Luis Suarez: The little magician

[m0e]

27 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I agree Kenny seemed to get the best out of him again. But that was just a couple of weeks. I would wonder if his downing tools was broader than the owl, there was a lot of animosity between the club, Torres and Spain the way his injury he had in the run up to the world cup went. And he never seemed to be quite as explosive after that injury. I honestly think he lost his heart for football a bit during that whole period and just never got it back while he was young enough to be the same player. Only he knows that though. 

His heart was certainly no longer in it, and he clearly left Liverpool because of a head over heart decision.

 

That's why I said his performances at Chelsea were due to multiple reasons, not just as simple as "injuries fucked him".

 

I saw him live at least 3 times before he left, and he seemed back to his best. Maybe not as quick, but certainly quick enough.

[Barrington Womble]

27 minutes ago, PrivateParts said:

During the last couple of years of Randolph & Mortimer, Liverpool FC was not a happy place for anyone.

No doubt there were loads of problems. But I mean on a more personal level. Spain thought he should have an op from very early on - and likely because they wanted him back for the world cup all firing. LFC and their doctors were saying op should be the last resort as the chance of perfect recovery came without an op - but of course we were really struggling and we're desperate to have him on the pitch. But I think rest was the only cure without an op and we were trying to get him through the season and spain obviously feared they'd either get a semi fit player or the world cup was the opportunity for rest. In the end I am pretty sure he had to have the op anyway which meant he'd struggled through our season and wasn't properly fit for the world cup, everybody got the worst possible outcome. And if the rumours of the time I heard were true, he felt neither Spain or LFC cared at all what was in the long term interest of him and only in their short term needs. 

[Bjornebye]

16 hours ago, Preston Red said:

The best player I've ever seen live at Anfield. In that, I include Stevie, Torres and Xabi.

 

The saddest thing I ever saw was him and Torres playing up front in that charity game the season after he left. The movement between them (even though it was a kick about) was just unreal. No team could've lived with them two and gave us a glimpse of what could've been had Torres not decided to jump ship.

Made up the Kop sung to Torres song that day. 
 

I only got over (well I still haven’t fully) Torres leaving when I watched Suarez tear Utd apart when we beat them 3:1. What a player. Truly unbelievable and I think we just about got the best of him even though he tore it up at Barca. If we win that title in 14 it would have been all on him. Truly superb player 

[Barrington Womble]

40 minutes ago, m0e said:

His heart was certainly no longer in it, and he clearly left Liverpool because of a head over heart decision.

 

That's why I said his performances at Chelsea were due to multiple reasons, not just as simple as "injuries fucked him".

 

I saw him live at least 3 times before he left, and he seemed back to his best. Maybe not as quick, but certainly quick enough.

Hard to argue with that. His fall would seem to be related to lots of things. Maybe he wasn't as quick, maybe he actually didn't want to play for Chelsea, maybe the romance of football had gone for him and he realised it was just business. There's no doubt here and obviously in Madrid he thrived from the love and worship from the stands and despite here not being Madrid he was very much at home at both clubs. That connection can't be underestimated. 

[Preston Red]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Made up the Kop sung to Torres song that day. 
 

I only got over (well I still haven’t fully) Torres leaving when I watched Suarez tear Utd apart when we beat them 3:1. What a player. Truly unbelievable and I think we just about got the best of him even though he tore it up at Barca. If we win that title in 14 it would have been all on him. Truly superb player 

It was nice to see although it still leaves a somewhat bitter taste in the way he left.

 

Luis was phenomenal. Every time he got the ball you expected magic and he very rarely disappointed. 

[Reckoner]

In the flesh I’ve never seen a player come even close to Suarez the way he played that season. 
Maybe Salif Diao.

[KMD7]

4 hours ago, Reckoner said:

In the flesh I’ve never seen a player come even close to Suarez the way he played that season. 
Maybe Salif Diao.

Steady

[Kevin D]

On 31/01/2021 at 16:04, The Midnight Rambler said:

 

 

Ballague with a classic case of Exaggerated Accent Disorder.

[VladimirIlyich]

16 hours ago, Kevin D said:

 

Ballague with a classic case of Exaggerated Accent Disorder.

Obviously finished! He has little to offer.

[Vincent Vega]

Still capable of magic.

 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Hope he rips united a new arsehole this week

[Captain Turdseye]

10 years!

 

 

[SlugTrail]

7 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

10 years!

 

 

The piss boiling, player biting,  hair pulling crazy muvva fucker. How we could do with him in his prime now.

[El Rojo]

3 hours ago, Captain Turdseye said:

10 years!

 

 

Moyes was actually pretty gracious about that after the game. Genius recognising genius. 

[lifetime fan]

4 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Moyes was actually pretty gracious about that after the game. Genius recognising genius. 

Couldn’t really be anything else could he, what with Phil Neville being booked for a shocking dive. 

[Jurgen Knows]

Signed for Gremio, Lucas Leiva’s old club in Brazil

 

 

[Rotpeter]

Lucas is back at Gremio now.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Hat-trick on his Gremio debut.

 

[VladimirIlyich]

6 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Hat-trick on his Gremio debut.

 

Suarez to Gremio? Did Lucas persuade him to go there? Great move for Gremio.

[joe_fishfish]

As good as Haaland has been I still think Suarez’s 13/14 season will never be topped. Was much more of a complete footballer than Haaland is.

[Kevin D]

On 31/12/2022 at 21:54, Rotpeter said:

Lucas is back at Gremio now.

Getting the old band back together.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

10 minutes ago, joe_fishfish said:

As good as Haaland has been I still think Suarez’s 13/14 season will never be topped. Was much more of a complete footballer than Haaland is.

As someone pointed out on here, when Haaland isn't scoring he isn't contributing anything.

[TheDrowningMan]

43 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

As someone pointed out on here, when Haaland isn't scoring he isn't contributing anything.

Yeah, exactly. It seemed a pretty good bet when they signed him that he would score a shitload of goals while also making them worse.

 

You have to wonder if Guardiola is, for the first time at that club, being told who to play, because Haaland really shouldn’t be anything close to a regular starter for a machine like City.

[DJLJ]

15 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

Yeah, exactly. It seemed a pretty good bet when they signed him that he would score a shitload of goals while also making them worse.

 

You have to wonder if Guardiola is, for the first time at that club, being told who to play, because Haaland really shouldn’t be anything close to a regular starter for a machine like City.

This would be the Harland that has scored 21 goals this season? That Haaland shouldn't be a regular starter?

[TheDrowningMan]

1 hour ago, DJLJ said:

This would be the Harland that has scored 21 goals this season? That Haaland shouldn't be a regular starter?

Yes, because they’re a worse team with him in it; this time last season City had scored more, conceded fewer and had 5 extra points on the board.
 

Haaland does nothing when he’s not scoring, and City’s style of play is dependent on every player doing something at all times. He robs them of their fluidity and makes them easier to play against.
 

It’s not even a knock on him as a player - he’s arguably as good a pure goalscorer as there’s ever been, but that doesn’t make him a fit for everyone.