The Johnson tackle on Torres is that the penalty decision you guys are talking about, where Johnson got all of the ball, clear as day? Very tough tackle, but spot on.
Of course, Brum had a nailed on penalty denied, that was actually a penalty not wishful thinking. Johnson tracking someone across the box he turned his shoulder, very clearly barged whoever it was and sent them flying, it was a clear as day foul in the box, off the ball but never the less a penalty.
As for playing the same way with much the same team, but worse, Caragher is MUCH worse than 2 years ago, Gerrard and Torres aren't half the players they were two years ago, Reina is far more prone to a slip(making mistakes for Spain recently aswell as pool), Lucas is still awful, Benny, one of the more consistant players has gone, Maxi is completely useless. You had Garcia who almost always gave Liverpool goals, and was a massive big game player for you, you ditched him and got Babel, Maxi and the likes.
The team for the past two years was running off form from the years before with better players to be honest, they are really just starting to play at the level they should be, thoroughly average across the board with a few star players who simply aren't performing.
As for Poulson, he seemed much better on and off the ball, than Lucas and I assume Lucas will be replaced with the new guy ahead and Gerrard back in midfield where people seem to forget, he had a consistant decade and one great season as a "withdrawn striker" a position in which he's rather sucked for the past year. Even for England when pushed forwards he was terrible and now people are praising him when he plays in a far more normal central midfield role.
I mean if you honestly look at Pools team, theres players from the top 6-7 sides I would take(exclude city and their "dream team" )over almost every position at Liverpool. Defensively, I wouldn't take a single player from Liverpool, Villa, even Arsenal, Chelsea, Utd, Spurs, they all have players I'd choose first, midfield, Gerrard's the only one worth talking about and in terms of form, again Arsenal, Chelsea, Utd, Spurs, Villa all have 3-4 players I'd take before a single Pool player.
Upfront, Torres on current form and lazyness, does nothing with the ball unless he's inside the box and can shoot straight away, I wouldn't take him, on form, Gerrard and Torres over a lot of other players in the top 6, but off form(which they have been for a over a year, or simply not fit often enough).
) disagree with Drunkenmaster. 
