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As effective as Pulis football is, it's also going to be a hugely limiting factor that ensures the club goes no where.

Yeah I don't like them at all but Stoke aren't really the same. As a team they're aggressive but they don't really go about trying to cause injury, they're just rough. There's a few of them like Huth, Wilkinson and Adam but they've always been dirty players and they do get called for it, despite not playing for the mighty Liverpool Football Club.

The main thing for me is that make Suarez worse is that, if Stoke are on the receiving end of a foul they usually take it well and carry on without much fuss, as it's all part of their image. Suarez is the complete opposite, he dishes it out regularly but any sort of movement near him and he's screaming and rolling about, so the fact he's doing that and also going about hurting people makes him more of a cunt.

DISCLAIMER: THIS ISN'T A BLIND DEFENCE OF SUAREZ. DISCLAIMER OVER.

I actually think on the diving front he's been better since the Stoke game. He's still not exactly a hard man but his theatrics have been reduced I think. His reactions were getting to the stage where he'd get fouled but not get it because of the way he goes down, and thankfully he seems to have improved that side of his game (for now).

So you think if Luis Suarez played for Manchester United or Chelsea, his diving and cheating exploits wouldn't be brought to everyone's attention?

You implicitly claimed that it was purely because he played for Liverpool that people think he's a cunt.

Their football is positively breathtaking in comparison to some of the shite you were served up before winning the Abu Dhabi oil money lottery, in fairness.

Nice to have you back to your best.

Ninja is becoming a lot like KM lately.

Oh are we having a go at Stoke?

I'll have a go at Stoke.

There's something to be said for the fact that it works, but I hate how people think that because it's effective it's therefore admirable. They're a horrible little club, from a horrible little city managed by a horrible cunt. In fact, Stoke City are a fantastic advert for why you should never go to Stoke.

Their fans also seem to think that we have some kind of rivalry, which is funny, because they're so insignificant. I think their biggest PROPER rivalry is with Port Vale, that says it all.

I also can't stand how stagnant they are, they're going no where. As effective as Pulis football is, it's also going to be a hugely limiting factor that ensures the club goes no where. There going to slide slowly, slowly, towards the relegation zones and one day the specter of Stoke City will be happily removed from this division finishing the story of the most pointless team that's ever been in the Premiership.

But, just like watching them, talking about Stoke is boring. No one likes Stoke, no one will defend them and no one disagrees. The greatest compliment I'd take if I was a Liverpool fan on here is that you are at least important enough, still, to be actively hated. I'd be worried about the day no one hates United any more, because it would mean, for some reason, that we were no longer important enough to be hated.

Most arrogant post ever?

From the third tier to midtable Premier League in 12 years, appearing in an FA Cup Final, qualifying for Europe and nearly trebling attendances. Maybe thats no where by Manchester United standards. And it should be noted that Pulis is generally aiming for a higher class of player. Charlie Adam, Steven N'Zonzi and Peter Crouch are certainly better than general big cloggers. As well as Palacios, Owen, and attempts to sign Ba and Huddlestone etc.

Of course Stoke's style of play is going put of a lot of players and being a limiting factor, but that argument doesn't make sense, as those players wouldn't be willing to play for a mid-table Championship side playing a more attractive style of football.

Liverpool hire 'expert on common sense'
Peters will work one day a week at Liverpool's Melwood training ground

Liverpool have appointed Steve Peters, the sports psychologist credited with helping to transform the fortunes of British cycling, to work with manager Brendan Rodgers and his team.

Peters, whom Bradley Wiggins called "a world expert on common sense", will work one day a week at Liverpool's Melwood training ground in addition to his commitments with UK Athletics.

"As a manager, it can be a lonely business when you are trying to drive the club forward," said Rodgers as he prepared to return to Swansea, where, despite his achievements at the Liberty Stadium, he may not receive a warm reception.

He confirmed that Peters's work would not just be confined to Liverpool's players but extend to his own backroom staff. "It is nice to have a different set of eyes and experiences," Rodgers said. "I do a lot of technical, tactical and physical training and sometimes what gets bypassed is the mental thing for players, especially in the modern game at the top level."

Peters worked with mentally ill patients at Rampton Hospital before turning his attention to sport and has had limited involvement in football, although Craig Bellamy employed him in a personal capacity and credited him with an upswing in form that helped him take Liverpool to last season's League Cup final. Bellamy said that Peters's work stresses becoming not a better footballer but a more rational person, who can think more clearly under pressure.

Rodgers said: "I have always worked with neurologists, who are not just about sport but life, really. Sometimes, having someone independent to support you is good.

"We have brought in someone who is one of the leading guys in the world in what he does – and it is a real coup for us."

What the fuck is that? I've never seen/heard of that before.

This is old as sin and I'm sure KL is going to get all defensive but it's fucking hilarious if you haven't seen it.

He's actually just a tremendously misunderstood individual with an inner ear infection