This Sunday the Professional Footballers’ Association will announce this year’s Player of the Year. For me there is only one choice: Luis Suarez. The number of goals he has scored this season is where most people will start, with 30 to his name already. He may yet break Alan Shearer and Cristiano Ronaldo’s all-time record for goals in a 38-game campaign (31), despite missing the first five games of the season! Since then he has barely missed a minute, though, and has been consistently superb in every game he has played. He has obviously had a huge impact on Liverpool being where they are, on the verge of a first league title for 24 years. It is difficult to measure just how important he has been to the title run. I’ve never been a fan of people saying things like, Thierry Henry has left Arsenal, they will lose 30 goals a season now, because if he is not there then someone else will score those goals. They might not score as many as Henry, but another player will contribute—thats just the way it works in football. Having said that, it is fair to say that Suarez has been vital to his side, not just with his goals but his overall play. It has helped that he seems to have settled down a lot. He played well in both of the previous two seasons, but obviously he had the odd moment where he chose to do stupid things that suddenly overshadowed everything. His play-acting at times is still a bit too much now, but at least he is playing by the rules now—or at least just within them! I’ve always said that he’s a fantastic player and if he concentrates on what he does best then he is one of the world’s finest; unfortunately his temper has let him down a few times in the past but now he looks a reformed person, and a transformed player. That has helped his performances on the pitch......
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:40:29 +0000
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