pool/blood versus counters

If a location states to put blood or pool on it, is that blood or pool now considered a "counter"? Meaning that you can use goth band or Church of the Order of St. Blaise? Or does the location have to specifically state "counter"? Example: Alamut

<adam....@ngc.com> wrote in message news:1107435736.3...@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [ quoted text not captured ] Blood and pool are counters. -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. V:TES homepage: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/ Though effective, appear to be ineffective -- Sun Tzu