Daniel Sturridge being selfish...

[Trueblue1982 48]

Watching sunday was frustrating, i understand why he is selfish and kind of admire him for it, he is young and trying to impress RDM and the pearce. At the moment his selfishness shows why he is not ready to be in his natural postion, he need to mature, learn how to use both feet, i think he will watch the video of sudays game and see it for his self, IMO at the moment the right wing is the best place for him to learn is game, and when he is ready to move up top and be compeating with Torres. What i do think at the moment the position we are in he should check back and realise that at the moment its not abount individuals, its about the team. I like him, i didnt really 'get' him but i do know and really like him he offers something we have lacked for quite a while and think he will be massive in his prime. hand round the shoulder constructive critasim.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

He'd be twice the player if he passed the ball and made better decisions. You'd think he'd learn from Drogba on how to be be a great player. His selfishness pisses me off as we could be getting goals, yet he just wastes them not creating. If he keeps the greed and selfishness up, he can get the fuck out of Chelsea Football Club.

Is everyone simply forgetting this is his first professionally season in the Chelsea first team? That's he's not actually a winger so he's got the last-man mentality? That his direct approach to goal has actually got him 11-important goals this season?

Give the lad a break. Even Drogba was/is selfish at the best of times.. Even more so when he first came and struggled.

[communicate 2,703]

If he really want to impress Stuart Pearce, He should pass more. No manager want a player to shoot when his teammate is in the better position

In fact it show bad decision making which can cause a team a game.

We should not defend danny for his selfishness because he is not 18 anymore, he is 23.

He remind me of ronaldo who used to be very selfish (he pass more this days) but Ronaldo is super good and danny is no where close to his level

[laura90 556]

He has always been selfish and had the same attitude but you criticize him now. How come? Earlier when a person says that Sturridge is selfish somebody would brought a statistics of his goals and assists conveniently forgetting all the times he refused to make an assist in favour of shooting himself from almost impossible angles. And discussion would have begun about how talented and promising winger he is, only needs to mature.

But now he is not scoring and almost everybody finds him selfish. The lad has striker's place taken for himself, and that's it. He will do whatever it takes to prove he is worth of that place in the team , and English squad. It's not the question of immaturity it's a question of aims. Unlike many of you, he is not interested in becoming winger. My opinion, anyway.

As a winger he has pace and trickery, but that's it. He is a good player but the lack of any kind of football brain makes him suspicious to be genuinely top level winger. He is characterized laughably poor decision making but with pace and tricks that make him look a lot better than he actually is. Also has a selfish, unpleasant side as well and a massive ego/attitude problem from what I can tell. He sulks often and wants to have the side built around him, playing to his strengths. He honestly does think he is that good , which remains to be seen.

People seem to want to forgive him his attitude, decision making, lack of effort (yes, I do mean that) and self-styling himself as a goal-machine , and refusing to pass the bloody ball.

I'm not saying he's a bad player, he isn't, and he is certainly talented in terms of his pace, acceleration and skill but has very little else to offer as a winger and a lot of attitude problems.

Should be a striker .

And will score against City to prove me wrong.

[The Rising Sun 711]

He simply shouldnt be played every game.... let him sit on the bench and THINK. All other players look to score and to make goals..... He goes broke everytime. It almost seems like he has bet his house on him scoring, so he must try at every oppurtunity.

I dont want Sturridge as our CF if we play a lone striker ever. If we start playing two upfront then i guess its fine.... but he still will not help his strike partner....too solo... the types who would do great at a smaller club.... but this mentality will not work at a club like chelsea.... change it or change teams.

Like someone else mentioned, and i too have noticed.... our team players stop trying and making runs when sturridge gets the ball.... he de motivates his own team.... What a player!!

He has impressed already and he has a starting position in the team... So the argument that he wants to prove himself does not stand...... Now he must be benched if he cant play for the team... He loses the ball so many times in crucial moments because he doesnt want to pass the ball, but instead wants to beat players all the time...its quite pathetic really. And then his tracking and defending are non existent...

Someone needs to sit him down... sadly a manager like ferguson would have already given him the bottomline.... play for the team or sit on the bench till you want to play for the team again. Its not Sturridge FC. Berbatov is an example...scored goals but did not work hard enough for the team consistently.... he isnt starting.

He won his place in the team and should lose it too if his arrogance and selfishness does not improve. His trickery means nothing if there is no end product. There are 10 other players who can make that product if he passes the ball..... and then people will be chanting his name and scorers pointing their hands at Sturridges back to say "He's the man".... he created it.... or scored it.... Those are the sort of accolades he should be looking to get....

He is now a Right winger. Play the role, or sit on the bench and watch drogba.... Or Torres. I dont think he is all that as a striker anyways... scored goals but did not do anything spectacular at Bolton... He was great with his trickery and speed.... Those attributes make for a great goal scoring winger.... And so he got his chance..... He needs to learn.... Or slowly fans will stop appreciating his good intentions.

I'm Tired of this guy. Hopefully he comes around, but for that he needs to be told by Someone, which i really dont think has happened yet......

There need to be some sturridge Jokes now.

Dont slam me now. Its just my opinion.

[diskoviolente 425]

You get these types of strikers that are selfish and extremely confident. Danny needs to grow up a little and learn to pick the right pass (which is extremley difficult, i reckon). For Torres´ first goal however he picked the right pass for Raul.

It is just a matter of time, as always, a frustrating one to watch but i am sure he learns quickly.

To be fair, he scored some good goals and got into good positions, so i can understand (but not justify) why he tries to score always.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

I really like the lad but some issues have to be solved between Danny and the manager/coaches.

[The Rising Sun 711]

Yo mammas So Fat.... That when Sturridge saw her in goal... He passed the ball.

Lame.

[nullabletype 987]

I notice a lot of people have said that he's improving. In all honestly I disagree. He's getting more greedy with every game.

Is everyone simply forgetting this is his first professionally season in the Chelsea first team? That's he's not actually a winger so he's got the last-man mentality? That his direct approach to goal has actually got him 11-important goals this season?

Give the lad a break. Even Drogba was/is selfish at the best of times.. Even more so when he first came and struggled.

That's great and all, but lets be honest, it's not some innate thought process that stops him passing a ball. It's greed, pure and simple. No, he's not the only player who suffers from it, plenty do. But these players, of which Sturridge is one, need to realise that it's not all about goals. He's a great wee player, but think of all the missed opportunities he's had to just play a square ball and provide a tap in. He might want be a CF but unfortunately for him he's currently playing on the wing for club and country, and if he really wants to impress, then 11 goals + X amount of assists looks a lot better than 11 goals and being a greedy sod.

[Tortilla9 390]

My daughter was watching the game late Sunday night. She hasn't watched much football the last few months. Her comments:

1. "Torres finally scored". Told her to quit being a hater.

2. "That one guy doesn't like to pass to Torres". I asked "Malouda?" Her response, "no, not him, the guy on the right, he doesn't pick his head up".

I can't decide if it's true greed/selfishness or tunnel vision. Maybe a combination of all.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

That's great and all, but lets be honest, it's not some innate thought process that stops him passing a ball. It's greed, pure and simple. No, he's not the only player who suffers from it, plenty do. But these players, of which Sturridge is one, need to realise that it's not all about goals. He's a great wee player, but think of all the missed opportunities he's had to just play a square ball and provide a tap in. He might want be a CF but unfortunately for him he's currently playing on the wing for club and country, and if he really wants to impress, then 11 goals + X amount of assists looks a lot better than 11 goals and being a greedy sod.

Then I believe you're blind to his progress. Yeah he's selfish, that's nothing new, but he has improved a lot from how bad he used to be. He does look up but to be honest his passing isn't even that great as it is at the moment, so even when he does try the cut back it doesn't always come off, but he does attempt it. Not even going to comment on his crossing because he's effective at playing a powerful ball across the face of the goal but often there's no-one on the back post to slot home.

[misschief 24]

Sturridge only got away with being selfish because Torres was quite the opposite. And how the hell was there not a thread all of its own celebrating Torres scoring?!

Personally, I'm surprised I wasnt sectioned at SB - I was a complete basketcase

[Kezza 1,965]

And if he would have done that, crossing instead of getting into the box and score, we would have won less matches and we would be less dangerous.

I'm not saying he's not allowed to score, I'm saying that he shouldn't be trying to barge through defenders every game and try take a shot from the base line, if there's a chance to pass the ball into the center he should take it..i guarantee we would be more dangerous.

[Badboy 1,526]

He really needs to start passing the ball because I'm telling you right now Kakuta has already started simplifying his game and Kevin De Bruyne is probably one of the most unselfish young forward thinking players I have seen since an early 22 year old Kaka. He's going to face stiff competition next season from the 2 young players on loan.

[Tortilla9 390]

I was watching the FSC broadcast of the match and the announcer (don't know who it was), said as teammates it must be frustrating to play with Danny. You never knew if he was going to ignore you or pass. He said it wasn't surprising that teammates got frustrated with him and why sometimes they stop running. Not saying I completely agree but I could see how it could be construed that way.

My daughter played with a teammate who was Danny to a T. Quick, fast, loved to dribble but passing was a foreign word to her. My daughter on the other hand, an attacking CM, so she loves to pass and attack. She said she hated playing with her because you'd make the run over and over again and she'd pass to you one time out of 20. I told her it was the 20th time that might get you the goal. She gave me the eye roll and said that's not the point. According to her the teammate wasn't selfish, she was stupid but that's the bluntness of a 17 year old for you. She even mentioned that her youth coach told the player "at some point your teammates are going to stop making runs because you're not willing to work with them". It continued to such an extent that the player was benched for a few games to get it through her head.

I know it's youth soccer but sometimes the basics need to be reinforced.