Barney sourced this

I will ask you again, f***tard, why you left out this bit from the same article:

"In fact, the team should be commended for getting this far when you consider the nightmarish string of events that have turned Benitez's first Premiership season into a veritable baptism of fire."

And, the rest:

"Benitez lost his first-choice center-forward (Djibril Cisse) and two serviceable backup strikers (Neil Mellor and Florent Sinama-Pongolle) for much of the campaign. The much-hyped Harry Kewell, who was supposed to bring quality and creativity to the front line, was exposed as a bust in his second season at Anfield and has spent much of the last few months sulking and training by himself. Winter signing Fernando Morientes is ineligible to play in Champions League for the Reds. Chris Kirkland, the supposed goalkeeping prodigy, went down to injury early on. His replacement, Jerzy Dudek, endured one of the worst seasons of his career and then injured himself before the quarterfinal clash with Juventus, forcing Liverpool to turn to inexperienced teenager Scott Carson. And the starting midfield duo of Xabi Alonso and Dietmar Hamann was sidelined for huge chunks of the campaign.

As if that weren't enough, local hero-Liverpool icon Steven Gerrard, who himself had his share of injuries, has spent the season battling rumors that he will leave in the summer."

So, in conclusion - we've done rather well, which is much of the point of the article.

This may, or may not, become evident to you as you manage to crawl past first grade some time next year.

I wish you'd honor that name soon.