BoyBrumby
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If Rodgers doesn't realise Suarez has been carrying Liverpool pretty much since he arrived he's an even bigger wuckfit than he seems.
If he gets less than Eric's six months he's been lucky.
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*Official* English Football Season 2012-13
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If he gets less than Eric's six months he's been lucky.
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Cantona's was worse. I don't think it's worse than, say, Souness, who was loving his moral high ground yesterday evening, breaking someone's jaw on the pitch. But considering the fact that he's done it before I think he should get a very long ban.
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I guess Liverpool could sell Suarez, sign Remy from QPR and still have lots of money left to replace Carragher and strengthen other areas. Can't see him being sold but he may want to leave now anyway. May be his way of getting a transfer is turning vampire. Could always solve it by asking Gerrard to punch his teeth out and let his mates take the blame.
As LFC is a business, I cant see them selling him now/summer as:
a. his market value will have plummeted after yesterday; and
b. they would be inundated by the likes of Juventus and <insert random South American club here> offering loan deals with options to buy later
They simply need to hope that he isnt rubbed out for too much of next season
a. his market value will have plummeted after yesterday; and
b. they would be inundated by the likes of Juventus and <insert random South American club here> offering loan deals with options to buy later
They simply need to hope that he isnt rubbed out for too much of next season
sledger
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It's also precisely for these reasons they might be forced to sell him though. Brand imaging and the effect it could have on sponsorship income etc...
dontcloseyoureyes
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Being a far far worse team would do just the same thing though.
sledger
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Oh yeah absolutely, was just trying to say that they're between a rock and a hard place atm.
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Not if they continue to build around him. If they sell him, they basically have to start again from where they were two seasons ago except Gerrard is two years older. If they buy smart this off-season they could be challenging top 5 next year.
sledger
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Was referring to this season tbf. Though will concede I was being a little optimistic, as I doubt they will finish below 7th, which is probably a bit too high to be considered proper mid-table.
I'd expect to see them in the top 5 next season, but for them to break back into the Champions League spaces I think they'd have to buy and sell exceptionally well, and hope that at least 2 of Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs regress pretty drastically.
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I don't think it'll be a huge problem for any of those things. It would be nice to think that markets will somehow punish Liverpool for employing a scumbag but they won't. The unfortunate truth is that Suarez is definitely worth persisting with. In the same way that Cantona was, and Balotelli wasn't.
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There's no way Bale is at Spurs next season, surely, so there's a spot opening chance (not guaranteed of course). I don't see Chelsea being much worse next season but maybe Arsenal, unpredictable and fragile. In any case, if they keep Suarez and buy 1 or 2 good players in midfield/defence they could give it a run. Without him, they're **** on a stick.
Yeah agree. Spurs will get **** loads for Bale though surley? Depends how much of it Levy is willing to spend and if they make the champions league or not, but you would imagine they would be able to bring in 3 or 4 good players.
Don't really see Arsenal falling away that badly unless Wenger leaves in the summer, which does not seem at all likely.
Don't really see Arsenal falling away that badly unless Wenger leaves in the summer, which does not seem at all likely.
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Levy isn't well known for his re-investing. Even if he does, 3 or 4 new players into a team isn't a recipe for instant success. Arsenal (or any of those teams, for that matter) don't have to fall away dramatically for Liverpool to challenge them. I never said they would definitely finish above them, just that if they sell Suarez, they have absolutely no hope of challenging them.
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Dunno, Liverpool are a big enough brand to attract a decent sponsorship revenue in any event, but I wouldn't rule them out taking a hit over the short term etc... Look how quickly sponsors distanced themselves from Pistorious and Jade Goody after their (ahem) indiscretions. Completely different circumstances obvs, but still.