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The defeat last night against Mighty Wigan finally quashed the last bit of hope I had of us getting something out of this campaign.

Another listless performance from a side that may well have had one eye on the away game at Lille this Thursday but dropping three points makes life a lot easier for our rivals for fourth place.

Man City and Aston Villa in particular who now have games galore in hand and gives them both plenty of margin for error.

As the line goes in a famous Bob Dylan song. Last night was the night that Liverpool supporters came face to face with the bare reality of what is going on within the team at the moment.

Wigan versus Liverpool, was not just another of those must win games - it was a game that we should have won outright within minutes of being on the pitch. In fact everyone I spoke too appeared to be in a buoyant mood. This was the game that would confirm our position as fourth in the table. Sadly though, it became obvious in minutes that the team would have preferred to be elsewhere.

It was a good line up that consisted of Reina, Mascherano, Carragher, Kyriakos, Insua, Rodrigeux, Gerrard, Lucas, Benayoun, Kuyt and Torres. The substitutes for the evening were Cavalieri, Johnson, Agger, Babel, Ngog, Aquiliani and Riera.
Referee for the evening was Andre Mariner.

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Were the first words I heard this morning after switching on The Sunday Supplement. It was quickly explained that this was in fact the title of an article published in this morning's edition of The Sunday Times and given by Jamie Carragher.

Jamie as we all know is one of the main stays of the Liverpool team along with Stevie G. Unfortunately, age is something that eventually catches up with the most famous of footballers and he is now 32 years old. Because of this, it has been revealed that any new contract talks will not now take place until the summer.

Jamie, who has been a magnificent servant to the club, has revealed that he will not hesitate in walking away if there are any doubts about extending his contract by Rafa Benitez, Christian Purslow and the owners.

Or is it? Today we saw the Liverpool Football Club of old emerge from the shadows. Every player this afternoon played their heart out and it was one of those matches that turned out to be a pleasure to watch.

At a quarter past two this afternoon, I received the team news and immediately my heart was lifted, knowing that Blackburn can be a hard team to beat. It was Reina, Mascherano, Aurelio, Agger, Caragher, Lucas, Gerrard, Benayoun, Kuyt, Rodrigeux and Torres. The Substitutes were Cavalieri, Aquiliani, Babel, Insua, Ngog, Kelly and Ayala. The referee for the afternoon was Alan Wiley.

The teams came out into a stadium that was in full voice, which was wonderful to hear, after the quiet weeks that we have witnessed recently. Blackburn kicked off to start the game and almost immediately Pepe Reina was in action and I must admit at this point, he seemed a little unsure of himself. This was not going to stop Liverpool though, they were in for the kill right from the start, their passing seemed to have improved overnight and there was very little that Blackburn could do except fight for the ball. The old Blackburn emerged very quickly and it was not long before Salgado earned Blackburn their first yellow card of the afternoon for bringing down Fernando Torres

Thursday night saw the team begin their latest Europa cup adventure on foreign shores. They had travelled to Romania for the second leg of their opening game in the competition against Unirea. The game was being played in the national stadium because UEFA felt that Unirea's stadium would not be big enough to cope with the interest that the match would hopefully generate.

The team was as expected, Reina, Insua, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Lucas, Masherano, Babel, Benayoun, Gerrard and Ngog. Substitutes were Cavalieri, Aquilani, Torres, Aurelio, Kyriaskos, Kuyt and Kelly.

The game opened in a very wet and unfriendly looking stadium. There was very little noise from the crowd and to be honest it certainly did not seem like a European night. The television commentator remarked that there were actually people in front of each stand trying to get a response from the supporters.

Unirea kicked off, but Liverpool quickly gained possession of the ball, with Skrtel getting his first touch. Unfortunately, though it was eventually wasted with nobody to meet it. Unirea had gained their first free kick but with the pitch being slippery, it was miss-kicked and a chance was lost. Stevie G did have a chance for goal but the jinx that has befallen him this season still appeared to be around and he missed yet again