Daniel Sturridge Next Season

[John Terry lovechild 0]

How do you think we should handle him next season?

After his displays for Bolton he will surely expect first team football, and he's obviously talented, however with the possible transfers of Neymar and Lukaku and the competition of Drogba and Torres (possibly Anelka) he may find his playing time even more limited.

[luke. 7]

Rotation.

[We Hate Scouse 10,169]

Has to undoubtedly be given chances in the first team and not 10-15 minutes at the end of a game either. He needs full games and has to prove his worth in those games.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Merge

[termninja 5,290]

I'd try him on the right wing.He can't do worse then Kalou at least...

[zolayes 14,489]

Has to undoubtedly be given chances in the first team and not 10-15 minutes at the end of a game either. He needs full games and has to prove his worth in those games.

agree ,,,even if we sign Lukaku ,,he should be behind Danny in the queue ,,and I feel sure Anelka will leave and Drog will be at ANC

[luke. 7]

Well if he does this down the right often...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3unjlxX985Y&feature=channel_video_title

[The Big Drog 1,110]

If we stick with the 4-3-3 then he should definitely be the first choice winger, the beauty of our 4-3-3 is that it will give him the freedom to come inside on his favoured left foot too.

[Term-X 7,891]

Merge

Indeed.

[Ollie 4,400]

He'll only ever be a left winger at Chelsea, simple as that.

[ulsterchelsea 3,179]

How do you think we should handle him next season?

After his displays for Bolton he will surely expect first team football, and he's obviously talented, however with the possible transfers of Neymar and Lukaku and the competition of Drogba and Torres (possibly Anelka) he may find his playing time even more limited.

he , like the rest of the team, should be picked on merit and performance and not past glories or price tag! Pre season should give them all a chance to show what they have got and whoever performs best plays! All of them should know they can and will be replaced if performances drop

[Mark-M- 0]

danny should be given games a head of anelka and kalou in my opinon i reckon play 4-3-3 torres Drogba sturridge

[magicrico 175]

On Merit and Performance, should start ahead of Torres. Given his true position CF and given at least 12 games to score at least 1 goal.

[Makaveli 59]

Definetly a starting eleven. 433 as winger and 442 as second striker. If some Neymar or Anelka will take Danny place, we are retarded then.

[Blue In Green 86]

Out of the first three PL matches because of a red card on the last day, I believe. That may hurt his chances. Ultimately, it depends on what the new manager thinks of him. He may not even be here in August.

[luke. 7]

Forgot about that red. Can they be appealed?

[Kojo 4,676]

Sturridge has to be played first team, he barely gets enough chances at Bolton but still manages to finish every single one. With a good midfield at Chelsea, that's if it does improve, think how good he would be for us. The only time i saw Sturridge actually wasting chances was against West Ham, i know he scored 2 goals, but he had another two chances, but then again Robert Green played outstanding and gambled in the right way all the time, nothing could be done.

I remember watching that Arsenal match, and sturridge played outstanding, he set up Chung Yong Lee twice, and both of them where one on one's, only somehow Lee managed to blow away those chances. But Bolton still won, and Sturridge scored so that's that. Thing is with Lampard getting worse, we need more english players in Chelsea, especially first 11, and Sturridge is someone to add more english to Chelsea, i would hate to be a team like Arsenal with a team full of french players. Could of swore it's only Wilshere who starts who is english, Walcott has started a lot this season i know, but he does get put on the bench a lot.

But as for Sturridge i wouldn't want to use him just for wings, and i'm not to sure on buying Lukaku, Neymar yes i would love him, but Sturridge deserves to start over Neymar, and more times than Neymar. If Neymar comes to Chelsea that is, Drogba in my opinion will be playing deeper, Torres will be upfront and hopefully we can have Sturridge with him. And as for Anelka, i think he should be gone, can't see him doing any better, and he hasn't played to well this season.

[termninja 5,290]

I don't understand some people. First Sturridge is not good enough for starting 11. We send him out on a loan at Bolton when he goes on fire and shows that he's 10 times better then Torres, Anelka and Malouda all together, and yet people still say that he's not starting 11 material...what else does he need to do to prove himself? We will lose him for the way we treat him.

He is a starting 11 material.

[Styles 9,790]

Ashley Cole 'I saw Daniel Sturridge recently, and look at what he has done at Bolton. I knew what he could do, I've seen him in training and he's honestly one of the hardest players I've ever had to mark, his movement is unreal, so the future here is with the young players and hopefully when he comes back next season he'll see more opportunities and bang goals in for us like he has done for Bolton.'

If he is that good in training what the hell was Carlo playing at? He gave him just 2 Premier League starts in 18 months.

This is why I'm glad Ancelotti was sacked.

[Blueboy 14]

Should start after what he has shown at Bolton.

Sturridge - Torres - Signing(Neymar?) for next season up front (assumed that Torres gets his form back and we sign a good player for our rightwing).

As back-up we still have Drogba, Malouda/Zhirkov for the left wing (if not leaving) and Anelka/New signing for the right. I think Kakuta should also be more involved with the first team, he can also be used as a winger on the left side (maybe even on the right..).