It was nice to be free of the stress that normally accompanies supporting your team when we went to Fulham and won with ease yesterday in a fairly unimportant, end of the season game for Rafa's men.
Nonetheless it was an important win that virtually guarantees fourth place and Champions League football next season. It is matters in that competition which are most pressing at the moment with Chelsea visiting Anfield on Tuesday.
Yesterday's game offered a chance to the likes of Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch to stake their claim for starting spots in the upcoming Chelsea games and stake their claim they did with a goal each in a pretty easy win over a tepid Fulham very much resigned to relegation now.
It was good to see Steve Finnan given a run out. I'm not sure what's happened to the Irishman lately as he's not been playing the big games. He was injured for a while but to the best of my knowledge he's been full fit for a while but not been considered. It's a sharp contrast to his standing in the team in previous seasons. Could it be a sign of a change at right back in the summer?
John Arne Riise had a decent game but I still can't see the Norwegian being here next season. Decent after a considerable spell of abject displays just won't cut it. We know Rafa's ruthless and I can't see him being an different with John Arne however long he's been at the club.
Andriy Voronin showed some decent touches but he clearly just doesn't have what it takes in front of goal. As a fourth striker he's fine but you get the feeling we could get something a bit better in the summer.
I look at someone like Florent Sinama Pongolle doing well with Recreativo in Spain and who always did well for us and it's puzzling. I don't know whether Flo Po would have been happy with a fourth choice role at Anfield but he would have offered considerably more than Voronin has.
The papers clearly had little on this weekend so decided to go with a random Steven Gerrard to Chelsea rumour.
How odd that it comes in the week when we play Chelsea in another massive Champions League semi final. If I were one to dabble in conspiracies it's almost as if they are trying to unsettle our captain, who is doubtful for the game in any case, to hand the advantage to Chelsea whose manager Avram Grant was gushing in his praise of the Reds' skipper.
London press with an anti Liverpool agenda? Surely not....
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