Raffa's new deal, Not so fab Fab and Miscarriage of justice

So finally Rafa has won his war, ousting Rick Parry, and getting the better of the Americans Gillete and Hicks. Good or bad for Liverpool FC. The fans are split down the middle on this one.

Here's my take on the situation. There is now an incredible amount of pressure on Rafa to deliver a trophy this season. Why? Because if he doesn't what has changed. Key players will be a year older and the squad still isn't strong enough despite the vast spending of recent seasons. £25 million over the next five seasons is a huge investment with the Premier league title still the holy grail for the club. I cannot help thinking the events of the last seven days have blinkered the club hierarchy into another false dawn. Robbie Keane is only one of a number of signings who have come and gone without either making, or being given the opportunity to make an impact. Even although they have taken a lot of points from their top four rivals they are unlikely to win the league. What happens if they are paired with barcelona in tomorrows Champions league draw.

So many things can go wrong and probably will. There is an imminent need for a new stadium as well as new players, so the future is far from certain. I think Liverpool will end up empty-handed this season and will be rid of Rafa by the end of next. Time will tell.

Lots of media coverage re the Arsenal v Hull FA cup tie during the week. Phil Brown astonishingly seems to be coming under attack and criticism from all sides in the cold light of day. Two main points out with the alleged spitting. Why was Fabregas allowed on to the pitch and why as Club captain was he attending a match at the Emirates dressed like some common hooded thug. Wenger has no real standards, and as the Spanish have proved often, neither do they as a nation!

Sean Hodgson was released as a free man yesterday after 27 years in jail.

New evidence in the form of DNA sampling, taken at the scene, did not prove a match with his, meaning the conviction was deemed unsafe. Recently Barry George won his appeal in the Dando murder, and there have been many more miscarriages of justice in the recent past.

Is it not now time that everyone in the country gave a voluntary DNA sample to provide a full database, which in turn will lead to either a sharp decrease in crime due to deterrent, or a higher detection and solving rate.

No doubt the human rights and privacy violation brigade would argue otherwise.

I leave you with this thought on the Sean Hodgson case.

Sean Hodgson was a compulsive liar who had a history of mental illness and actually confessed to the killing while in prison for a minor offence.

The Judge gave a damning summing up of the case which led the jury to their verdict.

Hodgson did discuss certain details from the murder scene that only someone present would have been aware of. That has not been explained and remains a stone unturned.