Steven Gerrard PISSED about the Cesspool in Liverpool (Yes, the REDS suck in the English Premiership...)

Yep, it's that time of the year when you'll probably be readin' more about soccer here on OddJack.

And speaking of that little sport that means soccer in the States and football to everybody else, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is pissed about how things went down as far as their team's campaign is concerned in the 2008 English Premier League season.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard claims that at this point of the English football season, only finishing in 4th place is acceptable after the miserable stint the Reds have been having on that pitch lately.

''The Reds,'' otherwise known as Liverpool FC, is currently battling to secure entry into Europe's elite competition next term. As far as the English Premier League is concerned, Liverpool's hopes of lifting the Premier League title by season's end is all but over.

''You don't get any prizes in football for finishing in second place, never mind fourth,'' Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard said.

''I don't think that the fans would accept fourth as an accomplishment and for me it's not nearly good enough. We need to improve dramatically and even if we do finish fourth, it doesn't mean we have had a good season.''

''In the position we find ourselves now, fourth is the least that is acceptable. But we have bigger ambitions than that.''

''The only way we can fulfill those ambitions is in the Champions League. And I am not going to pretend that even winning that trophy, and we are a long way away from it at the moment, will make up for the disappointment of the league campaign.''

''I'm pretty gutted every time I look at the table and see the gap between us and Arsenal at the top, and even the gap between us and second and third.''

''We believed we had the players to challenge for the title, and we wanted that one more than any other trophy available to us. I still believe we have the squad to be a hell of a lot more competitive than we are right now.''

Here are the odds from AcesAce Sportsbook on who will win the 2008 UEFA Champions League title.

AC Milan EVEN +800

Liverpool EVEN +900

Manchester United EVEN +600

Barcelona EVEN +450

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