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I see Liverpool have finally found their level...

Yes, yes, and yes. It's actually very clear to me but like you said, it's a matter of opinion. But if you're looking to why Jose and the coaching staff have not lived up to your expectations on youth integration I think this would be one of the main candidates for the possible explanations. Jose probably views the like of Boga and RLC like I view them. Go back to his interviews, ever time he talks about them he says something along the lines of "very promising but very far from ready" while he says that Zouma is first team quality and Ake very nearly there.

I think, regardless, the players still hold a big responsibility for the failure of that period. But that's all ancient history, now.

Yeah, but better have them rushing over to a fake injury than walking slowly to a potentially fatal one!

He said "chairman", isn't that Bruce Buck. Why would he expect Roman to be around any way?

Of course they have the capability of beating Derby and similarly Derby have the capabilities of winning as well. No one said they would have definitely lost but from what we knew about Derby and the match I think they would have severely damaged our likelihood of winning the match and I think that was proved by the performances yesterday. And, please, don't tell me that you seriously believe that Boga can perform as well as Schurrle in any circumstance! That's just ridiculous over-hyping that ends up only hurting the players themselves like what happened with Chalobah. No one from our academy currently is even remotely close to first team quality. Zouma is the only youngster close and you can make a case for Ake but he's unfortunately been injured in the period where he might have been given a couple of chances. Everyone else, from RLC to Boga, Baker, Swift, Christensen....etc. even if they were given more time this season they are still going to have to go on loan and prove themselves before they could become part of the first team. Anyone who thinks differently is just deluding themselves, imho.

Eventually worked out for the best, I guess, even though it is clear that Andre was not treated fairly at Chelsea.

I repeat:

Thought he did much better than Cahill has in the past few games

“Eva was saying at least three times prior to that through the radio, ‘Bring the stretcher’. We could hear it,” said Cech. “I think that was why everyone was upset with the call. We heard ‘Bring the stretchers’, ‘Bring the stretchers’ and ‘Bring the stretchers’ but nobody was coming. I think that’s why the players got involved." “The doctor was there quickly, everybody was there making sure he was OK. Our medical team and the referees they did really well. The other guys took a little bit of time, but I don’t think the player was in danger at that time because the doctor was with him, Eva was with him.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11298711/Petr-Cech-clash-of-heads-with-Chelsea-team-mate-Kurt-Zouma-could-have-been-much-worse.html Hopefully this sparks some discussion on how the medical teams on the ground should respond. In certain situations, quick response can be the difference between life and death. We know all too well from the Muamba and Foe incidents.

AVB slamming Tottenham, Levy and the Sport Director: http://www.portugoal.net/portuguese-abroad/114-avb-i-ve-had-my-fill-of-media-sensationalism-and-false-promises

At Stoke on a cold and rainy Monday night? That doesn't sound worrying at all...

The same Maribor we drew against?

Physically yes, but mentally he does not have the discipline to play the holding role for a whole match and I don't think he'd want to. Absolutely no idea why we are discussing this. The chances of him coming here are practically zero.

I'm sorry, but where is exactly is the reasoning for this coming from? You're using this as fact when it is far from it. Last night, we something very close to our best XI (only Mikel was arguably one of the 'fringe' players after Zouma was subbed off as Luis and Drogba are very much regulars) and we were looking in trouble until the ref decided to wrongly send off a Derby player. Yes, we managed the game well and made it look fairly comfortable most of the times but that was a close game. Derby played very well and made it difficult for us, as we all knew they would. How exactly do you conclude that we would still have won had a couple of first-teamers been replaced by inexperience youth players? For me, the way the game panned out and level at which Derby played only confirms that Jose was 100% right to start a very strong team.

That's not true. Jose did what was best for the team. The team always comes first and the simple fact is Rami is more important to the team than Mo. It's literally that simple.

So he is Brazilian after all!

Reading on Twitter that it's not a bad or long-term injury. Hopefully true.

Honestly, like I said before, I was very impressed by your team. I've seen a couple of your games this season but I thought you really upped your performance today. I can honestly say that probably better than a few of the PL teams we've played this season like Hull, QPR and Burnley. I though McClaren got his tactics pretty spot on.

Inconsistent. Even during a single game like tonight he seems to have good and bad spells. Needs to stop worrying about scoring goals and start worrying about performing consistently.

Think he was meant to come off the bench if it weren't for the injuries. Unfortunately for him getting Rami back to full fitness is more important than giving him a chance to prove himself. That said, I still think there's a start for him somewhere between now and Jan 1st.

That's a relief. Was genuinely worried about him, especially after seeing the reaction of the players around him. Head injury is nothing to take lightly.

I take what I said about him in the number 10 position, he was incredible today! Well, not everything, I still have reservations that he has the legs to press top teams high up the pitch like Oscar and Willian do. But his involvement today was excellent and he was brilliant on the ball.

Went with Eden for MOTM for his amazing professionalism and work-rate, even though Cesc was incredible as well. Really, everyone had an excellent or at least decent game, today.