Luis Suárez

[Givenchy]

I always wondered how his clumsy 'ramraid' dribbling style would age and its looking pretty fucking ugly.. his first touch is ATROCIOUS, hes basically the killer of one-twos. we are better off with 10men in all honesty

doesn't matter who you pair him with, Griezmann, Messi, Ansu, Perez.. this guy is the main problem.

 

[Leo_Messi]

I have been more annoyed than happy with Suárez in recent years (mainly in the CL) but some users are too harsh in their criticism of him. Suárez has been pathetically bad in the CL away from home for years, resembling an invalid donkey, but that pretty much mirrors the performances of the ENTIRE team, minus Messi and a tiny minority of a few other players . However not even Messi has been his usual self away from home in the CL in recent years.

Which leads me to the most important thing and overall problem which is the team performance. If you have a well-oiled machine with young, hungry and gifted players, a developed tactical system and a strong manager, like say last season's Liverpool team, individually average players like Henderson, Matip, Origi etc. will look like world beaters while we as a team can't say the same thing about our weak spots in the team.

Instead our "past it players" such as Suárez, Busquets etc. are more exposed in an already declining team.

I wrote about which role I would like to see Suárez in, last time I was online on this forum, and that role entails him being a sub who plays no more than 35-30 minutes against elite opponents in the CL.

Anyway Dortmund away is one of the most difficult venues and teams that you can face in the CL, especially if they have a good day like tonight. Not easy for Suárez, who just returned from an injury and who had played less than 60 minutes this season before the game tonight, to shine when the team as a whole could barely create a single attempt on goal or chance.

 

[Gnidrologist]

 

[wisconsincule]

Same old bullshit. Scored his once every ten match banger against Valencia and reverts to being a black hole. He’s so frustrating to watch.

 

[clemente]

Just so sick of him, any manager with functioning brain would drop this guy to reserves.

 

[soul24rage]

supersub is the right role for him

 

[JohnN]

Even if he starts performing better, his presence alone is limiting Griezmann to the left wing, making him useless. Griezmann is a better player at this point so Suarez should not be considered a starter anymore. I hope Valverde realises this. How do you bench a player like Suarez though..

 

[Barcilliant]

Even if he starts performing better, his presence alone is limiting Griezmann to the left wing, making him useless. Griezmann is a better player at this point so Suarez should not be considered a starter anymore. I hope Valverde realises this. How do you bench a player like Suarez though..

Messi is his buddy so he's untouchable.

If Messi really wants to be part of a winning team then his buddy should be the first to go.

 

[Serbian]

You idiots always blame suarez. How about the whole team stinks because of Valverde. He is a terrible coach you damn idiots can not see the system he plays its dead there is no pace no dynamic nothing boring no spark, fire valverde

 

[Ernesto GOATverde Tejedor]

He never was and he never will.
He is not fit to lace their boots.

Eto'o's balls are bigger than Suarez's whole career.
Rivaldo had more class in his pinky than Suarez will have in his whole lifetime.

Too far man, too far. He's been a legendary player for us and is well worthy to eat at the same table of Rivaldo and Eto. But this is what happens when legends don't know the right time to leave. It ends up spoiling their legacy - as I mentioned about CR7 in the CR7 thread.

 

[Ritchie]

Nonsense. Shouldn't judge him for his seasons past his prime.

At his age, Rivaldo was playing at Cruzeiro and Olympiacos and Eto'o was at Anzhi Makhachkala.

He's ruined his legacy last few years.

It's a travesty he overtook Kabala. He should have been sold two years ago.

 

[Ritchie]

You idiots always blame suarez. How about the whole team stinks because of Valverde. He is a terrible coach you damn idiots can not see the system he plays its dead there is no pace no dynamic nothing boring no spark, fire valverde

They both need to go before Barca can look forward

 

[Rory]

The amount of attacks he kills means that all other attackers seem like they’ve also had a shocking game. When in reality he gives the ball away just before there’s about to be a chance. Griezmann doesn’t get to show off his creativity, same has happened to Messi which adds to the reasons why he has to drop so deep. All top teams are fully aware that Suarez does this and can apply minimal pressure to him and he’ll fuck up.

He also forces us out wide because no play making can occur through him, we’re not a team that can create chance after chance from out wide so this results in low chance creation like yesterday. add to the fact Valverde chooses a cf to play as two wingers so even if we are forced out wide we have people playing there that aren’t rapid enough to make use of it.

 

[FCBarca]

I'm a fan of the player and his value to the squad but I'm a bit more concerned by his lack of touch of late. Messi early after his substitution slotted a perfectly weighted ball from Luisito and he simply failed to control it - had he been able to, a good chance for a 1v1 was possible.

I think the bigger issue will be how to play the best formation/attack with the players at Valverde's disposal because he has yet to demonstrate he can get the most out of the team

 

[BADGERBHOY]

I'm not a fan of Valverde but its not his fault that Suarez cant get the ball under control.
There was a perfect example of this when Messi gave him an excellent pass. A good touch could have seen him through on goal but as usual he couldn't control it and the chance was lost.