Some Liverpool fans will never be accused of alacrity when it come to the League Cup, but like it or not our love-affair with winning trophy's distinguishes us from other clubs, its adds to our mantra as a successful club. It elevates us above most other clubs irrespective of their league position and current form.
Already, many fans dreams of witnessing silverware hanging off the back of a coach or a trip to Wembley have been culled. Even a meretricious semi-final visit on an early Spring afternoon would be sincerely welcome to thousands of fans who have seen their team squander league places over the festive period. For most, English football represents entry and exit of three cup competitions, for Liverpool it represents entry, progress and a likelihood of a win of any of four competitions.
It won't be doomsday if we lose tomorrow, but it will be a missed opportunity for fans, the youth in our squad and more pertinently for Brendan Rodgers who will be keen to add to the clubs shiny haul and write his name in our history.
WBA haven't caused a threat to us since I was a kid, so every effort and every ounce of energy should be placed by every member of the club to ensure they don't prevent us from being in that draw tomorrow night.
We are, by association with the number that rests over the silhouette of each available trophy, a club that prides itself with every cup win, they sustain our existence as one of the great clubs in the world. Enjoy every single one as if ions will pass before the next without sympathy for the clubs who use ribbons in hair rather than in cabinets.