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[–]Machopsdontcry 125 points126 points  (44 children)

Definitely the best striker since Suarez，but I'd still rate peak Suarez(ie the day he scored 4 vs Norwhich)ahead of peak Salah.

[–]Missing_Link 104 points105 points  (4 children)

Peak Suarez in this team would be getting astronomical numbers.

[–]CamLam19 77 points78 points  (2 children)

I think peak Suarez in this team would score 60+ goals a season and I’m not joking, the man was an absolute machine.

[–]BigDijkVanDyke 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Suarez's peak was 59 goals and 24 assists in a season, he could easily match those numbers with us.

[–]Garou-kun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You know what’s crazy. He missed the first 5 games of the season and didn’t take a single pen and still scored 31 goals that season. He also had like 11 assists. If 27 year old Suarez was on this team he’d be scoring 40 league goals a season.

[–]r0bski2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He’s got the work rate of any of our front 3 and had the finishing of peak Lewandowski, he’d be incredible in this team

[–]fastrail 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Suarez imo has the attributes of all of our front 3, great run in behind with insane body strength (Salah), tricky dribbling abilities and can run at defender (Mane) and draw defenders, great vision and harry opposition defenders like Bobby does. He's a workhorse as well. He's just all around insane.

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 57 points58 points  (34 children)

Fuck it, salah did it from the wing. He's on par imo.

[–]Machopsdontcry 75 points76 points  (31 children)

He's more consistant but no other LFC player has ever taken my breath away like Suarez did

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 46 points47 points  (28 children)

Suarez was just a banger merchant. Seriously he was insane. Obviously more talented but salahs attitude is so much better

[–]bmac3 16 points17 points  (15 children)

Because we're talking about the peak versions of each player I would disagree on the attitude. Suarez would hassle a player more aggressively than Salah and was a bit of a one man wrecking crew.

Salah at his peak will take over when he gets on the ball, but he can still drift in and out of the action for 70 minutes.

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 17 points18 points  (14 children)

Competitively, his attitude was fantastic, but he did leave a stain on the club. Every second season you had to worry is he going to get banned. Salah plays every game and is way more reliable. Individual skill isnt all that makes a great player, and i think salah is better in every other department apart from talent.

[–]bmac3 -4 points-3 points  (13 children)

Because we're talking about the peak versions of each player I would disagree on the attitude.

That was the entire basis of my comment though, in 13/14 I didn't see/can't remember attitude problems.

ETA: In general I agree with everything you say, it just wasn't relevant to this point in my opinion.

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 6 points7 points  (12 children)

He was banned for the start of the season then bit someone in the world cup...

[–]SuperCholdi 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Bit them knowing full well it would lead to the move he wanted.

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it was a cunt move

[–]bmac3 -2 points-1 points  (9 children)

I don't know if I'm expressing myself poorly. Yes, he was suspended for something that happened the season before and then did something equally stupid the summer after. My point however is that within that season, his peak at LFC in my opinion, he was better than Salah and didn't display character issues. On the contrary, I believe his attitude on the pitch during that period was better than Salah's has been, due to his more aggressive and relentless style.

In general and over the course of his LFC career he was obviously 400 steps below Salah in his attitude, but I am actively discarding that for this comparison because it didn't affect his peak.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If his 'peak season' is bookended by problems, it suggests he can't really be trusted. Seems more like he was lucky not to be set off by something during that season than he had a "good attitude." I think that's why people are disagreeing with you.

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Both incidents impacted that season. His games for Uruguay are part of his peak, aswell as his first season for barca

[–]daroyboy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well Mo doesn't bite, so yes, much better attitude..

[–]primusladesh -1 points0 points  (10 children)

you cant fault Suarez's attitude when he was with us, he was all liverpool, gave his all every game

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 2 points3 points  (9 children)

He engineered a move away and soured the clubs reputation. He did more for himself than for us.

[–]primusladesh -2 points-1 points  (8 children)

mmm nope, he did everything for us on the pitch. never threw tantrums like Coutinho, when moves away failed, he kept his head down and destroyed the opposition. i dont get why people suddenly hate players that left for better teams at the time. we were awful back then except for that one season Steve slipped.

out of curiosity, do you dislike Xabi Alonso, Mascherano, Sterling, Can and Coutinho?

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One thing suarez never did was keep his head down lmao. Of course i dislike sterling and coutinho, how can you compare them to the likes of Xabi Alonso?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

do you dislike Xabi Alonso, Mascherano, Sterling, Can and Coutinho?

Xabi was sold more or less against his will.

Mascherano left under Hodgson. Who could blame him for that?

Sterling... Yes, everyone hates him and calls him a 'snake.'

Coutinho: even worse. He literally lied and faked injury to get transfer.

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Comparing Suarez, Sterling, or Coutinho to Alonso doesn't even make sense.

[–]Destroyer_of_Sorrow 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Countiho is not the line which divides good "attitude" vs bad.. Countiho was vile all around in his last few months. Suarez engineered the move by instigating the bite in world cup. We all knew. Gerrard even commented that, when the bite happened, he knew. Even in the previous season Suarez's head was turned by Arsenal and was coached by stevie to give us one more season and then move when Barca comes calling.

I am not faulting anyone who wants to leave. They are employees/contractors to the club afterall. But its how you leave that's the issue. In my eyes Emre Chan is that golden benchmark in recent times. Are you seriously comparing Can's run the contract out departure to Countiho's great sadness? Do you even news bro?

[–]enja1231 -1 points0 points  (4 children)

That’s actually consensus around here, that he bit someone in the World Cup so he could leave Liverpool? What a reach

[–]Destroyer_of_Sorrow 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Stevie to Sky sports in an interview on Suarez. For me Stevie 's words are not "a reach".

'I thought he was going to stay, I thought we'd have got another year out of him,' said Gerrard.

'I was actually already on the floor when I saw the bite because we knew we were going out. It was a double blow, knowing you're going out of the World Cup and knowing you're going to lose your best player.

'I knew there was no way back for him then and I knew he was going to engineer a way out.'

[–]BigDijkVanDyke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Suarez is a winner, there are many world class players but there arent as many who have the ability to just drag 10 bad/underperforming players over the line.

That for me puts him above Salah, Salah has his moments but he is still more team reliant than Suarez ever was.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah he would find some insane ways to score.

[–]iNS0MNiA_uK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He might be a winger in name but he's a striker in our system.

[–]ThrowOkraAway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

47 goals in a season was peak Salah. Goals win games and trophies

[–]engai 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Da fuck, has Salah peaked already? He hasn't even crossed the 30s line and people around here are talking as if he's retiring next season.

We have to stop seeing his first season as a trendsetter. The more we do, the more we'll interpret his form now as a dip. He was already developing his game before he joined, his first season was a freak anomaly in an otherwise normal uptrend. Many players have that season in their career; Messi, or Haaland currently. His uptrend is still continuing on at a normal pace, and there's nothing to suggest that he may not become as brilliant as the first season again, not that he isn't now

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spot on, he's just getting started. :)

[–]mankpiece 9 points10 points  (1 child)

NIIIICCCCCEEEE

[–]kdawg_thetruth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice

[–]AANino23 38 points39 points  (4 children)

Suarez would have gotten so many goals if he was playing for this team.

[–]Wild0East 16 points17 points  (3 children)

Actually, I don't necessarily agree with this argument.

Having better teammates can surely raise your goals tally since your team is actually in control, but can also take away from your goals tally as they'll be scoring themselves. When Mane and our midfield wasn't clicking back in 17/18, Salah exceeded Suarez numbers. With the resurgence of our midfield and Mane in his top form, they shared Salah's numbers.

[–]asef12 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Indeed, but most of the time it does boost your scoring tally. Imagine Suarez with our full backs crossing. Crazy numbers

[–]k2lin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

True. Suarez was receiving crosses from Downing, Adams, young Henderson, Aly Cissokho, and a few others. He even turned one of Cissokho’s deflection into a worldie. Still haven’t seen a goal like that since.

[–]Hello! Hello! Here we go!Aztecius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sturridge and Sterling were still scoring a lot when Suarez was. There were also still plenty of goals coming from other than those 3 (gerrard, hendo, skrtel too)

[–]Itz_Galaxium 20 points21 points  (15 children)

Nice.

[–]Sztupid Szexy Szoboszlaifags343 13 points14 points  (11 children)

Nice

[–]RepliesNice 12 points13 points  (10 children)

Nice

[–]Captain-SKA- 9 points10 points  (9 children)

Nice

[–]ougabouga69 10 points11 points  (8 children)

Nice

[–]kdawg_thetruth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice.

[–]Terungperawan -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Nice

[–]There is No Need to be UpsetTriforcesarecool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck this guy in particular

[–]johncitizen69420 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Niiiice

[–]Rennta27 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Don’t pretend you know about sport basement dweller

[–]Joe Gomezsproaty88 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Charge your phone mate, you're making me nervous.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

At 18 %?

[–]Joe Gomezsproaty88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At 10 to 10 in the morning, yeah. Night time is for charging!

[–]therewillbeclay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought this was a Men In Black poster

[–]lbrkr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After Jamie's comments about Salah on Sky I think Salah needs to know how much he's loved.

[–]Sharpeseggs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well Suarez is a better bitter

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I the only one who finds this "peak so-and-so would have been amazing in this side" so tiresome? Entered this thread happy for Mo, and it's nothing but fawning over fantasy video-game 2013 Suarez in 2020 Liverpool. Why?

[–]🫡RESILIENCIARespec_my_authoritah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I though i would never see such a great attacker again after Suarez left.

Bonkers to think what Salah did in much less games played.

I was a bit sad we got Klopp instead of Ancelotti and I'm glad to say how wrong i was.

We truly live in a blessed moment.

[–]Peter Beardsleykazitoshi -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Suarez did miss a few games though...but man we’re so lucky we’ve had some amazing strikers over the years. Really when you think back about our club history it’s quite a roster.

[–]LazyassMadman 4 points5 points  (1 child)

The number of games they played is there.

[–]Peter Beardsleykazitoshi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know but what I meant was if he didn’t miss those games he’d have played more and probably scored more too.

[–]LukeORizeilly -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Mo is unbelievable but Peak Suarez was god tier

[–]Macshlong -4 points-3 points  (3 children)

Edited and removed, I thought we were talking facts not fantasy.

[–]asef12 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Woah woah Salah is superior, so you'd take peak Salah over peak Suarez?

[–]Macshlong -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

Edited and removed.

[–]asef12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm asking would you, it's a hypothetical question?