I don't like Suarez and I don't like Liverpool in all honesty, but I'm trying my best to put that aside.
The fact is Liverpool are, like Everton, a huge club with a proud history, but like everton are not exactly in a golden era at the moment. Southall and Dalglish I would call world class because they've done it at the very top end but no current player of the merseyside clubs can
Lets be honest, both of us will probably end up fighting for a europa place, given the quality of the underperforming squads at Man U and Spurs, and given our league positions over the last three years, qualifying for the europa through the league would be a big step forward for both of us and a real acclompishment.
As such as I admrie the loyalty of guys like Baines and Suarez, and indeed le tissier, stayuing at clubs not in europe, there's a question mark over their ambition and mental attitude until they perform under the pressure of a really top club.
Which is why when certain of our fans called Fellaini and Baines world class, I couldn't agree, regardless of how well they were playing in the league because they're untested at that top level. You only have to look at Fellaini or Torres to see what can happen when even great players make that leap.
That's why I would put McManaman or Rooney, who have thrived under that additional pressure of being at a really top club, a little ahead of Suarez. Though I wouldn't bet against Suarez achieveing that level some day later, he's very talented and still young.
Is that unreasonable?
Not unreasonable other than he's 27 on Friday so this is probably his peak.