Liverpool - January will make or break our season.

Going up to Anfield again in 10 days time to see us play Wigan, the third time this season I'll have watched a league game at home (Villa and Birmingham being the other two).

You can tell we're doing badly as the tickets are generally all going to public sale. Whats more this will be the second game in a row I'm sitting in the Kop. Fans are obviously unhappy and you cannot blame them. Mind you at the minute they cannot decide who they are more unhappy with, the owners, the players or the manager.

Rafa has his faults don't get me wrong (the poor man-management of Alonso and Hyypia leading to them both leaving for example) but everyone knows he the is hamstrung by the clubs lack of money compared not just to the other 'top 4' clubs, but also spurs, villa and of course man city.

As I write this I am very pessimistic. We will be shopping in the New Year bargain basements this year looking for free transfers or gambling on players whilst each of the clubs above now have the resources to buy anyone they want. And quite frankly who would want to play for us, with the clubs financial position so uncertain.

January will make or break our season. We need to get and keep our players fit, recruit both wisely and cheaply and have a good europa cup run. However thursday night kickoffs will stretch our squad even more and we could be out the FA Cup before we play in Europe again if we are not too careful. A lot rests on Torres's groin and Acquillani's ankle.

I cannot help but think that Rafa will leave at the end of the season for Real Madrid, whether we finish in fourth spot or not. That is my nightmare and its coming ever more real every day.

Here we go again

Going to try and start blogging again...here goes.

Hopefully will be able to post two or three things a week...thats the aim anyway.

A lot has changed since I last posted. Stay tuned to hear all about it.

Only Smarties have the answer

I saw this and thought immediately of that famous advert.

There is a serious point to be made here however and much has been made in recent days over the apparent lack of Conservative policy esp in foreign affairs and economic matters.

The fact is that whilst there is no excuse for a lack of foreign policy, the public are looking to the Government for economic solutions at the moment. It is also worth pointing out that the Conservatives have had many of their suggestions taken up by the Government.

Public attention will only turn on the Conservatives at the Party Conference in October. That is when there is the most targeted media attention on parties, even when there are local and European elections in the same year. I suspect there wont be a no notes speech this year - far from it!

I am drafting something as we speak on this and hope to post it this evening.

Secretary of State avoids banana skin

What a pity David Milliband cannot sign this

IVR - another good week at work.

No its not a way to make babies for infertile couples or an STD.

Its Individual Voter registration and is something the Government had until this week agreed with in principle yet not introduced. That has changed as you can see here and here.

Its a major plank of my campaign at work so this week was a good one. Now we just have to convince the Government about ID at the ballot box and donation caps.

Could the real Liverpool fans please stand up - damning the Boo Boys

Anfield is not a happy place at the minute. This is not a review of the 2 succesive games I watched - that will come later after the Man U game, which I suspect will be a draw or narrow defeat, where I will review where our title challenge has gone wrong.

This is a post explaining why my two (probably only) visits to Anfield this season, left me feeling sad and critical of the so called home support. This post here will give you some context and will this (I was so annoyed that I rang Five Live Radio).

Against Man City when Lucas' name was read out over the pa, instead of cheering 40,000 fans went ooh and erm. I know he has not been consistent this season but I just thought of the poor young lad sitting in the dressing room ahead if a game we had to win to remain five points behind. As it turned out he played ok but got often got muscled out of it esp in the aeriel challenges.

So we move onto the home game. We were two nil up with ten minutes to go so Benitez takes off I think Ngog to give him a standing ovation from the crowd after his scoring home debut and brings on lucas for a confidence boasting 10 mins. And the crowd boos. The lad has not kicked a ball and we are booing him. That is not on. Fans do get frustrated and are entitled to boo if the performance at the end of the game is not deemed good enough or someone is not giving 100% - but not during a game, esp when he has not kicked a ball. Contrast how we treated one of our own with the reception we gave Cisse when he came on as a sub. Polite applause from all the ground, inc some standing up.

Ok he is no Alonso or Gerrard but he is playing and learning with three of the best midfielders in the league / world. Add to that he is young, captain of teh Brazilian under 21's and you can see why the Manager has faith in him. I hope he shoves the boo's down peoples throughts and plays a vital role in our remaining games.

Overall it runied a good night, a good win and another trip to what I regard as the home of football. In Rafa we trust

Stay tuned

Been a bit light on the bloggnig recently but expect posts soon on (in no particular order)

Liverpool's title chances and the 'home' support of some fans which made me feel embarrassed to be in the ground (on what will probably be my only two games at Anfield this season).

Why I love Michael Wills MP

RIP Ivan Cameron - will there be a silver lining to this tragedy? (I have deliberately waited before writing this)

MP's expenses - a 21st century


They are all in my draft folder and just need checking and formatting. Stay tuned