Luis Suárez

[Daniel 7]

Cotswolds should numb the pain BobbyDazzler

I have some Stolichnaya on the go with a variety of mixers. Its such a versatile drik, vodka.
Versatility

[Bender]

LFC Fans Corner @LFCFansCorner 43s
Rodgers: "Luis is training on his own and he understands totally where we're coming from."

BR: "It's been a difficult period for Suarez but it's my job to protect the group. Once he's back with the spirit he'll rejoin the group."

BR: "We're quite calm. The club is in control of the situation. We've got no inclination to sell and we've been strong on that." #lfc

BR: "Luis has fought for his life for Liverpool. There will come a point where he'll recognise the club is not going to sell..." #lfc

Daniel McDonnell @McDonnellDan 5m
Brendan Rodgers on Suarez: “Don't feel we're fighting a losing battle. He's very much a contracted player and confident he'll remain that"

[BobTheCharmer]

Cotswolds should numb the pain BobbyDazzler

I have some Stolichnaya on the go with a variety of mixers. Its such a versatile drik, vodka.
Versatility

Never tried it. Not a massive fan of vodka. Got a bottle of 42 below, that a decent vodka?

[Daniel 7]

Never tried it. Not a massive fan of vodka. Got a bottle of 42 below, that a decent vodka?

Dunno, never heard of it! If I go for the nicer stuff, its usually Belvedere. I like Grey Goose too.

The locals where I come from still maintain Smirnoff is the bomb but their regular choice is Tesco's own brand

[Kenneth]

Tried Finlandia? I've got an unopened bottle in the cupboard I think. Worth opening?

[saj]

The 'David James' argument...

Ahhh it was calamity who made that point. I thought it was one of of the co-commentators.

[fidget]

Dunno, never heard of it! If I go for the nicer stuff, its usually Belvedere. I like Grey Goose too.

The locals where I come from still maintain Smirnoff is the bomb but their regular choice is Tesco's own brand

Me and the Mrs are vodka drinkers
Usual tipple indoors is wyborowa but i kid you not try lidl's premium vodka
putinoff.
i made her and her two vodka drinking mates do a blind test against belvedere and ciroc - the putinoff won hands down
its £8.99 for 50cl

[Frenchie]

yep he gobbed off to a redtop, it's online somewhere....ah here it is a redtop equivalent site..

http://www.sport.co.uk/football/jame...uarez/4356752/

[Kenneth]

yep he gobbed off to a redtop, it's online somewhere....ah here it is a redtop equivalent site..

http://www.sport.co.uk/football/jame...uarez/4356752/

That's a lot of PHP Errors (on an iPhone)

Edit: they've gone. Let me know if this gets boring.

[Daniel 7]

Me and the Mrs are vodka drinkers
Usual tipple indoors is wyborowa but i kid you not try lidl's premium vodka
putinoff.
i made her and her two vodka drinking mates do a blind test against belvedere and ciroc - the putinoff won hands down
its £8.99 for 50cl

Thats interesting - I might try that

Putinoff!

Great name

[marcus50bucks]

Liverpool FC @LFC 7m
Back on Suarez. BR: "He's a world class striker. I've got no question that when he's back he'll have a similar impact [to last season]."

Liverpool FC @LFC 11m
Brendan Rodgers confirms there are no imminent incomings at #lfc but that the club continues to work.

Liverpool FC @LFC 15m
BR: "...and the he goes onto the pitch and he'll give 100 per cent." #lfc

Liverpool FC @LFC 16m
BR: "Luis has fought for his life for Liverpool. There will come a point where he'll recognise the club is not going to sell..." #lfc

Liverpool FC @LFC 17m
BR: "We're quite calm. The club is in control of the situation. We've got no inclination to sell and we've been strong on that." #lfc

Liverpool FC @LFC 18m
BR: "It's been a difficult period for him but it's my job to protect the group. Once he's back with the spirit he'll rejoin the group." #lfc

Liverpool FC @LFC 19m
BR: "Luis is training on his own and he understands totally where we're coming from." #lfc

[Daniel 7]

Brendan has been excellent during this. He's coping admirably with the dual media bombardment of being LFC manager and of being Luis Suarez's manager.

[Bender]

LFCZA @LFCZA 1m
#suarez has no intention of handing a transfer request nor apologising. Via @sidlowe in the Guardian. #lfc

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you ****ing apologize suarez

[Reece]

Luis Suárez will not hand in a transfer request yet in the wake of Liverpool's hard-line stance over his future. The Uruguayan striker had originally planned to do so before the end of this week if the Anfield club did not allow him to move to Arsenal. But Suárez's camp believe his position was made sufficiently clear in an interview with The Guardian and that there is no need to make a formal transfer request at the moment.

Liverpool's owner, John W Henry, angrily insisted after the interview that Suárez would not be leaving Liverpool to join any club, at any fee, despite the striker insisting he wanted to depart in order to play Champions League football. Brendan Rodgers, the manager, accused Suárez of disrespecting the club and lying. Rodgers has forced Suárez to train with the youth team until he makes an apology, although how much impact that has is open to question as Suárez is injured, about to depart on international duty and has six games of his ban to serve.

Suárez has no intention of apologising. He made it clear in the interview that he believes that the club and manager have broken a promise; the coach's latest remarks can only have added to that sensation. In his opinion, it is Rodgers who has lied and reneged on a deal.

If the club's American owner sticks to his word, he risks missing out on a substantial transfer fee and having an unhappy player in the squad. But if Suárez is ultimately forced to stay, he will not refuse to play. Right now, he believes that there is little more than he can, or should, do: he has made his position clear and Henry's public insistence that he will not sell makes a formal request pointless.

Any potential transfer now depends on the clubs, not the player. Suárez's decision to speak out was motivated less by strategy than by frustration.

Suárez's camp believe that a clause in his contract allows him to depart for any bid over £40m and Arsenal acted to trigger than clause by offering £40,000,0001. That is the only offer Liverpool have received and no other major club has expressed a serious interest in the striker. Liverpool dispute that the clause allows Suárez to leave for that fee and contend it merely opens negotiations.

The PFA president, Gordon Taylor, admitted the clause in Suarez's contract is not watertight. He also admitted there was a "good faith" clause but that it too was not legally binding. The very existence of a clause shows that Liverpool and Suárez had discussed a possible departure in the event of the club not making it into the Champions League. The dispute is over the size of the transfer fee. Suárez made his position clear to Liverpool; he has now made his position clear publicly too.

The 26-year-old was not included in the Liverpool squad that flew to Dublin on Friday for the club's final pre-season friendly against Celtic. He missed the win over Valerenga in Oslo in midweek with a slight foot injury suffered during Steven Gerrard's testimonial but was unlikely to appear in Dublin anyway as Rodgers prepares for next weekend's Premier League opener against Stoke City.

Raheem Sterling will be involved against Celtic, despite appearing at Liverpool magistrates' court on Friday charged with assaulting his girlfriend. The 18-year-old winger was arrested on Thursday and held in custody overnight before being charged with common assault on his 20-year-old partner, Shana Halliday. The England international entered a not guilty plea when the charges were put to him. He now faces a trial in September.

A spokesman for Merseyside police said: "Merseyside police can confirm an 18-year-old man was arrested and subsequently charged with assault following an incident last night in Page Moss. Raheem Sterling, 18, of Woolton, was charged with Section 39 Common Assault."

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/09/luis-suarez-liverpool?CMP=twt_gu

[Shaggy]

**** off Arsenal.

Suarez will be back playing for us after his ban.