Calling 'em out: The Aftermath

IT WORKED !!!

Sadly, I missed most of this 8-0 drubbing of Besiktas, having nodded off at some point between the first and second goals.

Amazingly, Liverpool now holds the record for the most goals scored in a Champs League match.Two weeks ago, the team was playing poorly and losing points, and their collective confidence, at Besiktas. Arsenal equalled the previous record of 7 goals and dazzled everyone in the process. Now, Liverpool has beaten that record. This is just whack, as the kids say.

I should have launched the offensive right at the start of the season. Liverpool might actually be above both Blackburn and Portsmouth, had I done it. Obviously, these guys need a dose of the call-out voodoo to get their acts together. They all rose to the occasion.

Rafa finally picked Crouch!! And he actually had an attack-focused game plan!! It's almost too much to take in.

Gerrard scored a good goal.

Soccernet said that Voronin played his best match for Liverpool and Kevin McCarra at the Guardian praised his "irrepressible movement". Okay, I am willing to cut him some slack for not scoring. But he's not off the hook completely. This was a night that the team managed 8 goals and he started the match as a striker, yet he managed no goals?? (I figure I need to keep this up, if he's ever going to score for Liverpool again.)

Ryan Babel scored 2 goals, doubling his tally in one fell swoop. Prior to this match? 2 goals from 12 appearances for Liverpool.

Hattrick hero was Benayoun, determined to prove himself anything but "aimless". Now for the really important fall-out from this performance: Can Benayoun do it for England Israel against Russia?