DYC. 7,542 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 The only young forward thinking player who i think would probably be debatable with Studge at the moment is Neymar. The only reason is because Neymar can offer a dangerous impact through the middle or on the outside just like Danny, Pato and Benzema are still only fundamentally through the middle. Benzema is a bit useless to be honest, he has a good touch and strength but he is a bit too much of a liability in certain area's such as being a constant threat. You always feel he could control the ball and score but there is nothing else other then the odd dribble after that, he's too one dimensional. Pato is superb at doing a Micheal Owen, meaning making a run at the right times but his physical and mental fitness is terrible. Pato will be finished very soon trust me and the sad thing is he is only 22 ! I can't see him being a decent player at the age of 28 years he will slowly fade out, to be honest with you though football is not really that much of a big deal for him.Woww. Starting a discussion would be useless so I'll leave it at that. laura90, Badboy and SW_Blue 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil 28 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Striker in being selfish shocker! He's been constantly told to go for goal in those sort of positions since he's started playing football ffs.Torres would probably be a better player if he had the same sort of mentality. Oh and for those complaining about his lack of a right foot he's taken about 5 or 6 shots with his weaker foot in the past few weeks, nearly scored with one of those shots too.As the season goes on I'm sure his decision making in the final third will improve like it does with all other inexperienced players. We should just be happy he has the talent to get into those sort of situations. If you think he's greedy go watch the Leverkusen away game where he single-handedly created pretty much every chance we had that night.One massive improvement I've noticed in the past few weeks is his work rate has tremendously improved which is also a HUGE plus. My only criticism of Sturridge is the lack of aggression in his game at the moment. I've seen him shying away from too many 50-50s and "lost causes" this season. francozola, Bosnian Blue, manpe and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) City should never have let Daniel Sturridge go, says Roberto Mancini"I know Sturridge well, I have watched him many times," Mancini says. "It was strange because he started out in Manchester and someone let him out of the club for nothing. Given the chance I think I would have liked to have kept him, but now he is at Chelsea we can do nothing. I know for sure he was one of the best young players that was here. I asked him last year when he played for Bolton why he left Manchester City and he said he didn't know."The usual suspects, money and restricted first-team opportunities, were partly to blame, though once at Chelsea the now 22-year-old Sturridge had to come back north on loan to pick up playing time with Bolton. Mancini would have preferred to send him out on loan from City and have him back as a first-team player by now. "It was not difficult to see that Sturridge was going to be a good player," Mancini says diplomatically."If Sturridge was here today he would be playing in our first team," Mancini says. "This season he can arrive in the national team too. I understand the situation with young players, it is difficult for them to improve if they don't get the games they need, but it is better to send them on loan rather than lose them altogether." In fact City did make a modest amount of money on Sturridge. As he was both under 24 and out of contract in 2009 a tribunal awarded City £3.5m, rising to £5.5m depending on appearances, and Chelsea will have to forfeit 15% of any future sell-on fee.http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/dec/10/roberto-mancini-manchester-city-daniel-sturridge?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Ffootball%2Frss+%28Football%29Lol.. Sparky knew what he was doing Edited December 10, 2011 by RZA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo 1,729 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Let's just say we are glad to have him on our side..imagine him on that City side right now..my god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Let's just say we are glad to have him on our side..imagine him on that City side right now..my god.I don't think he'd even play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I don't think he'd even play He would play over Adam Johnson.I was behind Carlo last season still wanted him to get another season but he is looking more of a fool to this day for overlooking this guy, what was he thinking If he played Danny as soon as Malouda and Anelka lost form he might still be in a job. Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francozola 2,040 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 5.5 million was a damn good price. We're going to be reaping the rewards for years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 5.5 million was a damn good price. We're going to be reaping the rewards for years to come.Yeah, we often mention a certain misfiring striker's utopic price.. while neglecting good piece of business done over Sturridge. Seeing how things are going - 100% bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francozola 2,040 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yeah, we often mention a certain misfiring striker's utopic price.. while neglecting good piece of business done over Sturridge. Seeing how things are going - 100% bargain. Yep very true. Can we think of the 50m on Torres as being part of the fees we've spent on Mata and Sturridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjE7dFsEFg&feature=g-u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,315 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Nice shOnx.I want him to play tomorrow and damage his feeder club, but I also want someone to stress to him its a team game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hd123 5 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 "Chelsea showed us a lot of repsect by playing like the away side ! Their celebrations at the end spoke volumes , Chelsea are pinning their hopes on a injury prone 34 year old forward ,and sturridge who will never be a 10 goal a season player ,we have aguero,dzeko and balotelli already with 30 goals between them,no contest."-City fan Its sure going to be very hard for Sturridge to get three goals in half a season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 "Chelsea showed us a lot of repsect by playing like the away side ! Their celebrations at the end spoke volumes , Chelsea are pinning their hopes on a injury prone 34 year old forward ,and sturridge who will never be a 10 goal a season player ,we have aguero,dzeko and balotelli already with 30 goals between them,no contest."-City fanLmaooo isn't that how City played against the big teams last season?He is however right about Drogba though. sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 "Chelsea showed us a lot of repsect by playing like the away side ! Their celebrations at the end spoke volumes , Chelsea are pinning their hopes on a injury prone 34 year old forward ,and sturridge who will never be a 10 goal a season player ,we have aguero,dzeko and balotelli already with 30 goals between them,no contest."-City fan Its sure going to be very hard for Sturridge to get three goals in half a season sounds as if is moving from blue heaven to blue funk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 City fans are becoming as bitter as United supporters, love it! eldo and tnchelsea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace. 4,352 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Scousers, City fans, Utd fans... Any way, there are all the same. After all, they are all inbreeds from up-North, aren't they ? tnchelsea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I read a story yesterday in The Guardian on how Mancini regrets letting Sturridge go. Sorry if it's been posted before.http://www.guardian....aniel-sturridgeE: Just saw RZA posted it on this page. Shame on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hd123 5 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I read a story yesterday in The Guardian on how Mancini regrets letting Sturridge go. Sorry if it's been posted before.http://www.guardian....aniel-sturridgeE: Just saw RZA posted it on this page. Shame on me He's possibly just showing respect for Sturridge. Obviously it was a crime that they let him leave, but now they have a fabulous team and won't mourn too much over the loss. Mancini always struck me as a very classy manager unlike his cnut neighbor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 He's possibly just showing respect for Sturridge. Obviously it was a crime that they let him leave, but now they have a fabulous team and won't mourn too much over the loss. Mancini always struck me as a very classy manager unlike his cnut neighbor.Really gave Balotelli some credit when he gave Sturridge a respectful 'hi-5' as he was leaving the field. Classy touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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