Don't want to say much about tonight's defeat. Tomorrow's papers will be saying enough about the continuing crisis at our club.
With attention now shifted away from the conduct of our owners, appalling as it remains, pressure will now mount on Rafa Benitez especially after a performance and defeat like tonight's at Upton Park.
I must admit that for the first time my patience with the boss is being tested by this latest debacle but whatever flak Rafa takes, the players deserve just as much. Too many of them just aren't doing enough. People like Harry Kewell and Dirk Kuyt have been consistently bad all season. Jamie Carragher has not been far behind and even tonight Steve Gerrard, Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres were all very poor. Not good enough from players we have come to expect consistency from.
Under Gerard Houllier we rued missed chances just as we seem to be doing lately. Le Boss quoted statistics about shots on goals and corners much to our annoyance. At least Rafa doesn't quote such stats but he knows where the problem is and he's got to rectify soon.
We're now seventh, Everton are in fourth and it's not a nice feeling. The sooner we get back to winning ways the better but performances like tonight's don't fill me with the confidence to say that it will be anytime soon and that's the most worrying thing of all.
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