Liverpool Banter Archive September 09 2013

09 Sep 2013 21:18:24
Hi eds would it be fair to say the best time to buy from South American leagues is January
Much appreciated {Ed001's Note - it depends on the team.}

No mate, you're slightly confused it's the best time to buy under used and under appreciated Brazilian players from Inter Milan. :)

Ricky alavarez anyone? :P

09 Sep 2013 19:14:16
Hi Eds, do you know the extent of Daniel Sturridge injury? Will he be fit for Mondays game at the Liberty?
Many thanks in advance {Ed002's Note - He should be fine but may not be risked if there is any question.}

It's interesting as we risked Sturridge against United when he was ''70%'', granted a much bigger match on the calender but the same reward is on the table, the almighty three points. Hopefully he's fit and plays and continues his great form.

09 Sep 2013 16:29:33
Rodgers ' Sturridge hasn't played a match this season where he has been 100% match fit'

Now isn't that a scary thought ;)

09 Sep 2013 21:38:49
no not really, players can perform very well at and from 80%

09 Sep 2013 15:46:16
These international breaks drive me nuts, I generally don't give two hoots about the England team, but I will tune in tomorrow against Ukraine to watch Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka, wide players that we were heavily linked with in the window .

Fingers crossed, let's hope they both do the job tomorrow. I trust my boys to win against England tomorrow. Go Ukraine! Go Ukrayina!

Count yourself lucky. I only have the Socceroos to watch in international breaks. Painful doesn't begin to explain it.

09 Sep 2013 08:57:32
Hi eds any word on sturridge and how long he's expected to be out for? {Ed002's Note - He is pretty much fit I understand. Missing the England game seems to be a precaution.}

I think this is good. It might be my biased shining through but it seems like United and Arsenal players were always protected when suffering with knocks on international duty whereas Liverpool players were thrown into it regardless, Owen, Redknapp, Gerrard, Carroll and Johnson being the more recent examples.

I cannot recall the amount of times that Carrick, Scholes, Ferdinand, Wilshere, Cole etc were all withdrawn from international squads to suddenly be miraculously healed come the following weekend.

As I said, it might be my bias but it's nice to see the Liverpool guys having a bit of protection when away on England duty.

Cheers all, keep up the good work Eds

09 Sep 2013 01:41:20
Hey eds, I was just wondering if you ever found out if there was real interest interest from Liverpool in Yarmolenko or in fact a bid was made which was reported towards the end of the transfer window? Thanks {Ed002's Note - I am not aware of interest.}

09 Sep 2013 00:44:53
Just watched the stunt Suarez pulled on Flores when Uruguay played Peru and I'd be glad to see the back of him at Liverpool. Hope he scores a hatful when he plays for us and brings in a healthy few million when he leaves but, despite backing him through the past couple of scandals, I've come to the conclusion that he is simply a cheat and a diver.
He has earned the boos from other teams' fans, he has earned the lack of sympathy from referees and he has earned the lukewarm interest from 'bigger' clubs. It has become embarrassing that he represents Liverpool FC and denies us any moral ground when criticising any unfair tactics other teams use to try and win games against us (eg. Valencia's dive last season vs Manu).
I'm sure in his mind he is simply passionate and eager to win but this is still a sport, not a war, and violence and cheating and an appalling lack of sportsmanship shouldn't belong in the game. All teams produce a bit of play-acting or the occasional nudge out of the referees eyesight but Suarez takes it to a whole new level.
I'll forever support my club and I'll be ecstatic when Suarez scores for us but I'm also looking forward to the day when we sell on one of the worst cheats in the game.

Couldn't agree with you more, cozinoz. He's an absolute embarrassment and nothing would have made me happier in the window then if he moved off to somewhere other than here.

Now the build-up to the United game is going to be nothing but about Suarez. Forgotten will be the team that has served us so well during his latest ban and played so admirably as all eyes shift to the grade A cheat instead.

It's really quite sad as with his natural talent he could well have been one of the best in the game, but his numerous actions will serve to ruin whatever reputation and legacy in the game he might have had.

09 Sep 2013 03:11:18
He was fouled twice for for that penalty, he was also fouled before the guy lost it and got a red card. Theatrical yes cheating no sorry, not on that occasion. Watch the game, watch the replays of everytime he got fouled.

Hmmm he gets whacked a lot to be honest. tough tackles and all.
and then he dives and all. well its not entirely theatrical . he invites challenges in the box, and well as a attacker, they all go down under minimal contact.

as for peru's game if u watched the entire game u'd know that guy who got sent off was on suarez back entire game and then got sent off, there were tackles before he could have got a yellow for.
i won't call suarez a cheat, he fell down and left it to the refree . in both cases he didn't ask the refree for the decision, the refree gave it itself.
he didn't cry or make a scene for those decisions to be given.
and because of his image most defenders are likely to foul him and get away with it,

Boys,
The season has started now.
Can you not can it, at least until the next transfer window opens?
There's some serious contradictions going on in both your posts.

All this diving is pretty normal in those south american qualification tbh. If you could watch all the matches of qualification most of the players got caught diving. Even some of the Peru players also dived.

I think the penalty was fair as their was a contact and dangerous play. But the red card was unfair where suarez done a bit exaggeration and theatrics.

25goals later for us be interesting what our views are I just hope he doesn't cause any atmosphere for us!

It was the red card I was referring to not the penalty. It just reiterates his character to me. His cheating is premeditated and pathetic and he doesn't just do it in South American matches. Hopefully he will score 25+ goals for us this season but unless he changes his dirty tactics, ill be happy for him to move on next year.

He s our best player

Pretty hard for someone to be our best player if they are sat in the stands watching.

He misses 10 games due to suspension

most others miss it due to injury

suarez is our best footballler whether you like him or not

i can't wait to see him play again {Ed001's Note - no he is not, the best player at the club is still Gerrard, no matter what a few fanboys might think of Suarez.}

He's missed ~13% of the league games he's been eligible to play in since coming to Liverpool due to bans.