who doesn't seem fit.

Next game at home to Chelsea - who have overtaken us in second.

MP's expenses

Well we won - see here for an article that I wrote for Our Kingdom. This was the right thing to do and only increases my admiration for Cameron.

The full page advert we and Enoughs Enough put in the newspapers was incredibly effective. If you have not seen it see it here .

Overall a good week at work!

Apologies to my avid readers

Ok - so my New Year Resolution is if i'm going to do this blog i had better do it properly.

Apologies for long gap btw posts. Christmas/New Year/No internet access/Chicken Pox amd them forgetting my passwords have meant that I have not posted for a while.

So much has changed since I have last written - reading my last post about the cricket makes me cringe. And dont get me started on England...

Well ok I will get started on cricket, football and my beloved liverpool and not to mention politics eg MP expenses, police entering parliament again and the latest accusations of sleeze, but this time in the Lords and with Labour peers!

So Happy New Year and carry on reading