23 Jan 2017 10:39:34
If Ed01 is around.
Do you think we overlooked Suso? I am no bitter but he has been very good for Milan.
He has a wonderful touch and brilliant left foot. He is very similar to Silva / Coutinho except he is bit slow ( Whih silva is also ) . He would have been handy in the absence of Coutinho.

{Ed001's Note - I do think we gave up on him far too soon. It is a common problem in the UK, we give them an early couple of games then expect them to be world class by 23 or we get rid. In Italy they have an almost opposite problem as their youngsters struggle to even get a chance before they hit 23. It really needs to be looked at, we should show more patience. Suso is a very good example, as is Mark Albrighton, who Villa gave up on far too early.}

1.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 11:22:06
Thanks mate 😊

{Ed001's Note - welcome.}

2.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 11:33:04
We didn't give up on him Rodgers did. When ever he played for the first team he never had a bad game, but Rodgers overlooked Suso in favour of Sterling's pace.

3.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 12:20:47
There's too much pressure in England on managers. They don't get the time to let players develop, plus we stockpile too many youngsters.

4.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 14:00:36
I always rated Suso more than sterling and Suso would fit into our team right now, kind of like a left footed Coutinho lite, sad, let's do a chelsea and buy back our own player

5.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 15:11:18
Did we give up on him? He was offered a contract but decided it wasn't enough so chose to move. Rodgers did rate Sterling over him but Sterling rewarded him with an excellent season in 13/ 14 so I don't think you can say Rodgers got that one wrong regardless of how their respective careers have progressed. Maybe in a different world Suso was preferred and would now be in our first team but that's wild speculation.

6.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 15:13:46
He was the perfect option to try that time Coutinho got injured for a few games, yet we went with safety first (Joe Allen) if I remember correctly and lost our creative spark. Such a shame as we could have used him now to cover for Coutinho, Llalana type role and we don't seem to have anyone obviously first team ready in that creative / wide midfielder space.

Interesting to see Woodburn play there in the u23s the other day. played well too and strikes me he might be a similar sort of player to Llalana, good energy, great passer of the ball, decent tackler and scores goals too?

7.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 15:28:17
I agree with Zimbo. He is a better player than Lallana and he is a natural replacement for Lallana.

8.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 21:38:46
I`ve watched Suso a lot this season at Milan and for each time he does something good, I am saddened as I say to myself, "He could have been doing that at LFC had The Genius had enough patience with him as he did with his brother from another mother, Allen". So sad.

9.) 23 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017 19:39:04
Completely agree with Ron. 100% correct.

Ed's- what's the solution then?

Managers can't give youngsters time to develop as there is always sword on their head and we can't blame them if they wanted readymade (starting 11) players than hoping to give random youngsters chance and hope they come good.

{Ed001's Note - simple, managers should be given time to build a side.}