Every question thats raised theres an excuse and a poor one at that.
When a players rubbish it seems to be:
"He needs time"
"He's only 20"
"He didn't cost alot"
"Its player instructions"
"He is good enough, look at the 3 goals he's scored last season and such and such an important goal"
"You're clueless he's a great player, he just can't perform on a football pitch"
When Rafa wastes money on

"He's not got the money"
"We can't compete"
"He needs time"
"You can't expect this or that"
"Its the owners fault"
When Rafa signs the wrong players and lets the good ones go:
"He's past it"
"He's not good enough"
"He'll be good in 5 years"
"This ones better than the original target and is the new Maradonna"
The ownership situation's awful, lets make no mistake, but its not been awful for five years, why has this team's personel not improved in five years. We're no better off than we were in Houlliers last season, we're still a two man team only its Torres instead of Owen now.
Why do people keep coming out with rubbish excuses?
Reina, Carragher, Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard, Torres and Keane are good enough.
Why don't we have any other players that are?
The fact is, if the rest are, that means the lads I've wrote down aren't as good as you seem to think... OR that means that you over rate the other players.
So which is it?
When are we going to stop making excuses and realise the truth?