errr. it kinda obvious rite? 6+5 rule.

How could Flanagan, Kelly or Johnson in first 11 together. We need 5 home grown players on the pitch until the game ends. Therefore, downing Henderson and Adam brought in.

English players aren't exactly loyal as well

Downing, from Boro to Villa to Liverpool
Henderson, understandable la, from Sunderland to Liverpool
Carroll, Geordie, but moved to Liverpool
Rooney, self proclaimed Blue but forced the move to the Mancs
Gareth Barry, from Villa to Man City
Milner, Leeds, Newcastle Utd, Aston Villa, Citeh

All strikers will be useless with the midfielders and LW we have now

Are you sure we never made an inquiry? Also, do you reckon he'd leave a team who qualified for Europe for one who isn't in it altogether? Why Downing? Why not? Were you totally against the idea at the time we wanted to sign him or only now that he isn't setting the world alight? Would Mata have settled into English football? Would he have settled to life in England? Would he pack his bags and leave if we don't qualify for the Champions League again? Yes, British players however overpriced, are a safer bet when it comes to adaptability. For every successful foreigner there is a Fernando Morientes, Andrei Shevchenko or Juan Sebastian Veron. It's also been said before that managers from a particular region prefer to work with players from that region.
We spent a lot but what is the average age of the players we've spent on? Buying young players isn't an indication of our intent to look to the future? Perhaps you need to be reminded that we have a wage structure and the focus is on young players hence why we didn't add to the salary of Meireles. I disagree that Carroll was a panic buy, it was a statement of intent by the owners, that they would spend money if they deemed it necessarily and would not do so foolishly. It was timely as well as fans were skeptical after Tom and Jerry promised much and spent nothing out of their own pockets, loading us with debt instead. Read between the lines.  We got 50 for Torress and at the time Carroll was in fine form and I still have high hopes for him. So easy to criticize when results are less than satisfactory. Who not spend more time finding answers to your own questions? I think we owe it to the manager, the club and the players to understand and empathize rather than to criticize, no?

I did. wasn't that worth the experience in terms of exclusivity.

for matchday, you only get to 'hear' the radio version of the match.

but for reserves and U-s matches, yeah, they are live.

See the hypocrisy here?

When Suarez is finally charged and found guilty by the FA, I knew this would be the kind of reply that will came out from you lots.

Now, racism is racism. Why still defend him?

Word vs word, only 2 ppl will know..suarez and evra. If you actually read what I posted, never once did I say suarez is guilty, I said charges were pressed or something along those lines. As for how do I know otherwise? I already said this, I dont, and I'm not playing the guessing game. I just hate it when people start to make hypothetical and plausible scenarios to "justify"

Break it down for ya.

1. suarez accused of racism
2. fans say suarez is not a racist
3. says that suarez played in holland for 5 years no racial issue
4. therefore, because of #3, #1 cannot be true.

flawed logic. like i said, first time for everything. as for suarez being a racist, maybe, maybe not. but the saying suarez played 5 years with no incident isnt really valid "prove" enough to completely discount him.

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Added on November 17, 2011, 4:00 pm

Please....facts right then post ffs. First off, the Steve Finnan incident, Evra did not accuse anyone, it was a deaf fan who lipread it and made a report. For the london rentboys incident, it was Mike Phelan who leveled the accusation. Just because it involves Evra, doesnt mean he made the claim. This is the FIRST time he is making a racial accusation.

I thought you pool fans damn like facts. facts about this, facts about that....get your facts right like rafa plz.

So, quite sometime ago when Duke posted this some of you guys agreed to let the FA decide this case. When the verdict come out all of you guys didn't want to accept this. Sensible hm? 

in b4 this is all conspiracy theory 

to all torres haters, you all actually dont know why Torres left the club...

Fernando Torres insists Liverpool fans are unaware of the real reasons behind his transfer to Chelsea.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/...ol-exit?cc=4716