Who is better, RVP or Suarez?

There isn't a debate. It's Suarez. Can't even use his ban tendencies against him given Persie's injuries.
 
At the moment, Suarez. A year back it would've been Robin. van Persie isn't getting any younger, so it will be Suarez... unless he struggles to adapt at Barca and loses form. (has happened to other strikers there)
 
Suarez, for sure. Not even that close for me.
 
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Suarez is in this peak where as RVP has just come off an injury hit season. Suarez is the obvious choice
 
Err, Suarez but an absolute mile. This shouldn't even be debated.

Suarez is probably the 3rd best player in the world, RVP is top 20.
 
I think this should be in the football forum tho, not in United forum.

To the point. I think RvP peak is higher than Suarez peak. RvP in 11-13 was scary and only behind Ronaldo and Messi. Suarez now has the tendency to go missing in big games, which was not the case with RvP.

Of course Persie is now a bit on the wane so it's natural currently Suarez to be better.
 
Sir A1ex said:
For what it's worth, it's clearly Suarez, but I wouldn't swap them. I wouldn't swap Welbeck for Suraez. I wouldn't actually swap Young for Suarez.
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You wouldn't swap Suarez for Young I know its hypothetical but Jeez. :wenger::confused::wenger:
 
Enigma_87 said:
I think this should be in the football forum tho, not in United forum.

To the point. I think RvP peak is higher than Suarez peak. RvP in 11-13 was scary and only behind Ronaldo and Messi. Suarez now has the tendency to go missing in big games, which was not the case with RvP.

Of course Persie is now a bit on the wane so it's natural currently Suarez to be better.
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Pretty much spot on.

Suarez hasn't peaked yet, though, so may go on to be considered the better player overall.

Probably heading that way, if the truth be told, though it pains me to say it (much less painful now he's on his way out of 'Pool, mind you!)
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Pretty much spot on.

Suarez hasn't peaked yet, though, so may go on to be considered the better player overall.

Probably heading that way, if the truth be told, though it pains me to say it (much less painful now he's on his way out of 'Pool, mind you!)
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He was so great in Liverpools run in... Hes a great player, but I don't believe he has reached RVPs heights just yet, although RVP had a poor season last year, but he was playing in a shite team.
 
Taking only last season into account Suarez without a doubt. If we take both players at their best for comparsion I think they are about even with RvP maybe slightly ahead but that of course could be a biased perception.
 
I value human qualities as well. So that counts the racist cannibal out. RVP for me.

In all seriousness though, I didn't realise how good RVP was until he arrived at United. Suarez is probably the better all-round player but RVP's finishing is superior in my opinion.

I always feel Suarez needs a few chances to score, RVP usually just needs one.
 
Van Persie 12/13 and Suarez 13/14 seasons.

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Suarez by some distance. Suarez is comparable to players like Ronaldo & Messi nowadays certainly not Robin, as much as I like him.
 
Bit of a surprise a lot of people saying Suarez is the better player, feels really weird.

Aside from raw pace in his acceleration, I don't really see any aspect of footballing skills Suarez is better at than RVP. RVP is 3.5 years older, and Suarez has a lot of catching up to do in the big game/big occasion goalscoring department before you could even consider to call him a better player


I saw RVP make his debut for Feyenoord, ripping up and winning the Uefa Cup when he was 18 years old, always followed him after that.

Same story for Suarez, seen him play since he arrived fresh from South America at FC Groningen, later went to Ajax obviously.

Long story short: RVP as a striker/CF on his best days is a bit better than Suarez as a striker/CF on his best days. Not much though. Suarez did tear the Eredevisie apart, scoring 30+ goals while playing at the right wing, so you could say he's more versatile. But then you look back in time and see RVP did pretty well when he was not playing as a CF for Arsenal in his first years there.
 
On form, definitely Suarez, but taking the past 4 years (or even just 3) all into account, it's Van Persie without a doubt. 13/14 was Suarez's best season and he still went missing in big games, whereas Van Persie scores against all the big guns for fun.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Pretty much spot on.

Suarez hasn't peaked yet, though, so may go on to be considered the better player overall.

Probably heading that way, if the truth be told, though it pains me to say it (much less painful now he's on his way out of 'Pool, mind you!)
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Yes, agreed. Suarez is about peak level or onto his way to peak level. RvP finishing IMO is still better even at the moment, but Suarez all round game in the season past has been much better. Persie was struck by injuries and United had real problems under Moyes so let's see how he will do under LvG, I think we can see tremendous improvement if he can stay fit.

Suarez will flourish in Spain tho I think as well. Barca style will suit him very well.
 
Henrik Larsson said:
Bit of a surprise a lot of people saying Suarez is the better player, feels really weird.

Aside from raw pace in his acceleration, I don't really see any aspect of footballing skills Suarez is better at than RVP. RVP is 3.5 years older, and Suarez has a lot of catching up to do in the big game/big occasion goalscoring department before you could even consider to call him a better player


I saw RVP make his debut for Feyenoord, ripping up and winning the Uefa Cup when he was 18 years old, always followed him after that.

Same story for Suarez, seen him play since he arrived fresh from South America at FC Groningen, later went to Ajax obviously.

Long story short: RVP as a striker/CF on his best days is a bit better than Suarez as a striker/CF on his best days. Not much though. Suarez did tear the Eredevisie apart, scoring 30+ goals while playing at the right wing, so you could say he's more versatile. But then you look back in time and see RVP did pretty well when he was not playing as a CF for Arsenal in his first years there.
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I don't see how this is the case at all.
 
An Injury free RVP can score as many goals as Suarez, the different being is Suarez does't score against top teams. Last season he scored one goal against the top 4 (Utd, Chelsea, City & Arsenal) out of 8 games and even at that he was playing a SHITE United.

Having said that Suarez does a lot more off the ball than RVP and is more exciting to watch, even if he is a cnut.
 
Suarez, third best player in the world for me. Van Persie can still get back to his best, but at the moment he's not on the same level.
 
Suarez, it's not even close. Suarez scores as many goals as Robin but is more versatile and creative. Are there stats about the chances they created in their best seasons?
 
Depends what style you play. But truly my unbiased view is that RvP is a better player then Suarez, while Suarez may be a better finisher.
 
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