Suárez has a better touch than Ronaldo? Jesus, what do you lot smoke. Suárez is like Rooney with better dribbling. He'll have a few ropey touches every game and he'll make a few sloppy passes every game - Ronaldo pretty much never does this. Suárez is probably more creative, but Ronaldo's technique is pretty much flawless. His touch certainly is.
I agree on Suárez's touch... it's part of what makes his playing style so 'scrappy'; while his technique surely has a huge peak, it isn't nearly as consistent as other world class forwards. Now, for my money Cristiano doesn't have that exceptionnal a touch either (not in an all-time sense anyway), but indeed certainly far more consistent than Suárez and most others. While it might not provide a perfect picture with regards to a player's technical level, there is in the world of football stats a term called "Turnovers per game" (with a turnover being defined as a "loss of possession due to a mistake/poor control"), and I would argue that it does reflect to some degree the consistency of a player's ball control/touch (although the way the player is utilized tactically plays a significant role as well I would imagine).
For the current season, Suárez is ranked #6 on WhoScored in the top-5 leagues in Europe with an average of 2.9 turnovers per game...
For reference, most other top forwards seem to be between 1.5 and 2.5 turnovers per game (Falcao, Ibra, Lewandowski around 2.5, Neymar and Agüero on 2, Rooney on 1.9, Higuaín on 1.6, etc.). Cristiano is on 1.3 turnovers per game so far in the league this season, Messi on 0.5 (even less than Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets). Sidenote: while not a forward, I saw that Özil is at a quite shocking 2.2 turnovers per game so far this season.
Historically,
Luis Suárez
- 2010/11:
4 turnovers per game (#1 in the Premier League, only half a season though)
- 2011/12:
2.9 turnovers per game (#3)
- 2012/13:
2.4 turnovers per game (#2)
- 2013/14:
2.9 turnovers per game (#1)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
- 2010/11:
1.8 turnovers per game (#19 in Serie A)
- 2011/12:
1.9 turnovers per game (#10)
- 2012/13:
2.6 turnovers per game (#2 in Ligue 1)
- 2013/14:
2.5 turnovers per game (#11)
Wayne Rooney
- 2010/11:
1.6 turnovers per game (#31 in the PL)
- 2011/12:
1.5 turnovers per game (#45)
- 2012/13:
0.9 turnovers per game (#99)
- 2013/14:
1.9 turnovers per game (#23)
Sergio Agüero
- 2010/11:
2.1 turnovers per game (#14 in La Liga)
- 2011/12:
1.5 turnovers per game (#44 in the PL)
- 2012/13:
1.5 turnovers per game (#40)
- 2013/14:
2 turnovers per game (#18)
Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2010/11:
2.1 turnovers per game (#13 in La Liga)
- 2011/12:
2.3 turnovers per game (#3)
- 2012/13:
1.9 turnovers per game (#13)
- 2013/14:
1.3 turnovers per game (#47)
Lionel Messi
- 2010/11:
1.8 turnovers per game (#25 in La Liga)
- 2011/12:
1.6 turnovers per game (#20)
- 2012/13:
1.3 turnovers per game (#47)
- 2013/14:
0.5 turnovers per game (#196)
As can be discerned from these stats, Suárez has consistently been among the top-3 players in the league with the most turnovers per game, which would support Brwned's view on the matter. However, in his defense, he's also consistently been among the top-3 players with the most (successful) dribbles per game in the PL. Let's just say his style isn't very "risk-averse".