Mauling hapless West Ham delays inevitable

AND the inevitable is delayed for another week. It’s a sad moment in a supporter’s life when a victory is welcomed so politely, almost begrudgingly.

It normally takes a few years into a manager’s tenure for that lethargy to creep in. 2010 is no ordinary year.

As the Dalglish chants subsided at Stoke, people flung curses at the manager walking from the ‘battlefield’. I’ve read Carragher shouted something back, not always the most judicious thing to do at such times.