Think he'll do quite well under a manager that will demand he loses that selfish streak. Certainly a much better signing than Carroll, Henderson, Downing. As a Liverpool fan I'd be pleased.
Liverpool sign Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge on long-term deal
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for anyone who watched the U21s, Sturridge and Welbeck were a superb strikeforce. played so well off each other, with Welbeck leading the line and Sturridge creating alongside.
he's fantastic through the middle, technically proficient, and hopefully will develop into a possible striking option for England.
i feel most who comment haven't truly seen him play. for me, he's one of those who thrives off a run of games.
wish him luck, wish him well, and under the tutelage of Rodgers...could be a lot of positives coming from his left boot.
marginalised at City, it was perhaps a foolish move down to London, but again...the right club who can offer him football will turn him into a finer player.
he's fantastic through the middle, technically proficient, and hopefully will develop into a possible striking option for England.
i feel most who comment haven't truly seen him play. for me, he's one of those who thrives off a run of games.
wish him luck, wish him well, and under the tutelage of Rodgers...could be a lot of positives coming from his left boot.
marginalised at City, it was perhaps a foolish move down to London, but again...the right club who can offer him football will turn him into a finer player.
Seems Chelsea don't believe the Kid can make it or don't want to take the time to wait for him to develop if they are letting him go. Hopefully he doesn't develop into a star at Liverpool and just turns out to be another over hyped english youngster.
He will do very well for them. My basis for belief in this comes from his spell of regular game time at Bolton.
he'l get games but not centrally Unless rodgers changes things around a bit. It'l still be great for him as he'l play regularly but He's at his best through the middle.
he'll end up being a good signing for them. They aren't a top 4 team but a team vying for EL spot and he'll end up meshing well with suarez unfortunately.
He's still young enough for ppl to be crossing him off. New environment, and regular playing time will all be crucial for his development.
He's still young enough for ppl to be crossing him off. New environment, and regular playing time will all be crucial for his development.
In Liverpool's system the onus won't be on him to create from out wide, but rather to provide a pacey outlet. . Coupled with the way Suarez moves about Sturridge will be able to operate more centrally than he did at chelsea. Which I believe will really benefit him, the same way regular game time will benefit his decision making.
Welbeck is the "almost" man. So its understandable if non-United fans don't rate him as high as United fans.
He hasn't really proved himself completely.He has shown glimpses if anything.
He hasn't really proved himself completely.He has shown glimpses if anything.
Ofcourse. As i said, its still a very good for him. But, Doesnt change the fact that He wants/likes to Be the central striker. That wont happen. Suarez does drift out wide a lot though so that'l help.
I think, unfortunately, he will be a great signing for them. I always rate him.
He will get goals for them I think. Despite Suarez playing central he does drift out wide a lot, so it won't be too congested in the centre for Sturridge.
I think as a smaller club you would take Sturridge right now - more likely to score goals and someone who can be the focal point of your attack.
As a bigger club, you would choose Welbeck as his link up play and ability to play as a mobile target man would complement any sort of team, any sort of style. With all the attacking midfielders at Chelsea, Oscar, Mata and Hazard would probably love to play alongside him. A player like him would slot in seamlessly and knit the forward line together.
I think as a smaller club you would take Sturridge right now - more likely to score goals and someone who can be the focal point of your attack.
As a bigger club, you would choose Welbeck as his link up play and ability to play as a mobile target man would complement any sort of team, any sort of style. With all the attacking midfielders at Chelsea, Oscar, Mata and Hazard would probably love to play alongside him. A player like him would slot in seamlessly and knit the forward line together.
WhoScored is pretty much the only site I look to for stats although it doesn't do player history like ESPN - you'd have to look through each season and it begins with 09/10 for player stats I think. ESPN tends to have a lot of incorrect stuff for whatever reason.
Last season Sturridge was 10th in the league for shots per game - behind Ba, Taraabt, Balotelli, Bale, Aguero, Dempsey, Suarez, Rooney and van Persie. Aguero, van Persie and Rooney can get away with it because they're scoring more than a goal every other game, the rest always appear to simply be selfish players to me and the stats seem to back that up. Ba in this sense for me gets away with an awful lot without criticism - he takes a lot of stupid shots. Taraabt being in there is just outrageous given he scored just 2 fecking goals!
I personally think Sturridge will be a good signing too and he is a good player, probably good enough to be a regular starter for a team competing for the Champions League. He definitely needs some work on his game but I think he fits into that Liverpool side very nicely. Suarez, Sterling and Sturridge certainly isn't an attack I'd look forward to coming up against and there's plenty of improvement left in each of them. I thought he was vehemently against the idea of playing out wide but Rodgers must have convinced him that he'll come inside so often as part of his role that it's not really an issue.
Unfortunately, I think Sturridge will be a good signing. Liverpool surely are the slowest team in the PL and in dire need of some pace. Sturridge has bags of pace and can create chances on his own. He certainly will be a better option than Downing.
He will score a few goals - but I am not convinced he will be as great as I thought when I first saw him quite a few years ago. Imo - his development has certainly not gone the right way - and he seems to halt the play because he wants those extra touches on the ball
I think this is the first sensible signing Liverpool have made in a few years. I think he will be a good and solid player for them and this is the sort of signing they need to be making.
As lysglimt said, I don't think he will reach that potential I saw in him a few years ago.
As lysglimt said, I don't think he will reach that potential I saw in him a few years ago.
What was the fee? Sorry, I missed that.
It's in the first sentence of the first post of this thread.Think this will be quite a good signing for them actually. Help remove some of the pressure on Suarez to score the goals.
He will be better than downing, but hey that's not difficult.
Will add goals to the team, but can't see him and Suarez working well at all.
Sturridge is very selfish and we all know Suarez wants the headlines, when they don't pass to eachother I can see it kicking off.
Will add goals to the team, but can't see him and Suarez working well at all.
Sturridge is very selfish and we all know Suarez wants the headlines, when they don't pass to eachother I can see it kicking off.
Brendan Rodgers said:
Steven Gerrard said:
Seems a bit of a weird way to welcome a new signing to the club by heaping the pressure on him... regardless, I think he'll do pretty well for them.
I must have missed that half.
he was scoring in the Premier League at 18...so yea, he was pretty highly rated across Europe.
This thread seems to have a lot of rival fans telling United fans that they don't know about their own player and to stop with the bullshit talking about another player that they shouldn't know about? Baffling.
Cheesy is just being the usual cynical Ihni binni dimi diniwiny anitaime, however.
Someone obviously kept packing him cones when he was supposed to pass the bong after the first.
Cheesy is just being the usual cynical Ihni binni dimi diniwiny anitaime, however.
Someone obviously kept packing him cones when he was supposed to pass the bong after the first.
Some strange comments from the manager and Gerrard. Why put so much pressure on a young lad already? And it definitely wont be his last chance either imo
Plus, it is laughable that they talk about how he joined a big club as he comes from Chelsea
Plus, it is laughable that they talk about how he joined a big club as he comes from Chelsea
Yeah, all very strange.
That's a nice way to make a new signing feel welcomed.
Haha 12 million
The Pool manager/players sure know how to cater to their hugely deluded fan base. It's like they still think they are a top club, except they've signed Daniel Sturridge.
I'd have thought Ba would have been a better choice playing alongside the racist.
Possibly the most warped welcome in football history. You'd think he had been hyped as a Rooney and then failed at every club. The reality is he's a player with a decent talent who is still young and has scored a few goals already.
They were average in the Euro under 21's - I was dissapointed with the whole team but they'd both had decent seasons and I expected more.
I can't see that he'll play though the middle for Liverpool - Suarez is the maiin man, simple as that. Interesting that Sturridge claims he wants to be a striker but will inevitably end up out wide. Starnge move in that sense although he probably wasnt likely to get a better opportunity.
He's a bit overhyped for me - seems talented but seems to fall out with managers and perhaps thinks he's a little better than he is. he didn't get opportunities to be fair so we'll see how he goes - but for me Chelsea getting rid of him and bringing in Ba, they've done very well.
Where else will he go if he fails at Liverpool? He'll at best drop a rung or two to a Villa or such like becasue no top side will be interested.
That said, its strange to hear that from a manager - even if it is the truth.
I think they it's a case of them seeing that Sturridge has so much self-belief that he doesn't need people supporting him, he needs people challenging him. It could backfire in a huge way though, I agree.
meh, his uncle was better
Weird from Rodgers. But the he did tell Downing he could leave in January. Made him play better in December.
City would have gotten 1.8 out of that 12 million, i guess.
Even if, you would deal with that inhouse, not at the official welcome press conference. It will automatically put pressure on him from the outside now
I can't help but wonder who got the better deal, DS for 12m or Ba for 7.
Obviously Ba is the better player at the moment but DS is younger and has potential.
Obviously Ba is the better player at the moment but DS is younger and has potential.
I think he wants that so that Sturridge keeps focused and knows he has expectations he has to fulfil. He's not just a talented young striker, he's a player they spend a good bit of money on and are relying on to give them that something extra they're missing. Something like that. Dumby's right when he says something certainly seemed to click with Downing following Rodger's complaints about him in the league.
Seems to be Rodgers is trying to be innovative with his management techniques - whether that's trying to recreate some of the success that other great managers like Sir Alex have had by employing similar techniques or trying out some new stuff he's heard in management conferences/lectures - without really knowing how they work. Although I'm probably talking out of my arse there.
Exactly
There are questions about his attitude. They are basically telling him to get his head straight otherwise he cold blow it.
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