The storm of course was our game against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium last Saturday.  A game in which the players indicated that they simply had no interest in doing what they are paid to do.  Their performance as we all know was diabolical and was a shock to everyone's system, so much so that many people were calling yet again for Kenny's head.

Kenny of course was as angry as the rest of us and said what we were all thinking during his post-match press conference.  He explained that any player who does not realise what playing for the club and wearing the red shirt means, would be shown the door - quite rightly so of course. 

What the dressing room must have been like after that game is anyone's guess but I suspect most of the players went home with their heads bowed.  

And quite frankly it should not be, but having just witnessed what I can only describe as a horror story, is the impression I got.

That horror story began three minutes and twenty eight seconds into our game against Bolton when Mark Davies ran through what I can only describe as our hapless defence and the ball was in the back of the net. 

Now don't get me wrong, but is that the same defence that people are saying is 100% better without Jamie as part of it.  They appeared to be all over the place, there was no reading of each other's movements and it seemed as though nobody seemed to realize what position or indeed what formation the team were playing.  Jamie I believe would not have allowed that to happen and with the score still at nil - nil, the team may well have found their feet and gone on to get the result they wanted.

Or did they?

Over the last seven days we have seen Liverpool progress in what old romantics like myself believe to be the more important Cup competitions.  They are of course the FA and the Carling Cup competitions'.  Competitions, which until the advent of the European Cup/Champions League and Europa League competitions, were a major part of the Football supporters Calendar.

Liverpool of course have not had much luck in either of these competitions since our FA cup win in 2006 but the return of Kenny Dalglish has once again instilled the importance of both competitions into the players so much so, that they now have one final within their sights.

Whilst I was growing up, Racism in America was on the television news most evening's and although it was happening in this country, I don't recall it being in the news.  I suspect it was one of those things that the BBC and the ITV felt was best kept from our screens. I certainly never came up against it in my own life until I married.  My late ex-father-in-law was a racist and it got to the point where I would simply leave the room, when he started insulting those around him, who had a different colour skin, spoke a different language or indeed followed a different religion. I was brought up properly and it never occurred to me to insult a fellow human being.

Many years have passed since then and with the introduction of world travel, multicultural societies became the norm.  Everyone was equal, not only in the workplace, but in the sporting world as well. Or so we thought.

In October 2011, the sporting world was rocked by not one, but two race related cases.  Luis Suarez was accused of using a word in a racial manner.  That word also had several meanings, depending on the company you were in.  He was of course found guilty in late December and will now sit out an eight match ban and pay a fine of 40,000.  

Whilst I was growing up, Racism in America was on the television news most evening's and although it was happening in this country, I don't recall it being in the news.  I suspect it was one of those things that the BBC and the ITV felt was best kept from our screens. I certainly never came up against it in my own life until I married.  My late ex-father-in-law was a racist and it got to the point where I would simply leave the room, when he started insulting those around him, who had a different colour skin, spoke a different language or indeed followed a different religion. I was brought up properly and it never occurred to me to insult a fellow human being.

Many years have passed since then and with the introduction of world travel, multicultural societies became the norm.  Everyone was equal, not only in the workplace, but in the sporting world as well. Or so we thought.

In October 2011, the sporting world was rocked by not one, but two race related cases.  Luis Suarez was accused of using a word in a racial manner.  That word also had several meanings, depending on the company you were in.  He was of course found guilty in late December and will now sit out an eight match ban and pay a fine of 40,000.  

On the stroke of midnight on Wednesday the media released details of what would be their lead story in the following morning's newspapers.  Luis Suarez, it appeared had finally apologised for the racist remark that he 'uttered' towards Patrice Evra.

The apology itself took the form of a public relations exercise rather than a heartfelt one, directly aimed at Patrice Evra. Now I have no intention of adding any further fuel to the fire but the circumstances surrounding the situation surely should have deemed that it was televised, that way the player would be witnessed saying the words below The most telling sentence of course was this particular one.

"I never, ever used the word in a derogatory way and if it offends anyone then I want to apologise for that."

Those two statements of course were from Liverpool Football Club and Luis Suarez. They were designed to put the racial abuse case surrounding Luis Suarez to bed, but ultimately I feel that they may have just added more fuel to the fire.

Why is this you may ask? 

The statement from the club, which was issued an hour before kick-off last night, was done in that way to show the Football Association, that they too can play the same game.  If you recall on New Year's Eve, the FA Committee issued its written reasons for the earlier verdict as the team were preparing for their game against Newcastle United.  Whether there was anything in this, we will never know, so I will let the conspiracy theorists make their own minds up here - As far as I am I concerned, it was simply the last item to be dealt with by the close of business, on that particular day.

There are a number of errors of logic and construction in the FA Commission's report on the Suarez guilty verdict.

But above all else, Liverpool fans (and perhaps Suarez's representatives and LFC itself) should appreciate the following about the Commission's detailed written finding:

You may laugh and you may jest at the title of this blog, but at some point in the future that is something I believe will happen.

Why?

Because last night our Captain Steven Gerrard, not only what a fantastic player he is but what a fantastic servant he has been to Liverpool Football Club.