Luis Díaz

[Norbs]

Obviously not the ones who are consumed by tribalism, but fans of football who appreciate good players.

I've literally never heard anyone say "Oo I'm really looking forward to Suarez coming to Carrow Road again to embarrass us"

[Mark79]

I've literally never heard anyone say "Oo I'm really looking forward to Suarez coming to Carrow Road again to embarrass us"

It’s been known for fans to watch games that don’t involve their own team.

[Mr Pink]

I would say Torres got widespread instant praise… a lot of hype when he arrived, and then his first game he gets an unreal goal against chelsea and leaves terry on his arse…

But that was a little different, he was a record signing brought in to be our new main man up front, so the hype was to be expected.

Diaz is brought in to be another squad option. Also the praise he’s been getting isn’t for his goals (which were all great) but more for his work rate, and how his style fits our style of play perfectly.

[Mark79]

Yep, Torres is another one.

Sturridge and Coutinho also came in and hit the ground running and got praise and appreciation from all quarters.

[baitman]

And of course... salah.

Ffs, I'm sick of the autocorrect, from now on he's called salad

[rudedog]

Also Jota

[Norbs]

There's a difference between being widely admired and being excited though. Seriously no opponent gets excited about coming up against one of the best players in the world.

Fearful, yes, but I'm not having that they get excited

[labourRed]

Not sure I agree. I think he was accused of being a diver early on. I don't remember him getting the universal love Diaz is getting to be honest.

Yeah, 100%.

As has been discussed Suarez didn't even come close. In his last season he was super special (way more special than Diaz btw) but by then he was a divisive figure.

Salah in his first season didn't even seem to come close to the media love in with Diaz at the moment. I think what has surprised everyone, is we've clearly got a special forward line and he's come in and improved it and does offensive and defensive work like he's been here for over a year.

[Mark79]

Yeah, 100%.

As has been discussed Suarez didn't even come close. In his last season he was super special (way more special than Diaz btw) but by then he was a divisive figure.

Salah in his first season didn't even seem to come close to the media love in with Diaz at the moment. I think what has surprised everyone, is we've clearly got a special forward line and he's come in and improved it and does offensive and defensive work like he's been here for over a year.

Suarez absolutely did. He was a massive story and ignited a lot of interest when he arrived midway through that season.

As for Salah, he had a documentary on mainstream TV off the back of his 1st season!

[Mark79]

There's a difference between being widely admired and being excited though. Seriously no opponent gets excited about coming up against one of the best players in the world.

Fearful, yes, but I'm not having that they get excited

Alright, semantics. Everyone knew and agreed that we’d signed a worldy.

[Mr Pink]

I think what has surprised everyone, is we've clearly got a special forward line and he's come in and improved it and does offensive and defensive work like he's been here for over a year.

I think it’s not so much that he’s better than any of the others, but just that he’s on their level too, so all of a sudden we have options up front.


During the battle between klopp and guardiola, the narrative has always been that while we both have great teams, city clearly have a much better depth in squad. But I think that’s flipped now. After Diaz came in, you’d say we currently have better depth. This is partially due to adding a 5th top quality attacker, but also it’s the first time we’ve had everyone fit, and have options allover the pitch.

Also the fact that we rejuvenated our title challenge right after him coming in (in part, thanks to him) meant there was always gonna be widespread media praise

[Norbs]

Alright, semantics. Everyone knew and agreed that we’d signed a worldy.

[Pablo]

Just back to his performances again, I actually think he's got another level he can reach too. I'd say he's almost playing within himself so far. He's capable of some proper goal of the month contenders. He's going to hit a long ranger soon, hopefully on Sunday, you can feel it.

[Fivex]

Didn't he do some outrageous scissor kick in his first half-hour for us which went about a metre wide? Or am i imagining that? Can't find a clip

[rudedog]

Didn't he do some outrageous scissor kick in his first half-hour for us which went about a metre wide? Or am i imagining that? Can't find a clip

I think that was for Columbia?