Sturridge vs Welbeck

Sturridge is clearly ahead of Welbeck at the moment, but I'd say the latter has more natural ability.

Problem for Welbeck is, will he get a sustained run in his favoured position? He's not going to rack up Sturridge's numbers if he goes back to playing from the flank every few weeks and being on the bench in the interim.
 
Sturridge is the better player atm. Welbeck has better technique, is quite a bit faster (outpaced Sturridge with the ball when they were clearly running at full pelt both of them), he's a better passer and has a better work rate than Sturridge. That said, they are strikers, and Sturridge is better at scoring goals - quite significant that. If I were England manager, I would pick Sturridge ahead of Welbeck at this stage.
 
Amar__ said:
Our last five games(pre Chelsea) if Sturridge played for us instead of Welbeck:

Villa vs Man Utd 0:3 (Sturridge x2)
Man Utd vs West Ham 3:1 (Sturridge)
Hull vs Man Utd 2:3 (Sturridge-assist)
Norwich vs Man Utd 0:1 (Sturridge)
Man Utd vs Tottenham 1:2 (Sturridge)
Man Utd vs Swansea 2:0 (Sturridge)

:lol: Yeah right.
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Are you trying to make a point or re-inforce mine? :D

Also, "assist" I like it. Not desperate at all.
 
Welbeck's not as far along his development curve as Sturridge.

Given similarities in style and profile, he should use Sturridge as an example and a benchmark which he needs to get to, and eventually surpass.

Welbeck's path is a little more complicated though. Ultimately we're comparing a guaranteed first choice striker with a 3rd/4th choice, whose selection is further in doubt with the arrival of another world class front 4 player in Mata.
 
Dumbstar said:
Are you trying to make a point or re-inforce mine? :D

Also, "assist" I like it. Not desperate at all.
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re-inforce yours.

As for the assist, I could have gone for three games too, but this looks better.
 
Wellbeck is better technically, Sturridge is the focal point of the team along with Suarez and as such get's more game time better consistency better stats and therefore looks obviously better. Wellbeck is a better player in terms of what he offers to your squad, his tracking back some of his performances playing from wide (especially in Europe last year) have been exceptional. Sturridge is more out and out forward and he looks excellent troubling defenses against less organized sides in this league but until he's faced and traumatized Real Madrid when played out of position my respect for Wellbeck will remain over DS.
 
gasmanc said:
Wellbeck is better technically, Sturridge is the focal point of the team along with Suarez and as such get's more game time better consistency better stats and therefore looks obviously better. Wellbeck is a better player in terms of what he offers to your squad, his tracking back some of his performances playing from wide (especially in Europe last year) have been exceptional. Sturridge is more out and out forward and he looks excellent troubling defenses against less organized sides in this league but until he's faced and traumatized Real Madrid when played out of position my respect for Wellbeck will remain over DS.
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You actually believe all of your players are the best in the world, don't you?
 
BarneyLFC said:
You actually believe all of your players are the best in the world, don't you?
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Not even remotely true, we have Young and Valencia.

Wellbeck and Sturridge are comparable though despite the differing importance to the teams, Wellbeck is the player that has performed better internationally despite Sturridge being Liverpool's main man and Wellbeck being fringe.
 
gasmanc said:
Wellbeck is better technically, Sturridge is the focal point of the team along with Suarez and as such get's more game time better consistency better stats and therefore looks obviously better. Wellbeck is a better player in terms of what he offers to your squad, his tracking back some of his performances playing from wide (especially in Europe last year) have been exceptional. Sturridge is more out and out forward and he looks excellent troubling defenses against less organized sides in this league but until he's faced and traumatized Real Madrid when played out of position my respect for Wellbeck will remain over DS.
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There is no evidence to suggest this at all. Sturridge has a better first touch than Welbeck and a far better finish. And his awareness of defenses and making useful runs is very slightly better, which is why he scores more. Welbeck is better at dribbling and hold-play and is more willing to sacrifice his own goal-scoring to work for the tactical setup.

Whether this means either is 'better' really depends on which team you support I guess.
 
bosnian_red said:
Try taking off the United tinted glasses. He's a good player. I'm not saying he isn't But how the feck can a player be first choice or one of the first names on the team sheet when he is only a striker (proven by even his biggest fans admitting he's pretty shit on the wing) and as a striker, he is behind Rooney and Van Persie? The 3 of them can't play striker at the same time you know. And yes, Welbeck played more then Hernandez last season, because he played on the wing. He scored only 2 goals in 40 appearances last season, which is awful whatever way you look at it. Whenever it came to somebody else playing up top that wasn't Van persie or Rooney, it was Hernandez.

As for their pace, they are probably pretty similar, both fast, but Sturridge knows how to use his body to his advantage and out runs players, and can outmuscle them. Welbeck falls over almost every time he strikes the ball ffs, and he just doesn't know how to make full advantage of his physique. That's not even arguable.
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You can say the same about Rooney, he isn't our first choice striker, van Perie is, but Rooney is "our first choice player", and is better player than van Persie even though van Persie is prefered at striker's position. Hernandez played there ahead of Welbeck because Fergie had do give him some playing time, because Welbeck played lot of football anyway, and the team played well even with Welbeck there. Now when Moyes is here Welbeck is preffered over Hernandez in every single position, and even though Welbeck gets a lot of playing time on the wing, he still starts ahead of Hernandez as striker, from simple reason - he is better player than him. You don't start better strikers of the ball, you start better players, except in weaker games when you can get away with it.

They are similar because neither of them is slow, but Welbeck is much quicker, which is proved when Welbeck outpaced him with the ball in our game against Liverpool. If you watched them both you would see the clear difference in pace. Sturridge has tricky feet, but he can't match Welbeck for pace. The difference is like pretty much between Valencia and Nani, Nani is quick player, but Valencia is obviously lot quicker than him(ignore the other qualities of course). That's just example how much you underrate Welbeck, I am sure most of Liverpool fans would admit that Welbeck is quicker.
And as for him falling almost every time he strikes the ball, I can't remember that in last month or so, when he scored in almost every game he played.
 
i don't see a comparison to be made for these lads as i think they are very different types of forward who still have to develop.
 
Any of you still arguing the Sturridge has no technical ability shite, kindly watch the Derby tonight. The boy has been incredible dropping deep almost playing as a number 10.
 
Good finish there but the goal was all about that pass from Coutinho. Where was Evertons defence though? Way tpo much space there.
 
Sturridge is a really good finisher. That pass by Coutinho is class. Welbeck is a notch below Sturridge. Until he learns to score consistently they'll never be a comparison between them. That chip is awesome
 
We can't compare them at the moment because Sturridge just scored two goals? :lol:
What's next, we can't compare van Persie and Sturridge because van Persie isn't playing at the moment because it's half time?
 
Sturridge has been a better striker than Welbeck pretty much since he joined Liverpool. I'm not sure how even the most biased of our fans could argue that Welbeck is currently superior.

Scoring twice today doesn't prove anything, it just underlines the already established pattern.
 
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