shoddy

Easily the most inept performance by a Liverpool side in quite some time, and there's been some shockers this season.

Of course, the usual suspects will be blamed for our defeat to a pretty shoddy Wigan. But bigger fish failed to shine, not least Steven Gerrard. I thought he was woeful. His passing was awful. And his attitude was shocking. You know, when we need a cool head out there, what does our captain do? Yeh, that's right - he goes and loses it.

The belated introduction of Alberto Aquilani was a positive, and in the fleeting minutes he was on the park, he showed the class in midfield we're so sadly lacking at the moment. The sale of Xabi Alonso has wrecked my club. He was the heart, the guy we built the entire team around. But now.......

Just when you think you can trust Benitez again, he puts out a team that plays like that! Will the real Liverpool Football Club please stand up against Lille on Thursday?