Terrace Talk: Liverpool - Every silver lining has a black cloud lurking

Hello, remember me? I’m the chap who used to write about Liverpool for the Examiner before some satellite TV flunky decided we’d make great Monday Night Heroes.

Sorry you’ve been missing my little rays of sunshine. Thought I’d just drop you a line before international week means another absence. I’ll keep it brief: Liverpool’s season and Brendan Rodgers’ tenure as manager are both over. See you next August…

OK, lowest form of wit and all that. I was feeling quite perky before the West Ham game. It’s incredible; after years of experiencing all joy being exterminated as soon as it rose above the clouds, I still never see the bad thing coming. We might have been a bit stuffy at Stoke and made Bournemouth look a bit too classy for comfort but we had six points and (apparently) that’s all that matters.