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Ferdinand: I would take Mo Salah over Luis Suarez

Mo Salah continued his blistering start to the new campaign as Liverpool made it two wins from two in the Champions League with a 5-1 thumping over Porto on Tuesday Evening.

 

The Estadio De Grado has been a happy hunting ground for the Reds in recent seasons and with this latest victory they made it 14 goals scored and just two conceded over their last three appearances at the venue.

 

The Egyptian maestro scored a double to move his 2021/22 season tally to eight goals in as many games.

 

This is his best start to a season in Liverpool colours and on the back of Salah becoming the quickest player in club history to 100 Premier League goals, the discussion is on regarding where he sits in the pecking order of great players.

 

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Rio Ferdinand gave an outsiders view on the topic saying that he would take Salah over another beloved goal scorer in Luis Suarez.

 

Metro (via BT Sport) reported the former Man United and England defender as saying:

 

“I’d take Mo Salah, I think what he’s done in the last four season, he’s the top scorer again for Liverpool this season, I think he’s immense.

 

“The icing on the cake is he’s an integral part of a team who’s won big trophies, the Premier League, the Champions League, he’s a joy to watch an assassin in and around the box.

 

“Yes Suarez had a fantastic season, but for what Mo Salah has done, I can’t look past him in the modern era, in terms of winning the league in a Liverpool shirt. 

 

‘He’s not even doing this playing as a No.9, he’s doing it as a wide striker, he gets all types of goals. He does a bit of everything for me, he takes people on, he can run from deep”

 

While the Uruguayan only spent three and a half seasons on Merseyside before a acrimonious departure to Barcelona, his Liverpool legacy is sealed scoring 82 goals in just 132 appearances including back to back seasons with 30 plus goals.

 

Despite being virtually shown the door by Barca and approaching his mid 30s, the determination of Suarez to prove people wrong is clearly evident and he played a major role in Atletico Madrid winning the La Liga title  last season and scored the winning penalty in their clash against AC Milan.

 

One man who knows all about stepping up at the big moment for Liverpool is Michael Owen and he had a different point of view to Ferdinand.

 

“As a one off season, Suarez under Brendan Rodgers, I’ve never seen anything like it in my life, 31 goals and 17 assists. It’s not all about who wins the league.

 

‘I don’t think he’s [Salah] great when crosses come in, he’s not good at getting on the end of them with headers.’

 

It is a interesting discussion point and everyone will have a different view, but at the end of the day Liverpool fans are the true winners having seen both of these remarkable footballers in their prime week in and week out.

 

 

 

 

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Could you ever imagine Mo Salah only scoring 11 PL goals in a season where he played 31 games? Me neither.

 

Suarez did though, his three full seasons with us saw him scoring 11, 23 and 31 goals as a front striker. 

The least PL goals Salah has got in a full season is 19, Salah is simply on another level, when it comes to consistency, goalscoring and availibility.

 

I have no idea how this is even up for question. 
 

Mo every day, and twice on weekends. 

 

Salah stats for Liverpool:

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Suarez stats for Liverpool:

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Comparing Salah and Suarez is like comparing Haaland and Mbappe. Suarez and Haaland aren't exactly similar, but it's either you want a devastating, complete #9, or you want a devastating, complete wide forward. You build the team differently around them, so the players aren't that comparable. 

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4 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

To watch

Suarez

Torres

Salah

 

To get me goals

Salah

Suarez

Torres

 

To boil peoples piss

Suarez

Suarez

Suarez

 

 

 

Footy fans being arsed about boiling other fans’ piss, is one of the worst things about modern football. Call me old fashioned, but I just want to see boss players playing for my team, scoring goals and winning things.

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3 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Footy fans being arsed about boiling other fans’ piss, is one of the worst things about modern football. Call me old fashioned, but I just want to see boss players playing for my team.

Suarez's ability to frustrate the opposition and get the opposition fans riled during a game was a benefit to us on the pitch, couldn't give a toss about off the pitch YouTube wannabe's.

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2 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Suarez's ability to frustrate the opposition and get the opposition fans riled during a game was a benefit to us on the pitch, couldn't give a toss about off the pitch YouTube wannabe's.

It definitely wasn't all the time. 

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1 hour ago, belarus said:

Disagree with this. 08/09 we picked up 86 points versus 84 in 13/14 and a post Christmas dip was our undoing there. We only lost 2 games all season

Gerrard didn't drag that side anywhere, he was part of an excellent XI in 2008. The shite Suarez played with is incomparable. 

 

Reina > Mingolet

Arbeloa = Johnson 

Sami > Skrtel 

Carragher > Sahko

Aurelio > Flanno

Masch > Allen

Alonso > Henderson 14

Gerrard 08 > Gerrard 14

Kuyt = Sterling

Riera/Benayoun < Coutinho 

Torres < Suarez

 

The thing they both have in common is the drop off in quality after the first 14. Today's squad gets to 18 or 19.

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1 hour ago, Code said:

Could you ever imagine Mo Salah only scoring 11 PL goals in a season where he played 31 games? Me neither.

 

Suarez did though, his three full seasons with us saw him scoring 11, 23 and 31 goals as a front striker. 

The least PL goals Salah has got in a full season is 19, Salah is simply on another level, when it comes to consistency, goalscoring and availibility.

 

I have no idea how this is even up for question. 
 

Mo every day, and twice on weekends. 

 

Salah stats for Liverpool:

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Suarez stats for Liverpool:

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When was Suarez never available other than bans? As injury free as they come 

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also think it’s remiss to not consider the impact of their respective managers that managed them. Imagine Klopp giving Suarez a hug.

 

ideally both is the right answer. But if I had to pick one I’d go with Suarez. He would replace the goals salah goals and his will to win was something else. I believe he would get his barca numbers in this team.

 

they are both bloody great though.

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2 hours ago, No2 said:

Gerrard didn't drag that side anywhere, he was part of an excellent XI in 2008. The shite Suarez played with is incomparable. 

 

Reina > Mingolet

Arbeloa = Johnson 

Sami > Skrtel 

Carragher > Sahko

Aurelio > Flanno

Masch > Allen

Alonso > Henderson 14

Gerrard 08 > Gerrard 14

Kuyt = Sterling

Riera/Benayoun < Coutinho 

Torres < Suarez

 

The thing they both have in common is the drop off in quality after the first 14. Today's squad gets to 18 or 19.

Yeah, that’s fair enough to be fair mate. That 08/09 is prime Gerrard. Torres wouldn’t have got anywhere near the numbers he did without Stevie. He never did before or after. Gerrard dragged every team he played in a level or 2, or even 3 above at times. There were shit teams he was in where we pushed close as well - a lot worse than that 13/14 team, who again gained and were lifted from having Gerrard there. Suarez was himself.

 

Also, Sami was mainly the back up when needed that season - mainly skrtel and carra at cb.

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48 minutes ago, JagSquared said:

also think it’s remiss to not consider the impact of their respective managers that managed them. Imagine Klopp giving Suarez a hug.

 

ideally both is the right answer. But if I had to pick one I’d go with Suarez. He would replace the goals salah goals and his will to win was something else. I believe he would get his barca numbers in this team.

 

they are both bloody great though.

How's Suarez will to win greater than Salah? Because he was a cunt on the pitch? Then yes, but otherwise, I don't know how you'd measure that.

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1 hour ago, JagSquared said:

also think it’s remiss to not consider the impact of their respective managers that managed them. Imagine Klopp giving Suarez a hug.

 

ideally both is the right answer. But if I had to pick one I’d go with Suarez. He would replace the goals salah goals and his will to win was something else. I believe he would get his barca numbers in this team.

 

they are both bloody great though.

Kenny put his reputation and job on the line for Suarez 

I'd be staggered if he didnt appreciate what he did

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3 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

When was Suarez never available other than bans? As injury free as they come 


So being a bit of a cunt and getting bans for biting people, doesnt count as a negative then? 

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11 minutes ago, Code said:


So being a bit of a cunt and getting bans for biting people, doesnt count as a negative then? 

I’m talking about football, I’m not a peace envoy. Suarez was never injured and was a phenomenal footballer as is Salah, I love them both. Suarez was better though, he was a cunt yeah, so what? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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43 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

I’m talking about football, I’m not a peace envoy. Suarez was never injured and was a phenomenal footballer as is Salah, I love them both. Suarez was better though, he was a cunt yeah, so what? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


So what? He missed games because of it, I dont want our players to miss games because they cant behave. 
 

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When analysing Suarez's feats for us, you have to preface it with the fact that he was vilified, like no other player in the history of the Premier League. The number of times he was legitimately fouled in the box and a penalty wasn't given (because of his reputation) is too numerous to count. It's also important to note that he didn't take penalties, unlike Mo.

 

Just look at that 13/14 season: 31 goals, 13 assists and 14 man of the match awards. It speaks for itself. 59 goals for Barcelona in the 15/16 season. Mo is amazing, and we're incredibly lucky to have him, but Suarez was a freak of nature. 

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The best performance I've ever seen when I've been in the ground was Suarez against Zenit in David Brent's first season as manager! I've never seen a player torture a team like that before or since. He was mind blowingly brilliant.

 

Doesn't change the fact that Mo is ace.

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12 minutes ago, Creator Supreme said:

The best performance I've ever seen when I've been in the ground was Suarez against Zenit in David Brent's first season as manager! I've never seen a player torture a team like that before or since. He was mind blowingly brilliant.

 

Doesn't change the fact that Mo is ace.

Didn’t we lose as well?

 

Its not even close if you watched both players in their prime.

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11 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

How's Suarez will to win greater than Salah? Because he was a cunt on the pitch? Then yes, but otherwise, I don't know how you'd measure that.

I’m sure they both want to win, it’s just that Suarez’ will was clearly evident on the pitch, it was bursting out of him. 
 

 him running himself into the ground, that determination to be first to everything and chase lost causes despite being kicked to shit constantly and getting nothing. he would just be there shouting at the oppo and his own players demanding 100%. Ive never seen anyone like him play for us. it lifted others around him to another level. Add that to his overall quality and easy to see why we loved him so much and backed him up when the media was all over him. He was just fun to watch.
 

salah is a much more subdued personality but make no mistake he has that desire to win and be first. I adore him too and both make my all time first 11 (in my lifetime).

 

10 hours ago, Arniepie said:

Kenny put his reputation and job on the line for Suarez 

I'd be staggered if he didnt appreciate what he did

It’s a shame Kenny didn’t get more time with Kenny and the rest was with a tactically naive Rodgers. 

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