Well anytime you want to beat the current European Champions on their own turf, take up golf.

What a busy week John Arne Riise and Craig Bellamy have had - singing/not singing, golfing/not golfing, scoring/not scoring across the continent….

Of course it crossed the line, of course we knew we’d be ok, of course Rafa had it all planned and we’ve now got 12 days to look forward to another great European Night at Anfield.

Happy days. 

So Eto and the mighty Barca stars have a fracas, and then are pictured hugging the very next day. Rijkard says its all a nonsense, nothing happened and we’re all mates.

Well not wanting to be left out of the media party, LFC have decided to go one better and have a bust up and makeup (hugging again…) all in one day on the Algarve, except this time it seems nothing really did happen.

 From Craig ‘BAD BOY HELLRAISER’ Bellamy alledgedly felling some Norwegian wood in the shape of chopping off John Arne’s ankles, to the entire team being held responsible for completely destroying a restaurant, led by Robbie ‘REBEL BAD BOY HELLRAISER’ Fowler. Apparently it all kicked off when Riise refused to sing Fog on the Tyne with Bellamy and Jermaine Pennant passed a glass of sherry to Gerrard (Steve ‘HELLRAISER AND IN OK THIS WEEK BAD BOY’ Gerrard via Jerzy ‘TO ME OOPS DROPPED IT’ Dudek.

Dudek dropped the glass, the busys were called and before you can say Ole Rafa, a riot broke out.

Or someone made a bit of noise and someone had too much cheap wine. Make your own mind up.

Meanwhile the photos of hugging best chums Johnny, Xabi and Craigy has reassured us all that young men out on the piss never ever argue.

All I can say is with our Spanish contingent, thank god the tapas were ok.

Meanwhile we’re playing a team who dismantled us with some beautiful stunning football at Anfield (losing 3-1 to one of the finest goals I’ve seen scored against us) yet we managed to beat 1-0 courtesy of a penalty of MacCallister. I’m still hoarse from that night.

I travelled to see us draw 0-0 at the Nou Camp, except we were so high up, the plane just dropped us off, and the only player I could discern on the postage sized stamp was ol Emile, only because he kept falling over.

Here’s hoping we don’t hold them to a tricky draw tomorrow night, but beat them 7-0 with Fowler and Bellamy both scoring hattricks, with Riise getting the winner after Dudek takes a corner for us.

Alex Ferguson amazingly gave Liverpool some credit by saying his team should aim to emulate our success in Europe. Well let me put it this way, i was born a Liverpool fan and my team were born for nights like these, European away and home. I hope our players can do the team justice rather than the justice serving notices on the team. Here’s to tomorrow night and I can’t wait for the 6th to roll on. Sing up and on, and let the world know, Liverpool are in Europe and that’s where we belong.

How the mighty wheel turns, not a month away from the Man Utd game and all the barrage of yankee doodle dandy insults we fired at the Double Glaziers, will come back, no doubt, less wittily, at us on March 3rd.

Some small town Hick, and the close shave man himself, Mr Gillette have so far said all the right things; used the word ‘football’; joked about Carra’s accent and talked of winning. And we the fans swing from “I hope we get relegated” to “Happy Days are here again”.

I want to wait for a little of the prairie dust to settle and some tumbleweed to blow through before my feelings settle. Right now I’m cautious but optimistic. I like Moores and he’s done ok so far by me, so he has my trust in this issue for now. But also I’m aware that we’re now owned by Americans. A pal of George Bush no less. Makes me feel that today my club has got a little smaller, not a little bigger….

News is breaking in the States that George Gillett Jnr may be buying into Liverpool jointly with another major sports owner Tom Hicks, who has the Texas Rangers baseball team and
Dallas Stars ice hockey team as part of his portfolio.

The Dallas Morning News reports that Hicks flew into the UK earlier this week and was expected back in the USA today. The partnership idea was hatched last week when the two men met at the NHL All-Star Game.

Gillett is believed to be at the club today after his private plane landed at Liverpool John Lennon Airport this lunchtime.