Liverpool Transfers: 5 Reasons Rodgers Should Sell Luis Suarez ASAP

2. Less Greed, Less Predictability And More Potency

Finally, some footballing points! See now this is what Suarez does to you. You talk 60% about off-field matters and only 40% about what actually happens on the green stuff. Anyway, it's no secret that Liverpool have been pretty wasteful in front of goal during the last two seasons - although there was a marked improvement last season with more goals scored and more chances taken. Suarez has been central to this. Despite his brilliant goal return last year he could still have had more and it's fairly scary to suggest that had he been as prolific as RVP last year he'd have probably bagged at least 40 goals. His finishing did improve last season but he still missed some bloody good chances. Two that spring straight to mind came against Reading. The first chance was actually world class play from the little striker, he chipped McCarthy and wheeled away ready to celebrate only for the ball to be cleared off the line at the last second. The negative here is that he could have easily slid the ball past the keeper's left side. The second chance came in the last few minutes and saw McCarthy throw himself to his right to deny Suarez a volleyed goal from around 8 yards. Call it a once in a lifetime save or call it wasteful, the fact is he missed and Liverpool dropped two points in a game they absolutely dominated from start to finish. Now, to gain some context here. Suarez isn't totally to blame for Liverpool's misfiring in certain games. The Reds just don't have enough predators in the team who can score a goal at any given time. Suarez simply sharpens this by making bad decisions. During the 0-0 draw at home to West Ham United last season, Suarez actually took a shot from the by line. And I don't mean he took a shot from the by line because he was stood next to the post. Luis had just got himself into the box and was actually a good 12 yards away. He had team-mates in much better positions but instead he chose the shot and West Ham defended bravely for the remaining time to gain a richly undeserved Anfield point. It's this bad decision making and lack of ruthless instinct that Liverpool could do with shifting to another team - it costs you the same amount of points as it gains you. A sale would also make Liverpool very unpredictable for the opposition. Last year teams simply attempted to stop Suarez, James Collins did this superbly for West Ham at Anfield and Stoke also managed it at Anfield by assaulting him until the final whistle, Robert Huth even stood on his chest. Without Suarez, Liverpool's other players wouldn't be so dependent on one man and would hopefully share the responsibility more and thus create new focal points for the team's attack.