I'm gonna say it, I'm gutted, I'm distraught even. Luis Suarez was a magical footballer, an absolute sensation, and after having one of the best seasons I've seen, he's leaving. No man is bigger than the club, true, but ability wise, the club is a lot smaller now he's gone.
He made the team last year, I know we won without him in the team, but when we won, and we won well, he was central, he was the glue that tied a very exciting attack and turned it into a lethal machine, he was our playmaker and best goal scorer. Even when he wasn't scoring, his ability, determination, leadership cannot be understated, whether he was making runs and drawing the defenders off, or peeling into the spaces in between, unsettling the opponents, he had a massive effect, his sheer presence made it so much easier for the rest of our attack to play, and it's also clear that he's had a huge influence on some of the youngsters, especially Raheem.
He was our team, I don't mean to say this to belittle our other players, but he made us tick, he made some very good players into a fantastic unit, and he played in a way that no one we've signed or have could even beginning to replicate. We have a very good team without him here, but with him here, we had a sensational team. Fuck knows how Brendan will change the team to work without him, that's his biggest challenge, I can't say I'm confident right now though.
There is no way I'm happy about this transfer, it's 100% shit, I don't want £75million quid, I want the best striker on the planet back in my team. Obviously I understand it was beyond our control, but I'm not going to be happy about it. To those who are saying good riddance because of his baggage, sorry I don't buy that. I don't watch premier league football because it's full of players with high moral standards, I watch it because it's the best football on the planet, if I wanted that I'd go and watch my local salvation army fund raiser.
Now that he doesn't have the ace up his sleeve, lets see if Brendan really is the manager we think he is.