Shankly will not be impressed.

Saturday came and we started with a great candidate for goal of the season for Codie Smart who took the ball on the edge of the "D", spun and shot high into the far right top corner giving the keeper absolutely no chance. A moment to live long in the memory. Well done mate! A cracking goal.

From then on the footie weekend just went downhill as in the same game first the referee gave a ghost handball, then the keeper managed to get himself sent off for arguing about it one too many times and to cap it off they scored the penalty and a winner against the 10 remaining men.

A match that Impact FC were controlling and in no danger of losing suddenly turned on it's head. Match report here.

In grassroots football referees have so much more control over players than the petulant prima donnas that play in the top league. It was a poor decision to give the pen but once again the linesman stood like a lemon and he was standing three feet away from me - who could clearly see that it hit an arm that was trying to get out of the way. Ball to hand.

Why don't referees consult before making decisions that can ruin the game?

Sunday came and we started with a gift of a goal from the Arsenal keeper who made a complete hash of trying to punch the ball (was he trying to catch it?) and with Liverpool in complete control of the game, this was looking like a return to the team that finished last season looking so dangerous going forward.  The referee "should" have given a penalty for the foul on Gerrard however Liverpool should have been out of sight by half time - that's more to the point.

At the start of the second half the "defender" managed to gift the gooners an own goal and Liverpool promptly self imploded with the same player failing to mark Arshavin, who hardly had a kick all game, but landed the killer blow with a superbly struck shot.

Liverpool's season just goes from bad to worse and watching the post match analysis I thought poor old Ian St John was going to burst into tears as he sees his club sinking into mid table obscurity.

I think we are starting to get fed up with the "next match is a must win game" rhetoric that keeps being spouted out of Anfield. If this is the best that the first team can do then let some of the youngsters have a shot and bench some of the untouchables. At least we'd see some passion and commitment. This is turning into a non comedic groundhog day.

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