Can't think of a single replacement for 60m. DO NOT SELL
The Summer of Suarez
- Thread starter LeTallecWiz
- Start date
- Latest activity Latest activity:
- Status
Too fucking long? Didnt we buy him around the time we sold Torres.... so therefore it probably took us a week or 2 to find one to replace the excellent one we sold....
I have a feeling we actually bought Suarez before Torres left, with the intention of playing them together. Then Torres fucked off and we replaced him with Carroll.
I suppose it all depends on who the scouts / management think they can use the money for both now and in a couple of years. One of the main arguments that is often made for selling ones best player is that the money can be reinvested to buy two or three other players that will help the team. This doesn't hold water in our case because:
1 - we have little experience in doing that unlike teams like Porto that are used to it and have built their entire strategy around it, so I'd have no faith in us doing a good job of it.
2 - if we do use the money to sort out the team and get us closer to the top, we'll suddenly find ourselves needing a Suarez to complete the team.
3 - we don't need 50M to buy a good defender and midfielder. The likes of Milan and other clubs buying on the cheap seem to do a reasonable job of finding quality players for good prices.
4 - Suarez gives us more than just ability. He gives us a fighting spirit and that is a quality that too many others in our team lack for us to simply disregard.
So yeah, I really hope he doesn't force our hand.
1 - we have little experience in doing that unlike teams like Porto that are used to it and have built their entire strategy around it, so I'd have no faith in us doing a good job of it.
2 - if we do use the money to sort out the team and get us closer to the top, we'll suddenly find ourselves needing a Suarez to complete the team.
3 - we don't need 50M to buy a good defender and midfielder. The likes of Milan and other clubs buying on the cheap seem to do a reasonable job of finding quality players for good prices.
4 - Suarez gives us more than just ability. He gives us a fighting spirit and that is a quality that too many others in our team lack for us to simply disregard.
So yeah, I really hope he doesn't force our hand.
Fair point. I worded it badly.
I meant to say, "a striker that could score goals". When Suarez first arrived, he was brilliant at absolutely everything, expect putting the ball in the net. It took him a really long time to find his form.
For that to be acceptable they'd also need to pay half of Messi's wages, he's outside our pay-scale.
yeah but his all round play is just world class and has amazing work ethic with a never say die attitude. Finding a player like that is rare these days. Like Ossi said i'd only sell if he wants to leave but for a lot more than £40m.
Messi would take a paycut to play for his boyhood team
Incidentally I think that receiving a lot of money for a player like Suarez can be detrimental to our efforts in signing anyone else. Other clubs will know with certainty that we:
a) Badly need replacement(s), and
b) Have a lot of cash
That is not a bargaining position that I generally like us to be in because we end up doing Andy Carrol type deals.
a) Badly need replacement(s), and
b) Have a lot of cash
That is not a bargaining position that I generally like us to be in because we end up doing Andy Carrol type deals.
good points bound to put 50% on our transfer targets although we seem to make a habit of getting fucked over in the transfer market.
I just hope we can have a season of Suarez and Studge playing together before Luis fucks off - lets face it we all know he will sooner rather than later. It could be the most potent attack we have had for a long long time - and we could have some fun next season when the partnership has bedded down
Picture this: We sell Suarez for 50 odd million. Then we go and do a 35 million "Andy Carroll" type deal. Can you imagine it? Would it happen? Would we be silly enough to make the same mistake twice? Of course we fucking would. If anyone comes knocking on our door looking for Suarez, no matter what money they offer, we should be trying our absolute best to hold onto him. He's the best thing that's happened to us in years, and we'd be fucking mental to sell him, at any money.
Stupid from Agger
Stupid from Sheik.
LOLteasers
He'll have to fight for his place against Downing.
He was saying he's better than Messi a few months back.
And Diouf is amongst the best 100 players ever.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
