The Sound of Silence

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Apparently, the new sound at Anfield is silence. It began with a minute's silence in commemoration of the fallen, very moving for its depth and feeling, yet the one that matters at the moment is the home team support. as put very aptly by Gareth Roberts in his passionate and colourful article (Wellredmag.co.uk 18 Dec 2011), Anfield has fallen silent. Most of the noise emanates from the away end, and there was lots of "load of rubbish" but I'm not sure from where, though this may be my denial breaking through.
Apart from that, there were the usual things now so commonly associated with the Red men; bad luck, shots at the woodwork, plenty of corners and attempts at goal. Sadly, the most important statistic still escapes us, though on the strength of the second half display, the emotion seems to have returned. Good to see Daniel Agger return, and Jordan Henderson swung some beautiful passes in between his usual missteps and ballooned balls. On the touchline things seemed pretty similar which isn't ver good. They now have the match away to Blackburn to put things into place prior to Everton at Wembley and usurp the Toffees season once again. Meantime, the Red supporters have to be supportive of the team as when they were winning. As witnessed first hand in the stands, nowadays, expletive-ridden quick criticism seems the norm in the red ranks, as in most of British society.