Earlier this week, former Reds manager Rafa Benitez revealed his excitement over the talent of Anfield youngster Suso, and judging by the skill he's showing in the Under 19 European Championship, Liverpool fans should also be excited about the Spanish starlet's potential.
In his column for The Independent this week, Benitez said:
"Keep your eye on Suso, the Liverpool player who will now be playing for Spain Under-19s at their European Championship.
"I tell you, he has promise!"
It looks like Benitez was right. Check out this brilliant piece of skill during Spain's 3-3 draw with Portugal:
The depressing reality is that, Suarez apart, there's no one else in the current first team who has this kind of skill.
Perhaps the commentary will turn out to be prophetic?
"Wonderful from Suso. Two in the middle, back to Suarez..."
Here's hoping we hear the same commentary for Liverpool games next season.
Jaimie Kanwar
In his column for The Independent this week, Benitez said:
"Keep your eye on Suso, the Liverpool player who will now be playing for Spain Under-19s at their European Championship.
"I tell you, he has promise!"
It looks like Benitez was right. Check out this brilliant piece of skill during Spain's 3-3 draw with Portugal:
The depressing reality is that, Suarez apart, there's no one else in the current first team who has this kind of skill.
Perhaps the commentary will turn out to be prophetic?
"Wonderful from Suso. Two in the middle, back to Suarez..."
Here's hoping we hear the same commentary for Liverpool games next season.
Jaimie Kanwar
Fantastic, can't see many premier league full-backs being mugged off like that but if he could replicate some of the form he has shown at various levels with Liverpool's first team, we could have a real gem on our hands. Let's hope he doesn't turn out to be another Pacheco, who really is on his last chance.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece of skill but doesnt seem to set the reserves alight so not sure is he ready to step up. Would like to see him given some minutes when we are already winning games to bed him in see what he can do. He def is one of our more exciting prospects.
ReplyDeleteThat's an incredible skill, reminds me of Ronaldinho..
ReplyDeleteI remember Ronaldhinio doing that a few years back
ReplyDeleteSuso and Sterling will be world class!!!
ReplyDeletePlay several youngsters in the league cup and Europa cup.... Sterling Suso Coedy Coetes Flano Robinson Kelly Ngoo Wisdom.. Exciting times!!!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest if he doesn't get minutes, he won't improve will he? The tough thing for managers of lfc is that we demand instant success, so it's a really find balancing act between introducing fresh talent from our youth academy and trusting our first XI/ senior squad. If players like Audi can grab 20 mins here and there regularly and perform well then it bodes well for them and for lfc because we won't have to go out and spend £20m on a quality attacker (in suso's case).. Here's hoping suso sterling coady are as good as what we've heard?!
ReplyDeleteSorry pre text on phone. Not Audi - suso
ReplyDeleteYes that's the Ronaldinho trick, well done Suso.Hope he breaks into the first team.
ReplyDeleteI agree John but mate let me tell you Flanagan is not up to it. Plain and simple. The rest rest have serious potential .
ReplyDeletenot the ronaldinho trick - Rivelino was doing it 40 years ago
ReplyDeleteHe should have been in our 1st team at the age of 14. Hope Pacheco gets a run this season to.
ReplyDeleteI think, one day Suso 'll replace Iniesta in that Spanish side, may be as early as 2016 Euro. Outstanding talent, the perfect prospect to play "in the hole". However, in last few years under Woy & KD Liverpool had not been a good place for non Brits; be it senior or junior level.
ReplyDeleteThat French Left back Euro U19 winner, was sold for 1mn, & now he starts for Rennes at 19, Pacheco had been a prodigy at U18,U19 level (Golden Ball/Boot winner in 2010 Euro U19), Suso had been tricking for the last 2/3 years, the Spanish young CB (forgot his name) was off loaded last year. These had been easily the best talents at the Academy, but super hyped British boys like Ececlleston, Robinson, Flanagan, Starling, Coady etc. has the first team game time, Selvy got regular opportunities, Henderson & Spearing limbered for the entire entire season.
I don't think Suso 'll stay after this season, if he is not roster-ed in first team.
Fantastic. Thanks Rafa for bringing him to Lfc.
ReplyDeleteCouple of years ago, was not Pacheco doing heroics for spain U19? what has he achieved 2 yrs later? It's not same level guys, it's only a prospect and the most important thing is for him to move to next level. But I believe in Raheem Sterling, he seems to be stepping into next level.
ReplyDeleteThis boy is the next Cesc Fabregas in the making? Cesc played 30-odd games for Arsenal first team at the age of 17. Fernandez Suso is already older by now at 19, though still a very young kid. Hopefully BR can learn some player identification and player development tricks from grandmaster Arsene Wenger. Then we will be not far below Arsenal in the league table.
ReplyDeletesure he will
ReplyDeleteSuso has been showing such skills regularly in the reserves. But the problem with managers in the premiere league is demanding players do chasing and defending first which is not Suso's game. The boy is a wonderful talent and certainly better than the likes of Henderson and Downing who are flops in the first team. Kenny would have saved his ar-se if he had brought in Suso into the team last term as the boy excites the players around him. I thought he would make his debut for the first team before Sterling but this was not the case. Kenny only brought in Sterling as a last throw of the dice at the end of the season just like Rafa did to gain support of the fans before the axe fell. Hope Brandon will give the boy his chance as accept for Suarez no one else in the first team as such great ball skills and the ability to look up and play while ball is at the feet.
ReplyDeleteThe difference now will be the manager,i reckon the young
ReplyDeletespanish starlets will be rushing to join Brendon
I've said a few times that I thnk Suso deserves to be brought in to the fold before Sterling. Not that this one good thing vindicates that. Hopefully the pair of 'em will be given a go under Rodgers.
ReplyDeleteGood point being able to do tricks with the ball without
ReplyDeletelooking at it is a very difficult skill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dfjJ4gG20
ReplyDeleteSuso is much more talented than Fabregas, if he is nurtured properly he would be one of the best players in the world and future Ballon d'or contender.
ReplyDeletesince BR was appointed manager n the owners made it known that winning trophies isnt a priority, i think the club should take this opportunity to bed the youngsters like suso, sterling ,coady, ,texeia, morgan etc. the cup games should be used to give these kids achance to experience the pace and atmospheres so they gel wel so in two seasons we can hide the cheque and hopefullw they would hav truly developed by then.
ReplyDeleteYoungsters can only develop when given playing time. I do not want to bash those KD signings all the time. But I seriously don't think any attacking in the reserves can do any worse than SD. All we need is to give them time on the pitch, not only in unimportant cup games but in the league, especially important games like derby matches, games with the top teams. Let's hope BR is a manager that is willing to groom young players, unlike Benitez and KD, only want to buy instant success with money.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Even Premier-league centre backs get mugged off pretty easily by a simple drop of the shoulders!
ReplyDeleteIrt Pacheco, he had a little bit of time playing first team football with Norwich, and showed some of the talent that was expected from his performances with the reserves. As he did when playing with the Spanish youngsters. The only first team games he's had for Liverpool were playing out wide, in reserve line-ups, in Hodgson's all out defensive systems - even Iniesta himself would've struggled to shine in those circumstances...
Suso was starring in the reserves initially upon his arrival, until he started getting shifted all over the pitch...
ReplyDeleteSticking all the kids together in one team doesn't work as then the difference in pace and power is easily exposed. Sprinkling a few of them amongst senior team-mates on the other hand would be ideal for me
ReplyDeletee.g. something like...
Doni
Kelly-Skrtel-Coates-Enrique
Suso-Lucas
Sterling-Pacheco-Bellamy
Carroll
with Coady, Wisdom, Ngoo etc on the bench for a cup game would give several kids starting experience, while still ensuring there is enough experience on the pitch to help them along and keep the team focused on getting a win
That is why the last few seasons have been particularly frustrating - we've been so far off of the pace in the league that we've been in ideal situations to give some of the kids game time without results really meaning anything, but instead we're left with them still having little to no experience of first team football.
ReplyDeleteOf course, it didn't help that Hodgson was attempting to systematically dismantle the top end of our reserves at any and every opportunity, leaving behind just a bunch of teenagers, but even then Dalglish could've given a few of them a chance while his senior players continued to let him down every week.
It's impossible to step up to the next level if your manager never gives you a chance to do so. Whatever happens with Pacheco's career from here on in, that doesn't prove that he never had the talent to step up at all
ReplyDeleteI only saw the second half of that game, and tbh it wasn't one of Suso's better performances for me.
ReplyDeleteThe guy clearly has talent though, and hopefully he and some of the other more gifted kids in our own ranks will be given a chance to step up, instead of us continuing to spend big on players who are no more talented but were just lucky enough to be given the chance to play first team football from a young age elsewhere.
just as well ur not the manager u havent got a rafflers if tats the team u wud put out lol
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What, you think that just putting out a team entirely made up of reserves in the cups, and the likely losses that would follow, would be better for the development of our kids?
ReplyDeleteOr even worse are you suggesting that the kids should continue to just play reserve football for another season??
Whatever a 'rafflers' is, I sure hope that Rodgers hasn't got it either if it leads to either of those suggestions above being selected!
Sterling has maintained a higher level of performance and produced more stand-out games than Suso over the last year or so.
ReplyDeleteThe change in role for Suso is probably a major reason for that, but all the same...