Nearly every piece of speculation surrounding Liverpool Football Club this week has been around the possible signing of Luis Suarez from Ajax. The 23 year old is no doubt a talented player despite the controversy that has surrounded him over the last six months, and Kenny Dalglish refused to deny that the Reds were in negotiations over his transfer. He said that he wouldn’t be discussing any particular names at the press conference today and when asked by Suarez, he said to the reporter:
“I’d have thought you misheard me.”
Suarez has scored 81 goals in 108 league appearances for Ajax; a fantastic record which is slightly sullied by the fact that they came in the Eredivisie, a league that has become notorious over the years for making players look at lot better than they are. Names such as Alfonso Alves, Mateja Kezman and others are now long forgotten by Premier League fans, but not long ago they were bagging in the goals for their respective Dutch teams, being tipped as the hottest properties in Europe. There are of course, many successes as well as failures to come out of Holland. Manchester United paid £19million for Ruud van Nistelrooy and they were rewarded with a shed load of goals. A good omen for Liverpool fans too is that Suarez scored three goals in the World Cup, which suggests he can cut it at the highest level.
At the end of the day, the difference between success and failure in the Premier League is fundamentally down to the attributes the player has. Many may question Liverpool’s, as well as Chelsea’s, interest in Romelu Lukaku, a 17 year old Belgian striker who plays in the Belgian league, and the £25million asking price should looks quite steep. However, Lukaku has massive upper body strength, and a good deal of speed, with many saying he is the “New Didier Drogba,” and this is why interest is so high in the player.
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he wud b perfect
reina
kelly, carra, agger, johnson
kuyt, meirles, lucas
gerrard
suarez, torres
he could play in a 4-2-3-1 behind torres or as a left fwd in a 4-3-3 he is versatile…so nay bother. The more perdanent question is where would K.HONDA fit in….?
Suarez: Up front next to Torres in a 4-4-2 or on either wing in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1.
Honda: Left sided midfielder in 4-4-2, back up for Gerrard as a CAM.
if we can get suarez and a genuine winger(maybe young), 4-4-2 wud work well…
reina
kelly, carra, agger, aurelio
johnson, gerrard, meireles, young
torres, suarez
even though this team lacks a genuine defensive midfielder, its offensive line wud be the best in the league..
Gerrard does not have the tactical know how & discipline to dictate the game from central midfield. Nor does he have the energy to go up & down. his best position is coming off the right wing or play behind Torres.
“we need to have a club that is younger” – Tom Werner
David Wheater going to Bolton is very interesting? Don’t be surprised if some of the older fringe players (Kuyt, Kyrgiakos, Maxi, Poulson) are phased out!
Jamie Carragher is 33 next week and needs to be put under more pressure for his place.
Liverpool immediately need 4 players to push on!
1) Gary Cahill (25) for Liverpool and not Arsenal?
2) Luis Suarez (23) Nearly done!
3) Charles N’Zogbia (24) OR Ashley Young (25) OR Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (17) OR Marko Marin (21) OR Eljero Elia (23) any one of them! Would love any two.
4)Charlie Adam (25) Maybe not needer right away but would be good in a Liverpool shirt! Proper footballer.
5) Stephen Warnock (29) on loan but he knows Liverpool and the demands.
Reina
Kelly–Cahill–Agger–Warnock
Miereless—Gerrard
Johnson—–Suarez——–Marin
Torres
What do you think?
Need to get a LB such as Coentraoe or Taiwo…young & attacking. Gary Cahill seems like a good replacement for Carra – to play alongside Agger.
Luis Suarez is a must buy and there is no problem fitting him into the team. There are two options as to how Kenny can fit him in:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Aurelio
Kuyt Meireles Gerrard Cole
Suarez
Torres
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Aurelio
Meireles Lucas Gerrard
Kuyt Torres Suarez
i like the second formation better cos it is more balanced as it has has lucas as the defensive mid, n’ cole hasn’t done anything to deserve a place in the team..
but the problem with this team is that it has no width and kuyt’s goal scoring ability up front is debatable…
reina
johnson-kelly-agger-aurelio
kuyt-gerrard-meireles-honda
suarez-torres
lets play diamond..
reina
johnson,skrtel,agger,aurelio
lucas
meireles,joe cole
gerrard
suarez,torres
When Torres is not playing is Suarez worth having then? he is not going to play a lone striker role successfully.
Could he be used out wide occassionally thats a possibility me thinks.
no more midfielders please or we can have 4 defensive midfielders 3 holding midfielders and 3 attacking midfielders, we could have the deepest stongest midfield in football.
we actually need two strikers (goalscores) not one
Reina
Kelly Agger Carra LB (new)
Lucas
Gerrard Merieles
Suarez Torres Young
what do people think??