Good riddance to woeful season

LIKE a good film, all the threads of the season merged seamlessly together in the final reel.

Gerrard in the stands, not on the pitch. Carroll and Johnson also absent. There were early casualties, though typically Carragher wasn’t to be stopped by a bit of blood.

There was a predictable goal and an even more predictable dread that an equaliser wouldn’t follow. With giant screens, breathless updates and home fans’ feral festivities it was hard to dismiss the notion that we’d bought tickets to the wrong show.