Is there a more divisive character in world soccer? Apparently not. Suarez, L'enfant terrible and football genius tells a Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde story. From the bitings, hand balls and diving accusations to sublime skills, goals. This has become the spilt personality of soccer's prodigal son.

Any other player who has gathered such negativity around him, would have been let go by the club.

Even the drama of wanting to leave for Arsenal during the transfer, only reinforced the club's desire to retain his services. Such is the importance and regard, Liverpool have for Saurez. And I will explore why.

1. Free Kicks

Other than Gerard, Suarez is the main danger from set pieces for the Reds. Notching up wonderful freekick goals last season. The ones he scored against  Zenith st. Petersburg comes in mind.

2. 110% Commitment

Call him what you like. Nobody can doubt the energy, desire and all round commitment that Suarez brings to the Liverpool cause. His energy galvanizes his team mates in more action. 

3. Backup for Sturridge

Right now, the new boy Daniel Sturridge is the Kop's favorite. Notching the vital goals so far. But any team is stronger with Suarez sitting on the bench, providing an option for the manager, in case Sturridge's form drops or he gets injured.

4. Not just Goals, but High Conversion rate.

Suarez converted 16/30 “big chances” for Liverpool last season in Premier League play. That’s a conversion rate of 53%. (7amkickoff) The highest in the league last season. If you prefer goals, then 19 goals, one every 117 mins.

5. Merchandizing

Clubs still need fans to buy merchandise and fill the stadium seat. Suarez is a crowd puller and mostly for the right reasons.

It's better late than never. This is my take on the 2012-2013 premiership which Manchester United were worthy champions. It was a no contest after Christmas when Man City failed to put up a meaningful defence of their title.That sort of shifted everyone's attention towards the relegation battle and the frantic tussle for the remaining two Champions league spots.
At the end of it all,Chelsea and and Arsenal managed to get those spots but only just ,as Tottenham pushed them all the way.

THE TEAM OF THE SEASON

My team will be sporting a 4-1-2-3 formation

Asmir Begovic (Stoke City) -Stoke City's shot shooter was phenomenal this season and his efforts would definitely earn him a move to a top four side.

 

Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)- Liverpool wanted him at the start of the season but Tottenham "stole" him under their noses. It didn't take long to show everyone why. Jan is a versatile player capable of playing as a centre- back and left-back.

Leighton Baines (Everton)- The powerful left-back has really been a revelation this season where he created 116 chances for his teammates which earned him a place in 2013's PFA Premier League Team of the Year .He also won Everton's Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season awards .

 Pablo Zabaleta (Man City)- Ever surging right back.Pablo scored crucial goals especially against Manchester United. After a superb season, Zabaleta was voted 2012–13 Etihad Manchester City Player of the Year.

Jonny Evans (Man United)- John was a much improved defender this season. Stats show that Manchester United conceded less goals when Evens was on the pitch.

David Luiz (Chelsea) - The Brazilian has a superb reading of the game with a rate of 2.3 interceptions per match.Although his aerial dominance is quite weak at 55% he makes up for it with excellent 93% tackling rate.

Marouane Fellaini (Everton) - A top performer and well known for his Afro-hair style.He has been ranked as one of the top 60 footballers in the world by The Guardian (Wikipedia).

Juan Mata (Chelsea) - has enjoyed two excellent seasons in the premiership. His mercurial ball skills and vision helped Chelsea in the capturing the automatic Champions League spot. 

Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) - The most sought after talent in the world right. Rated along side the two greats:Ronaldo and Messi. Bale is a torment -in-chief of defenses and this season raked in 21 goals to take Tottenham to the brink of a Champions League finish.

Luis Suarez (Liverpool) - Is one of the deadliest footballers in the Premiership. A fact sometimes overlooked by those who rather focus on his sometimes flawed eccentrics. He seems to make headlines for the wrong reasons. His goals this season carried Liverpool to 7th seventh place .Way short of their Champion League target. Sadly, He will start next season on the stands after receiving a 10 match ban for a biting incident.

Robin Van Persie (Man. United)- One thing is clear. ManU might not have won this season's league title so convincingly without the goals of Van Persie. The man is simply a goal scoring machine. His move to Manchester albeit controversial, was inspired as he finally won a Premier crown after many years of disappointment with Arsenal. A bit reminiscent of Lebron taking his "talents" elsewhere.

                                                            Asmir Begovic

    Pablo Zabaleta             Jonny Evans                        Jan Vertonghen                    Leighton Baines

David Luiz  

Mata Marouane Fellaini

Suarez Van Persie Bale

Notably mentions:Coutinho,Michu,Beneke

This is my take on the 2008-2009 premiership which Manchester United were worthy champions. It was quite an exciting season which had Liverpool take up an early lead up till Christmas but Man United showed why the league is a marathon and not a sprint.

Also-rans such as Arsenal and Chelsea could have certainly done more to compete for the title considering all the talent at their disposal. In this season we saw a bigmoney-backed Man city with 35million pound man Robinho trying to see if they could use their new found position to claim the crown. Arsenal's young guns entertained as usual but sometimes were not up the physical demands of the premiership as well as choking in big games.

It was interesting to see Aston Villa battle them a good fight for the last champions league spot. In my own opinion, one of the reasons liverpool lost the title after going 11 points clear at the top of the table at one point was boiled down to some bad decision making by Benitez.. not just his rants and infatuition with Alex Ferguson but also his entire handling of Robbie Keene saga just smacks of poor man management. How could a manager buy a striker for 18 miilion pounds at the beginning of a season only to sell him at christmas after 6 months at the club when the main striker (Torres) is out injured! Liverpool could have easily won this year premiership if more creative player like Benayoun were playing regurlary.Just look at manu they have the most creative attack in Europe.

NOW FOR THE TEAM OF THE SEASON

My team will be sporting a 3-1-3-2-1 formation

Formation: 3-1-2-3-1

Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United) - has to be the goalkeeper that had 12 consecutive clean sheets .Van der saar is further evidence that goalkeeper get better as they age. He had a truly wonderful season.

Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea)- Stated the Season very well; was always a threat while scolaris used him as a menacing wing-back in the typical brazilian style.His most impressive performance was how he kept messi quiet at the Nou camp ... very puzzling indeed.

Phil Jagielka(Everton)- The powerful centre has really been a revealation and very solid.

Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) - If I had a vote for player for the season, it would be Vidic. He has been a colossal force at the heart of the man united defense and partly responsible for long string of clean sheets at the same time he is always a huge threat at setpieces which also makes him a formiable attcking force for a defender.

Wilson Palacios (Wigan Athletic & Tottenham Hotspur) - As a member of two teams this season,palaciois had helped Wigan and notably tottenham get to thier respective position in the league. He is a tough tacking, all action player.The strength of his performance this season could see him possibly get snapped by by one of the big four.

Stephen Ireland (Manchester City) - With the coming of big name players to the city squad one might not have expected Ireland to shine but he has been their most consistent performer. He has goals ,grit, and a real knack for being in the right place at the right time.Well done.

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) -Captain Marvel is definately a source of inspiration to his side unfortunately all his marrounding runs, shots ,goals and the fact that they beat all the "big four teams" in this season could not translate to any silverware.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) - Although the current World footballer of the year scored half as many goals as he did last season, his contribution to the Manunited successful campaign was immense.His dribbling runs,speed and cunning always posed a threat to opposition defenses.

Robinho (Manchester City) - Man City might have not been the first choice destination for mercurial Brazilian midfielder but he certianly did not allow it to dampen his spirits or affect his game. He came up with 14 goals and showed opposition teams why the citizens paid 35 million pounds for his services.Remeber his debut free kick goal against chelsea? boy, that was a beauty. I fondly remember Mancity fans singing "You have dickson while we've got Robinho" during games.

Anelka- A lot of eyebrows might be raised with his selection in my list but with 18 goals this season he definately deserves his place. The higly controvesial frenchman silenced a lot of his doubters and almost made amends for the champions league penalty miss with his steady performance this season.

Van der Sar

Phil Jagielka Vidic Bosigwa

Palacios

Ireland Gerrard

Ronaldo Robinho

Anelka

Notably mentions:Torres, Darren Bent, wayne Ronney, Essien, lampard,Carrager,Sktel,Alonso.