Liverpool Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 *mod warning linked in OP 26/07*

Washington Irving

DrumSteve wrote: »

And even then if Sanchez is told he "gently" should go to us, we could potentially have a very valuable player who doesnt want to be with us.

**** that.

The word 'gently' is in the wrong place. Thought you ought to know.

Iused2likebusts

NukaCola wrote: »

Our attacking 3/4 players deserve a lot of praise collectively for the season just gone. Suarez was the spearhead but in no way should get all the praise.

I never said he should get all the praise though. I think he was our most important player and Id imagine almost everybody would agree with that.

Iused2likebusts

NukaCola wrote: »

I never said he could be replaced. Personally i would fight tooth and nail to keep him.

Dont mention the teeth:pac:

rob316

Suarez after the season he had was always going to be impossible to hold onto your naieve if you thought otherwise.

It's about getting the best fee possible now and an adequate replacement.

Grayditch

He did go mad in the World Cup and get banned from looking at a football for a while, it's not mental to think he might not be going.

I'm resigned to the idea that he may leave, seeing as how I did all bulls1t this last year, so I'm numb to it now, but it's not out of the realms of possibility that he might be staying for 6 months, anyway.

murpho999

The reliable and non-sensationalist Liverpool Echo reporting that Barcelona were behind Suarez's statement today.

Link

passremarkable

Losing Suarez could make us drop down to 5/6th in table easily .
He makes all the others step up a level, it's a disaster if he goes.
He is that influential a player!
Sounds like he is as good as gone unfortunately

murpho999

Mr Alan wrote: »

Suarez leaving would be absolutely ****ing horrendous for the club

It'll be tough but not that bad , club will buy more and move on.

Happened before and will happen again.

Torres leaving has thought me not to be emotionally affected by footballers leaving anymore.

Also, it appears that Suarez is trying to engineer a move away for the 2nd season in a row now and I think we can do without that.

bad2dabone

Turtyturd wrote: »

Our very own Ozil.

So bitter, so so bitter. :-)

Kerrigooney

bad2dabone wrote: »

So bitter, so so bitter. :-)

Turdy drops the bait and bad2dabone has a nibble. Sure as night follows day...

Calvin

Hoping Suarez leaves us with an open letter thanking the club and the fans for standing by him 100% in all of the situations he's been in. Don't think he'll ever get a better support than the fans at Anfield chanting his name...it'll be a tough one to get over........if he even leaves

Grayditch

Ha, I think I'll pass on any more Suarez literature, if the last two releases have been anything to go by. He'll end up asking for thanks.

MD1990

Torres in his prime was not as good any where near as good as Suarez & when we lost Torres a lot knew he was on the decline. Suarez would a huge loss & I can't think of any sort of decent replacement if we don't get Sanchez.

Knex*

Said it before, but losing Suarez would be akin to if Gerrard had left in 2005.

~Rebel~

MD1990 wrote: »

Torres in his prime was not as good any where near as good as Suarez & when we lost Torres a lot knew he was on the decline. Suarez would a huge loss & I can't think of any sort of decent replacement if we don't get Sanchez.

Dunno about that, his form dramatically improved as soon as Hodgson left - scored 4 under Dalglish in his month under him (5 really, but one was incorrectly ruled out against Fulham).

But totally agree that Suarez leaving would be much worse. He's 2 top class players in 1.

Davei141

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Dunno about that, his form dramatically improved as soon as Hodgson left - scored 4 under Dalglish in his month under him (5 really, but one was incorrectly ruled out against Fulham).

But totally agree that Suarez leaving would be much worse. He's 2 top class players in 1.

That was just a blip, as evident by his form before and since.

LiamoSail

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Hoping Suarez leaves us with an open letter thanking the club and the fans for standing by him 100% in all of the situations he's been in. Don't think he'll ever get a better support than the fans at Anfield chanting his name...it'll be a tough one to get over........if he even leaves

He can shove his letter up his hole for all I care. It's cash we want if he goes, not a ****ing letter

5live

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Dunno about that, his form dramatically improved as soon as Hodgson left - scored 4 under Dalglish in his month under him (5 really, but one was incorrectly ruled out against Fulham).

But totally agree that Suarez leaving would be much worse. He's 2 top class players in 1.

He broke his a**e in that month to get his move. No other explanation needed.

Vicxas

This Barcelona rumour isnt going away.

Soft Falling Rain

People need to relax. All this "we're ****ed if he leaves" is way OTT. We'd be in a perilous situation but one that doesn't guarantee disaster, it all depends on the money involved and the players bought with it.

Of course, to bat off those of you prone to hysterics before I say this I have to put in this Disclaimer: I'm not saying these players were on the same level as Suarez.

But there was life after Michael Owen. There was life after Fernando Torres. And there will be life after Luis Suarez.

djPSB

Knex. wrote: »

Said it before, but losing Suarez would be akin to if Gerrard had left in 2005.

Not quite imo.

Gerrard was playing for his boyhood club and always seemed to be 100% Liverpool.

Think we always kind of knew Suarez would be off at some stage once Madrid or Barcelona came in.

In terms of quality alone, Suarez will be a bigger loss than Gerrard would have been back then. Suarez is one of the top 3 players in the world, Gerrard was never at that level.

djPSB

Elsewhere Sammy Lee has done the dirt on Hyppia and joined Southampton.

Dickerty

Knex. wrote: »

Said it before, but losing Suarez would be akin to if Gerrard had left in 2005.

But we genuinely don't know how we would have done without Gerrard, who we might have spent the money on. Maybe we would have signed someone like Vidic, who we were rumoured to have looked at. Or Berbatov before he went to Spurs. Or re-signed Owen, and maybe gotten a few good years out of him?

Likewise, we don't know what will happen here. If we lose him, and we sign Sanchez and Shaqiri (Lallana is alerady done), we bring in a lot of goals and creativity. Maybe not relying so much on one player would be better...

Dickerty

djPSB wrote: »

In terms of quality alone, Suarez will be a bigger loss than Gerrard would have been back then. Suarez is one of the top 3 players in the world, Gerrard was never at that level.

I have to disagree there. At that stage, Stevie was among the top 5/6 CMs in the worls. Very few players could patrol that area of ther pitch so effectively, he single-handedly won games from all kinds of bad scenarios, and scored a good number of goals.

But because CM is a more complex position that CF, people have differing opinions. But at the time he was lauded by many as possibly the best box to box CM out there...

DARK-KNIGHT

Dickerty wrote: »

But we genuinely don't know how we would have done without Gerrard, who we might have spent the money on. Maybe we would have signed someone like Vidic, who we were rumoured to have looked at. Or Berbatov before he went to Spurs. Or re-signed Owen, and maybe gotten a few good years out of him?

Likewise, we don't know what will happen here. If we lose him, and we sign Sanchez and Shaqiri (Lallana is alerady done), we bring in a lot of goals and creativity. Maybe not relying so much on one player would be better...

if ye get those two players not too bad, but when we sold ronaldo it became obvious replacing what he does on the pitch damn near impossible. suarez has the panic factor for defenders nobody looks comfy marking him.

osnola ibax

Is CM more complex, you have to have immense football intelligence to be a CF imo, more than any other area on the pitch, you always have your back to the play and have to make the right runs all the time dealing with being man marked in Suarez case. Awesome player, best I've seen in a red shirt

slingerz

If Suarez goes and Liverpool bring in Sanchez, Markovic, Shaqiri or whoever then I'd be happy enough that they have improved the squad and options whilst losing a top quality player. I'd like to see another CM come in, Bender was linked yesterday and I think he good be a good addition.

But the defence needs to be improved for me so I'd like to see some activity happening on that front.

Luckycharms_74

Jako8 wrote: »

Here's a quote of a quote to give us some Sanchez hope and Suarez woe:



Sauce

Here is the audio clip

Hunter: 'Suarez wants a move to Barcelona'

Vanolder

The important thing here is that Sanchez comes in, or another player with S.... It is imperative that we keep the S.A.S tag line moving forward... Seriously tho, Sanchez and cash would be a no brainer.

5starpool

slingerz wrote: »

If Suarez goes and Liverpool bring in Sanchez, Markovic, Shaqiri or whoever then I'd be happy enough that they have improved the squad and options whilst losing a top quality player. I'd like to see another CM come in, Bender was linked yesterday and I think he good be a good addition.

But the defence needs to be improved for me so I'd like to see some activity happening on that front.

If Suarez goes then we need to bring in someone with a consistent goal threat. If not, we'll have regressed, no matter who else we sign. Sanchez may be that person, the others above are not.