With three goals in two games after a recent six game drought, Luis Suarez is well and truly back on the goal trail for Liverpool, and long may it continue. However, most Reds fans would agree that the club still needs to sign a new striker in January. Well, most fans except Anfield legend Dietmar Hamann, who insists that Suarez is the only striker Liverpool need.
Analysing Liverpool's 3-0 victory over QPR earlier today, Hamann hailed Suarez's 'outstanding performance, and claimed that the Reds do not need to sign another striker. He observed:
"Do we need another centre-forward? I'm not sure.
"If we bring another one in, where is he [Suarez] going to play? I don't want to see Suarez out on the wing because he's at his most devastating through the middle.
"I don't want anyone coming in - regardless of who it is - because I don't think anyone could so as much as Suarez does for the team in that position".
It's impossible to overstate how much I disagree with Didi here. Liverpool need at least TWO more strikers, not just one, and relying solely on Suarez for the rest of the season would be an act of gross negligence.
Suarez is a great player, but his recent form provides the most compelling argument for Liverpool signing a new striker:
* Prior last week, Suarez went SIX games without scoring/assisting.
* That's basically NINE HOURS of football with no meaningful creative contribution.
* In that time, the Reds scored only SIX goals, and won only TWO of the six games.
A new striker is needed to plug these gaps, take the pressure off Suarez, and score when he doesn't. If the club's midfielders were regularly chipping in with goals then the problem wouldn't be so acute, but that's not the case, which is why more firepower is necessary up front.
I also disagree that no other striker could be as effective as Suarez through the middle. Between 2007 and 2009, the Uruguayan played on the right side of a front three at Ajax, with Huntelaar down the middle, and they scored/created 125 goals between them. Suarez also plays a more withdrawn role for Uruguay, and that hasn't hampered his ability to score goals.
Suarez is in great form this season but it would be folly to get too carried away and ignore his recent goal drought. The same thing happened last season too.
* On four separate occasions Suarez went four games without scoring.
* In one period, he scored once in eight games.
* In another period of the season, he scored twice in eight games.
Suarez's recent drought is not a one-off; he scores in bursts, and the club needs to help him out by having another goalscorer alongside him.
In my view, if Rodgers buys Sturridge (or some other striker) and plays him on the wing to accommodate Suarez in the middle, it will be a massive mistake, and a total waste of £12m.
Jaimie Kanwar
Analysing Liverpool's 3-0 victory over QPR earlier today, Hamann hailed Suarez's 'outstanding performance, and claimed that the Reds do not need to sign another striker. He observed:
"Do we need another centre-forward? I'm not sure.
"If we bring another one in, where is he [Suarez] going to play? I don't want to see Suarez out on the wing because he's at his most devastating through the middle.
"I don't want anyone coming in - regardless of who it is - because I don't think anyone could so as much as Suarez does for the team in that position".
It's impossible to overstate how much I disagree with Didi here. Liverpool need at least TWO more strikers, not just one, and relying solely on Suarez for the rest of the season would be an act of gross negligence.
Suarez is a great player, but his recent form provides the most compelling argument for Liverpool signing a new striker:
* Prior last week, Suarez went SIX games without scoring/assisting.
* That's basically NINE HOURS of football with no meaningful creative contribution.
* In that time, the Reds scored only SIX goals, and won only TWO of the six games.
A new striker is needed to plug these gaps, take the pressure off Suarez, and score when he doesn't. If the club's midfielders were regularly chipping in with goals then the problem wouldn't be so acute, but that's not the case, which is why more firepower is necessary up front.
I also disagree that no other striker could be as effective as Suarez through the middle. Between 2007 and 2009, the Uruguayan played on the right side of a front three at Ajax, with Huntelaar down the middle, and they scored/created 125 goals between them. Suarez also plays a more withdrawn role for Uruguay, and that hasn't hampered his ability to score goals.
Suarez is in great form this season but it would be folly to get too carried away and ignore his recent goal drought. The same thing happened last season too.
* On four separate occasions Suarez went four games without scoring.
* In one period, he scored once in eight games.
* In another period of the season, he scored twice in eight games.
Suarez's recent drought is not a one-off; he scores in bursts, and the club needs to help him out by having another goalscorer alongside him.
In my view, if Rodgers buys Sturridge (or some other striker) and plays him on the wing to accommodate Suarez in the middle, it will be a massive mistake, and a total waste of £12m.
Jaimie Kanwar
Play sturridge down the middle with sterling and Suarez floating behind.... Would cause havoc for defenders also we are on task to beat are scoring diffrence from last season.... :)
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
ReplyDeletewhat of Ba in the middle?
ReplyDeletei'm sure suarez would be rotated around between wing and central roles depending on our opposition, but i fear if chelsea get ba for 8m and we pay 12m for sturridge looks like we'll be caught with our pants down yet again in the transfer market
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we revert to a 4-4-2 ?
ReplyDeleteReina
Johnson--Skrtl--Agger--Enrique
------------Lucas-------------
Downing----------------Sterling
------------Gerrard-----------
-------Suarez--Sturridge------
Suarez is our best player, you seriously think we should move him into a position he hasn't played for a while to accommodate a lesser player? You build your team around your best players and bring players in to support them, not play them out of position.
ReplyDeleteProblem with that is then you cant have Allen and there is no way BR will have that
ReplyDeleteIs this a joke from hamann for the new year or what? Hope its like that otherwise the help is very much needed at his home
ReplyDeleteAgree totally
ReplyDeleteMost likely will be, imo, Sturridge on the right (Demba Ba could be off to Chelsea), Suarez through the middle and Sterling on the left. I'm not keen on moving Suarez. He may not take up traditional centre forward position but because he moves around from there, he makes life hard for the two centre backs with his movement on and off the ball. Couple that with his goalscoring, his role shouldn't change, unless he suffers a long dip in form.
ReplyDeleteIn this day and age, a top EPL club must have 4 proven strikers and how Liverpool club have not managed to add in this department since last 2-3 transfer windows is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteDidi think! parden the pun, Cup games, europe, injuries and let's not forget suspensions... need i say more? it would be suicidal to even think of not bringing in strikers let alone 1 striker... (Didi's still a legend though).
ReplyDeleteHi Jamie
ReplyDeleteIt's not fair on Didi to take part of his comments and make an article while totally ignoring the rest of what he said.
Didi said that if Sturridge is on his way to anfield we should not buy more strikers. Which I agree with, since we will have 3 players able to play in that position in Suarez, Borini and Sturridge.
On the other hand he also said that we should consider adding players in attack to help suarez out when he is not scoring. Which is exactly what you are saying! The difference is the way how we should get there.
You are saying that the wingers/attacking players are not scoring enough bar Suarez. But when suggesting our way forward your suggesting to keep the players not scoring, moving our best striker to a wider position and buy 2 new strikers.
Didi on the other hand is suggesting that we keep our top striker in position get a back up for him (sturridge) while buying other wingers/attacking players to replace or compete with the misfiring ones we have.
Said that I think that BR wants a team with versatile players. And with Borini sturridge and suarez all able to play in the same 3 roles that is what he will get. Include sneijder in the mix (In know it's just a dream for now) and you would have 4 players who could switch in a front 3
Suarez isn't a traditional striker playing solely through the middle anyway . The guy plays the game his own way. He drifts around left wing right wing drops deep runs behind the defence. He is a free spirit. Give him too many instructions and make him stay central like a striker and it will kill his game. He is our talisman and its as simple as that. You build a team around a player like Suarez. The front 3 are fluid anyway, interchanging so whoever comes in will have to be of a similar mould to Suarez.
ReplyDeleteWith respect, I have not ignored what Didi said. He did not say that 'if Sturridge is on the way to Anfield we should not buy any more strikers'. He said what I posted in the article, i.e. he doesn't want anyone to come in. (I've just listened to the interview again)
ReplyDeleteHe also said that IF Sturridge moves to LFC it would be a good move for him (for him, not for LFC)
Hamann is truly deluded. Which other team has only got one recognised striker in the league? Even Stoke and West Brom have got 4-5 senior strikers. Just because we scored 3 goals today, Didi has forgotten about all those days we cried about the lack of goals and even playing a false 9. In my opinion if we are to compete at the top of the league the we will need to have at least four strikers next season so in January we need to add at least 1 striker and 1 winger then in the summer, we add another one hopefully a Llorente or someone of that quality
ReplyDeleteLets be real here, FSG have a very limited budget in actual terms unless there is some Arry redknapp wheeling n dealing takes place do not expect high level players, it all seems potential, return on value etc...
ReplyDelete- BR has his own ideas on who he wants and needs.
Ian useless Ayre will do all he can to hinder (oops) I mean of course conduct the transfer dealings with such swiftness as demonstrated on being liverpool. Feeling very cynical about the senior management, a view which will not change in the short - mid term.
3 out and out stirkers are a MUST, agree with Jamie, Didi is a legend and if we listened to all the past players going on about how the club should be ran, who to sell, who to buy... we'd all go mad!
We have not been linked with or purchased a top level player, one who could walk into any of the top 4 teams in the league since our current lil magician no.7! FACT..lol
In addition to todays first half display only, only hint of excitement was this tabloid dream story about Wesley S from Inter, imagine the buzz through the team of securing a world star like this.. ahh well we can all dream....
I wonder why other LFC fans don't see it that way, why move your top striker to accomodate another player? We'll just waste him, Newcastle had that problem when Papis Cisse came and Ba was moved to the wing, Ba only scored 2 goals or so during the 2nd half of the last season due to his new position. We need to get goal scoring wingers like Mertens, Ince etc
ReplyDeletespot on nige
ReplyDeleteYou and others just can't see the wood for the trees. Suarez is out top striker right now because he's the *only* striker. Despite that, he still recently went 9 hours without scoring, and he regularly has mini goal droughts (as we saw last season).
ReplyDeleteThis is just short-termist thinking; I'd rather have a striker who consistently scored ever 2 games than a striker who scores 8 goals in 5 games then doesn't score for the next 6.
And as you also fail to acknowledge, Suarez has barely played as a main striker anywhere else except Liverpool! At Ajax and for Uruguay he players off a central striker, not straight through the middle.
That is his natural position, whether you choose to accept it or not.
The other problem is it includes sturridge.
ReplyDeleteSorry Lilflexx12 because you seem to be the deluded one - your claim that "If we are to compete at the top of the league" is patently outside the realms of possibility! Sadly, the days of Liverpool competing at the "top of the league" have well and truly disappeared! Yes, there will be some years when Liverpool can be as competitive as Everton are this season BUT "Top Of The League" is nothing more than a 20 year old dream!
ReplyDeleteSuarez is our top scorer, second top scorer in the league but you want someone else to play where he does and shift him to the side. Tbh, i've tried, but i just can't understand how or why anyone would want that.
ReplyDeleteDo you see any United or Newcastle fan calling to play Van Persie and Ba on the flanks??
im almost certain out front 3 will be sterling Suarez and sturridge played like that ....the type of forwards rogers wants are like walcott ...i dare say if a louis suarrez player came on the market we wouldn't go for him they just dont fit the system
ReplyDeleterogers system JK means suarez has to play in the middle or not play at all....i dont think rogers thinks .hes got the discipline to play the wide man come midfield role of a 4 33 .....for all his faults ill give rogers credit for sticking with his system ( right or wrong ) and i cant see him playing him the wide man of a front three...the only way i can see rogers buying another traditional center forward is to put on the bench or play when he rests suarez or to use if he plays the odd 352 formation( which if he didn't do at stoke hell never do again )
ReplyDeleteforget this rogers wont play 4 4 2 so there is no point posting these formations he may at some point play 343 or 352 ( few and far between ) but if you follow all his structure of tactics its all 433
ReplyDeleteonce again though ill give rogers his credit for consistency ..he feels sturridge suits his system more than ba who is an out an out center forward
ReplyDeletei think during the coarse of a game they may mix it up but suarez will be the focal point
ReplyDeleteyou have completely hit the nail on the head ignore what anyone else says
ReplyDeleteit depends on the system i think in an ideal world rogers would like 3 walcotts they suit 433 better, not out and out strikers but wingers/ strikers
ReplyDeleteYou can't be serious, surely? Rodgers system is perfectly suited to Suarez playing wide. That's where he played for Ajax! He also plays that role for Uruguay.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you (and others) persist in ignoring Suarez's long history of *successfully* playing on the right of a front three? Have Van Persie or Ba ever played there consistently? No. Suarez has, so the comparison is irrelevant. The bulk of his career has been spent playing off another striker, but you make out that it's somehow alien to him.
ReplyDeletePlaying as a central striker is the exception in Suarez's career, not the rule. The reason people call for him to play off out wide is because he is fantastic in that position, and he can bring more to the team in terms of creating goals/space etc.
It doesn't mean that Liverpool will lose his goals' Suarez will still score, and he'll still get into the box, just as he does for Uruguay.
Go away and post on your own sites Bluenosed Manure Troll.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look like the Sturridge deal is going through, contrary to popular belief he didn't have a medical last week.
ReplyDeleteyou is an idiot! none you so called football tacticians can win a successful PS3 Fifa game even if you had access to a cheat code if there is any!
ReplyDeleteThe formation plays 1 out and out striker. We need players that can play off the striker and still score. A Paul Scholes, a Joe Cole at his peak who play in the winged position and still score. That is what Didi is clearly referring to. & he is right. It is fine to get another striker, but they must be more adaptable for the wing. That is maybe why they are looking at Ince and Sturridge, Honda etc.. As for Suarez, he has been nothing short of a class act, making a mockery of your assertions we should sell him...world class,as professional player as you can get, and an example to every young player. Bar injury this man is sure to become one of the premierships best players along the likes of Zola, Bergkamp, Gerrard, Cantona, Henry, Scholes etc.. The true fact is you don't need strikers to score, you need midfielders to put in shooting practice and gain a bit of confidence. Sadly, some of the midfielders have been extremely wasteful and with any midfielder worth his salt not clinical enough...that doesn't mean scoring a shed load of goals...it means scoring when the ball is there for scoring. This and this alone has been Liverpool's problems, the attacking midfielders on show have not delivered, and require getting in quicker to the box at certain times
ReplyDeleteYou must be a super Coach or something! If not you are an idiot!!!
ReplyDeleteIf Ba is available for 7.5 million and a top team like chelsea want him - why are we going for Sturridge at 12 million? Especially as the guy hasnt played much and therefore it will take him time to get match fit and scoring. Wouldnt breaking the bank for walcott be a better idea especially if all we want is british players?
ReplyDeleteThat's the sort of nonsensical reactionary 'thinking' that has LFC in the position that it is in now.
ReplyDeleteReal quality teams stock up on matchwinning talent above all else, while we continue to hoard central midfielders. Players like Dzeko/Balotelli/Hernandez/Welbeck are 4th choice strikers at the Manchester clubs, and that is the level that we should be aspiring towards asap.
We should be looking at having a front three of Suarez-New Striker-Sturridge, with Suarez, Sturridge & Borini capable of backing up the centre forward spot, and Ince, Sterling & Assaidi backing up the wide-forward spots.
ReplyDeletefwiw Urguay's results (and Suarez's performances) were much better with Forlan as the 'main man' and Suarez playing off him, than they have been with Suarez as the centre forward now....
ReplyDeleteSterling is a good prospect, not a productive player right now. He is not ready to be a nailed on starter if we are targetting the top 4/6. We need players capable of delivering immediately, not in 3/4 years.
ReplyDeleteArsenal only play one striker but have Giroud, Podolski, Walcott & Chamakh who all want to play through the middle, with Gervinho also capable of fitting in.
ReplyDeleteLiverpool need one proper centre forward, plus Suarez, Sturridge and Borini to provide different options, with Ince, Sterling and Assaidi providing depth in the wider positions.
We should've been after Ba also, but just because he is available at great value, that doesn't mean that Sturridge isn't good value also.
ReplyDeleteThat's like saying Dembele would've been a poor signing because Michu was available for just £2m at the same time.
We need Sturridge as a wide forward that can stretch the play and get goals from nothing, as well as another centre forward to enable (but not encourage) more direct play...
Buy players capable of competing towards the top of the league and we'll compete at the top of the league. Buy mediocre mid-table calibre players and we'll labour in mid-table.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty simple really...
I honestly am not excited by the prospect of Sneijder in the slightest. Another passer on big money? Erm, no thanks...
ReplyDeleteAnd a holding midfield as well. Lucas seem to be out of form and Allen and Henderson is more to central than defensive.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Jamie here. The 2nd goal against qpr is the perfect example of how Suarez can play wide right! It was also good to see sterling trying to get the tap in, something he needs to add to his game is making sure he is in the box.
ReplyDeleteSuarez plays as main striker for Uruguay. That was the change that won them the Copa Am 1-2 years back. You obviously have not watched Uruguay for sometime. Now Cavani plays wide!! or upfront as a pair.
ReplyDeleteI agree, he is raw but the depth in the squad isn't good, so for now, unless someone else comes in, I've chosen him over the likes of Suso, Downing and Assaidi. I was thinking in relation to the rest of the season, as I am not hopeful of us bringing in a considerably more established and better wide player in January transfer window.
ReplyDeleteBrendan should consider this option. Suarez can create a goal but in some games when he is a marked man, he feeds very good ball into the box and this is when we need someone in there to take advantage of it. Definitely, we need to sign another striker.
ReplyDeleteJamie I dont understand your logic here if you are implying Suarez should be moved to make way for Sturridge argument Suarez has regular droughts.
ReplyDeleteSturridge has 1 league goal in 7 games this season and it would be folly for Rodgers to then move Suarez who has 13 goals in 19 games to accommodate a striker with a current inferior record.
If Sturridge comes in and scores goals then switching positions within games would make more sense but not just now when Suarez may well be back on the scoring trail
The point Suarez has done well for other teams when he plays off another striker has not helped his cause when he played off Carroll for Liverpool.
Surely it is not lost on you that he has scored more for Liverpool in his new role and his strike rate has climbed to the level he was on at other teams when playing off other players.
Maybe in the premier league he is more suited to his new role given the differences in style between the premier league and the Dutch league.
Without saying Suarez is on par with Messi, I would say there are similarities in their game and Messi started out wide but move inside and kept improving his goal return such that even the lethal Thierry Henry and David Villa were moved out wide.
Maybe Suarez will keep improving and make that role his own such that whoever comes in will have to complement Suarez in this new role than replace him.
There is a danger in moving him out wide and the goals drying up as was the case with Ba who scored 16 goals before Cisse arrived and ended the season stuck on those 16 goals when moved out wide.
Cisse subsequently scored 13 goals in 14 games last season but he too was shifted out wide this season and now has 2 goals in 15 games but Ba having been restored to his favoured central role now has 13 goals in 20 games.
I would heed these as warnings of the danger of changing something that is working.
I agree with Hamann in the sense that i would be reluctant to push suarez out wide. We have Borini and Sturridge is coming so I am not sure if we need to bring anybody else in. If we can get Falcao or Cavani level striker then O.K, till then lets save our money.
ReplyDeleteI just laugh at the thought these players will all be sticking strictly to these 'positions' your giving them. SKY and computer games are my guess.... well, i'm not sure how many of you are season ticket holders but Liverpool's attack is slightly more fluid in a positional sense. Suarez makes many runs out to the left and right flanks which leaves space for other players to attack, the way Luis plays, he would benefit from a clinical 'poacher' who makes the movement. He doesn't necessarily have to play down the middle, if he could make the right runs and get on the end of the attacking plays we develop. Sturridge's past indicates he probably wouldn't solve our problems there, i'd say more of a Defoe, or Huntelaar type forward.
ReplyDeleteWesley S would be quality. Unlikely but quality!!! He is a creative player like you say, but he is a big game player. He has an end product and this would be a lift to the squad no doubt. If we clear the decks a bit, his wages would be covered by it. I hope we do try to sign him personally...
ReplyDeletehope your right youv,e made my xmas if its true
ReplyDeletehuntelaar imo would have been perfect,we need a fox in the box the amount of times theres no one there for rebounds of the keeper,or when its pulled across the box is woeful,rhodes would have been better than sturridge or i would even rather go with charlie austin
ReplyDeleteSuarez has scored 3 goals in 3 games not 3 goals in 2 games
ReplyDeleteWasn't this on here last week also? Anyway, Suarez is not most effective from the middle, that"s why he constantly drifts wide. He's just as good in the hole or on the wing. He may score less goals but that's why you put a new striker in his place. He would probably still get around 15 a season as a second striker imo.
ReplyDeleteJelle Vossen is it mate. Sadly he never played for CHelski reserves
ReplyDeletethe way we rely on suarez if i was fsg i would ask him who is ideal strike partner is ,i mean common it could hardley be any worse than some of our other transfers ,
ReplyDeleteIt should've been expected that Lucas would be pretty inconsistent after a year out with injury, which is why I don't understand why Rodgers didn't pick up another specialist DM/ballwinner in the summer. Especially after seeing how the lack of one so severely hit Dalglish's team the year before...
ReplyDeletecuz BrenDOM was creaming to get Allen .........and no1 else
ReplyDeleteSanybody who actually watches liverpook will see we have made massive steps forward this year. Its the first time in years iv really enjoyed watching us play,ok we aintvgetting the results but we are dominating teams. The only 2 games that I can say ive been dissapointed this year are stoke and wba. Even the villa game we were awesome minus the 3 goals we conceeded. As for people who say suarez be a waste at rw. Have u watched the guy play at all. All of his best work starts out wide. Your just not seeing it cos the end product being someone stick it in the net isnt shown on goal highlights. Yes that was a refference to the people who only watch highlights of games...... how many players has he megged this year cutting in from the right???? Sturridge was quality at putting the ball in the net at bolton. Thats what we need.plus he has pace something only sterling provides atm.
ReplyDeletesterling ------Suarez--------sturridge
ReplyDeleteabsolutely perfect attacking combination. Don't forget we are still has Borini in the sideline.
dont think so jamie.
ReplyDelete--borini ---- suarez ---- sturridge --
could be a deadly combination upfront
And Downing..
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see Suarez as a traditional 10 with a striker ahead of him. Gerrard could be benched in that case.
ReplyDeleteProblem is that Ba has a clause in his contract and Sturridge hasn't. Read somewhere the Ba's clause can only be activated by a club competing in the CL (which Chelsea did this season).
ReplyDeleteI personally quite like 442, but the experts have been telling us for years that it is very much the past.
ReplyDeleteWell, they may all want to play centrally, but it's a team game, isn't it. Podolski used to play as a left forward in Germany. Chamakh isn't regarded as a good enough player from what I've heard from Arsenal supporters.
ReplyDeleteOr with the front three to switch positions during the game. It's happening already with Suarez found on the left-wing quite a few times yesterday (for example).
ReplyDeleteI agree. Suarez and be just as devastating out wide. Look at his second goal the other day, cutting inside, playing ball across goal and then pickign up the scraps
ReplyDeleteSchneider and Kaka to Liverpool! hahaha two ridiculous rumours. I agree with JK though - we need a couple of strikers that can stay fit and healthy. Both carroll and Borini have shown they are prone to injuries.
ReplyDeleteWould love to see Sturridge play alongside Sterling and Suarez.
It doesn't really matter what i think ...its what rogers thinks ...in some regards i feel if you stifle suarez by giving him a specific job wide hell lose something from his game...the comparisons with Ajax and Uruguay are pointless unless they where managed under rogers playing his system
ReplyDeleteExactly. The front three are all strikers and interchange positions from time to time. It does not make a difference who plays in the middle.
ReplyDeleteLook at Suarez' second goal he was overlapping from the wings to score. Don't know what all the fuss is about.
We definitely need 2 more strikers for sure
Suarez will do fine out wide, it was the initial plan to play him behind a main striker in the first place ( Torres ) and again after we signed Carroll
ReplyDeleteSurely BRs system does not rely on Suarez or any other "striker" playing in the centre or out wide - I believe that the system BR is employing is that the "front 3" will play out wide and in the centre, rotating - I think you can see Suarez doing that already and others coming in will be expected to do that also.
ReplyDeleteAs for Didi suggesting we dont need to sign anyone else up front - this is ludicrous and easily batted away by anyone who looks at our league position, performances in games etc.
I agree with this, until we hear otherwise, the assumption seems to be that Sturridge will be signing and playing him on the right would make more sense. If media sources are to be believed then it looks like Tom Ince is the other target but like Sterling he is a prospect rather than a nailed on starter but possibly, like Sterling a better option than Downing, Suso and Assaidi.
ReplyDeleteTrue Jaimie however i would love to see Walcott brought in that'll show that we are serious about improving and moving that extra step and taking the pressure of goal scoring off Suarez .
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year
ReplyDeleteLFC must continue to maintain thier policy....Sometimes high profile players we can sign with bargain price or loan condition.Please prefer young talent with good potential to be shining soon.LFC much better seriously finding Steven Gerrard replacement.Leandro Damiao, Dries Merten, Christian Erikson and Tello is the list WANTED to joining LFC.We to add more Luis Suarez to reduce burden goal scoring.Only Suarez having high quality player of striker for LFC, others players never function very well and effective.Downing, Henderson and Joe Cole is underperforming players but still been using to playing for LFC.Suso and Sterling now look like drop the form maybe never satisfied salary issue yet.Shelvey and Coates much better for CDM but playing for wrong position.
ReplyDeleteYou just put the icing on the cake mate! :)
ReplyDeleteI've been saying the same thing, Suarez has the ability to take on two central defenders at once!! Why move him?! We just need players that would complement his style and bamboozle center backs and full backs as well
Agreed, Suarez is a nightmare for defenders, no matter where you play him. If he is out wide, there main man will need to play more wide to mark him, he will then create more space for whoever the main striker is. I do think though we will mix it up, and the three upfront will be able to inter change causing more havoc
ReplyDeleteAgreed, plus there is never any harm in compeition for places, I still think Walcott would have been awesome, but now he has been given his role as central striker and is flying, I think we have missed the boat on him. Sturridge though will provide a challenge to Suarez. The other side is people expect to much from him, no one player should be holding the whole team up, we need all three upfront who can score loads. Right now that doesn`t happen.
ReplyDeleteyep, esp if Suarez gets injuried. You need as many top players in each position as you can afford. I really don`t understand Didi`s point here. Its like saying you could have just Suarez or you could have Suarez, Sturridge, Walcott or BA, I know which option I would take!
ReplyDeletesame, but I don`t think that will happen now. He was always my first choice of possible players we could get. I think he would have fitted so well too. His pace and eye for goal in the middle with Suarez out wide would have been awesome. I see Sturridge as a poorer version of Walcott, I think he will do well, but unless Arsenal knocked us back, I`m confussed as to why we didn`t put a cheeky bit in
ReplyDeleteWalcott with either Sturridge or BA would be a dream for me right now. Even BA and Sturridge would increase our attacking threat so much. I think when you consider there price, it would look a bargin compared to what we have spent in the last few years, and getting two of them three would show we are not fading, and give us so much mroe upfront.
ReplyDeletemy thoughts exactly
ReplyDeleteAnyone kinow more info on the injury Sturridge has? like how long he is out for? when due back? if he is back already?
ReplyDeleteWe need to leave Suarez in the middle where he is currently causing havoc.
ReplyDeleteHe drifts out left and right at times from that starting position, he has the trust of the manager to float around.
I guess if we signed Huntelaar or someone of that ilk, they could only play through the middle, therefore reducing Suarez to a more peripheral role.
Hamann said we shouldn't sign a centre forward, I agree.
But sign Ince, Sturridge, and other wide forwards by all means, like the Villa loan rumour.....
I wonder if Liverpool were bringing in quality like say Schurrle from Germany and not linked with average players like Sturridge weather Didi would harbour the same sentiments.
ReplyDelete1 day hes saying sign DI Santo the nxt hes saying we dnt need anyone
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