Whats Another Year?

Johnny Logan won Eurovision in 1980 with the sing along classic "Whats Another Year"

Liverpool won the league that year too. Between that and Logan's next win in 1987 they picked up another 4 titles.

The future was red and the 15 year dominance of Liverpool seemed set to continue into the 90's.

While Ireland picked up the pace and won another 4 Eurovisions, (younger readers may not understand the value we used to place on Eurovision wins) Liverpool picked up just two more titles, the last in 1990.

The 2-2 draw at home to Aston Villa last night pretty much consigns Liverpool to looking forward again to next season as they will not win the league this year.

14 points behind Arsenal and Manchester United is a chasm at this stage of the season and the fact they are only 7 points clear of West Ham with the same number of games played is more telling about their status.

Last night the fans were exercised with making clear their views on the American owners but what is happening on the pitch is far more important than what is happening in the boardroom.

Liverpool fail to kill off teams, rely too much on Torres and Gerrard and Bentitez erratic selections do unnecessarily compromise the team.

The gap to the league leaders continue to grow, in both points and poise and off field distractions need to be avoided like the Mater Accident and Emergency ward.

For all football fans a return to the top of a Liverpool team would be welcomed, if only for the novelty value it would bring.

The changes needed to make that happen are small but as Al Pacino once bellowed "Its a game of inches". At the level of the game Liverpool are trying to play there is no room for errors and they still make too many.

Logan wrote another Eurovision winner in 1992 and perhaps Rafa sings a few bars of "Why Me" to himself each day.

If it does get too much, call McDonalds, they will put you in an ad anyway.