In the end, victory over Portsmouth wasn’t enough to clinch second for The Reds, thanks to Charlton’s capitulation at Old Trafford. So third place it is then. Definite improvement since last season, and we’re certainly more consistent. If only we hadn’t had that spell at the turn of the year when our strikers couldn’t find the back of the net, we’d have finished above United for sure.

Anyway, there’s still the FA Cup Final to look forward to this weekend. We’ll probably be the favourites against West Ham, which always adds a bit of pressure, but if we play as we can then we shouldn’t have a problem. Alonso’s injury is a bit of a worry though, I just hope it clears-up by Saturday.

And great news to hear that Robbie Fowler’s been offered a one-year contract. He’s certainly earnt it. ‘God’ was probably my favourite Liverpool player of the ’90s; it was a pleasure to see him come through the ranks. He scored some fantastic goals: that thunderbolt past Schmeichel in Cantona’s comeback game; his 20-yarder in the FA Cup semi against Villa where he turned and left Steve Staunton for dead; the fourth goal against Alaves that we all thought would be enough to win the 2001 UEFA Cup (in normal time). Ah, happy days!