Terrace talk: This may be the shape of things to come

Downtrodden, red-faced, a tormented laughing stock — that about covers it.

Terrace talk: This may be the shape of things to come

Not Gerrard’s career obviously, but as a description of this scandalous season it’ll serve until someone thinks of a better one.

Make all the excuses you want about the overwhelming occasion but these were professionals losing 3-1 (again!) to a team a long way behind and with nothing to play for. Perhaps the overdose of sugary-sweet hyperbole set their immune systems all of a dither?

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