Still Champions!

Liverpool, the team 33 points behind us, are in the final of the European Cup again, and we failed at the semis again. The feelings watching the Kop celebrate last night were not even close to the ones experienced when we lost to Monaco last season. How can they be? We won the Premiership this weekend, and collect the trophy on Saturday!

The match was as entertaining as it could be when you have a team that plays such a narrow game, and when you're without both wingers and both full backs. That said, Liverpool deserved to go through because we didn't score past them in two consecutive games. Mind you, its debateable whether they scored past us, but whether the ball was over the line or not didn't, and doesn't really matter.

The Scallies were good hosts yet again. There are always the occasional cretins, as at every club, but on the whole, the visit to Anfield was as friendly as it normally is.

Drogba again showed that he was never worth the price tag. But we knew that before we signed him. The more worrying thing is that he really seems to be going backwards with each game.

It's not the lack of skill especially, but the apparent lack of effort which he puts in. He strays offside much too often, and goes down very softly, where he invariably lies waiting for treatment when it's not necessary. Then, when he feels like getting involved again, he strolls around like he was browsing in his local MFI store. More effort required Didier if you want to stay around here.

And so to the final. Istanbul wasn't a destination I was looking forward to visiting. Asia Minor and a bit of a dump at that. All season they have waxed lyrical about how wonderful Turkey, and Istanbul are, and now it appears that fans travelling to the final on match day packages will not even be allowed into Istanbul, but transported from the airport to special football areas close to the ground, where Turkish entertainment, and no alcohol will be provided!

We weren't ready to win the Champions League. Now that we have been crowned Champions, it is something we can legitimately aim for.