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The Ray of Hope Appeal can now announce that work on Ray’s bathroom has been completed. Ray has been concerned about the condition of his bathroom for many years. Several years ago he fell in the shower and badly injured himself so it was a priority for us to renovate the whole room. With a healthy donation from the PFA work began in February and took eight days. Thanks to your generous donations Ray now has new handrails on the walls and a whole new shower which has a central pole and a seat. We have also replaced the toilet and sink units in both the bathroom and second toilet area. Ray is delighted with the work and thanked you all several times when we visited him last month. This, along with work in his bedroom, means that his bungalow is much more comfortable and safer than before. Now that the major piece of renovation is completed we will be looking at other areas to improve, starting with replacing some of his older handrails and maybe adding more if required. Ray would like to say “I’m thrilled at the new bathroom and would like to thank everyone who helped and were kind enough to donate. It’s fantastic.” You have all made an enormous contribution to his life, just as he did to ours. Home Ray of Hope Appeal

Drunk posting this::drool: I was watching the game tonight in The Submarine Bar in Dublin: in the presence of the the LFC legend, JOHN ALDRIDGE. There was a Q&A session after game where the audience got to put their questions to John. After raising my arm for a few minutes, I got to ask - "of the squad you played with, excluding yourself, who alone would make the biggest difference to our present squad"? You could probably guess that he said that John Barnes would be the make the biggest difference. But the elaborated to say that if (obviously hypothetically) Digger was playing, he would at least turn half our draws into victories. Other questioners asked about the current situation, but he didn't add to anything that hasn't already been said either way. Though he did say that we were alright down the middle but our wings were "shite". He also mentioned that some of our squad wouldn't make the reserves of his era. When questioned about typical incredulous Rafa decisions, he expressed the same bemusement as most - "I just don't know mate". He didn't want to be drawn on political Parry issues, but felt that Keane was treated abysmally. I asked later on a one-to-one - "who of his era would be an unsung hero in our present lot?" He answered that Ronnie Whelan, or Steve Nichol would make a huge difference. I said to him that I thought Steve McMahon would be his answer, but he stuck with his original choice. Tonights game reminded me so much of a typical Kenny Dalglish team performance; nothing out of this world, but professionally dealt with. What a difference a few days make in football! Mascherano was a revelation at RB (Not to me though). Ngog is far too young and promising to be written off just yet. We dominated without being a constant threat, but we fully deserved our triumph.