11 Jul 2014 13:00:28
Good to see Liverpool building on their best ever PL season (successful apparently, despite being top with three games two go, two of those at home, and finishing 2nd) by selling their best player.

Suarez is a great player, so they will be significantly weaker next season. With the loss of Suarez, the mediocre players they are bringing in and the added toll that a CL campaign can have on the squad, they certainly shouldn't be a worry in terms of the top four next season imo. I think they will finish 5th or 6th.

I have always stopped short of calling Suarez world-class though, simply because he rarely showed up in the biggest Premier League games and he hasn't proven himself in the Champions League. For me, there are very few truly world-class players around, so those are among the mandatory requirements to be considered as one. However, now that Suarez is at an elite club he has the chance to get to that level, he certainly has the ability.

1.) 11 Jul 2014
11 Jul 2014 13:22:41
They won't have that many CL games to worry about ;-)

2.) 11 Jul 2014
They'll have enough to be out of the title race by Christmas, CTR. Then on to the Europa League in the second half of the season where they will stumble to the latter stages, harming their league campaign along the way before being knocked out by another average side.

Wonder what price I'll get for that prediction! ;)

3.) 11 Jul 2014
It will be interesting to see if Liverpool can build on the success of last season but writing them off and saying they couldn't challenge for the title is pretty ridiculous. Suarez is one player, albeit an incredibly talented one, and the rest of the Liverpool squad will remain. They have been active in the transfer window, and in exchange for losing their best player they will gain squad depth. Honestly I think United fans who write off Liverpool this season are being pretty naive but I'll gladly eat my words.

4.) 11 Jul 2014
You'll see, Ruud. They'll flop.

5.) 11 Jul 2014
Believe you take the term 'bias' to a whole new level.

6.) 11 Jul 2014
I don't believe I'm bias. I have an opinion and will always present reasons why I have formed that opinion.

If I am so bias, please pick apart my post and tell me which parts lead you to think that.

7.) 12 Jul 2014
Luis Suarez is clearly world class love him or loathe him he's a genius, look at how he transformed Uruguay in the World Cup, after being rushed back from surgery, he single handedly destroyed England, he bagged 80 goals in 110 games for Ajax and 60-70 in 110 games for Liverpool, he also out scored Ronaldo at a goal to game ratio of 0.6 last season.

8.) 12 Jul 2014
Ronaldo (2013/14): 47 games, 51 goals
Suarez (2013/14): 37 games, 31 goals

I think your maths is off somewhere, McRonald.


IMO Suarez isn't world-class. Neuer, Lahm, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Ronaldo. These are world-class players. They have made a difference in the BIGGEST games domestically, year after year. They have also all contributed massively in the Champions League and won it along with other major honours. Suarez has done none of that, so can't be put in the same bracket as those guys for me. Yet.

9.) 12 Jul 2014
Believe
Rubbish, and btw.Ronaldo scored something like 12 penalties. Suarez doesn't take penalties. Theorys squashed

10.) 12 Jul 2014
He did what with "something like 12 penalties"? He scored? So the stats stand then?

I really hope you aren't suggesting that 2012 English League Cup winner Luis Suarez is a better player than 3x PL, FA Cup, 2x League Cup, 2x CL, La Liga, Copa del Rey & 2x world player of the year winner Cristiano Ronaldo.

Are you, Al?

11.) 12 Jul 2014
Al, how many of Suarez 31 goals came against the other top four teams last season? Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City?