🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daniel Sturridge

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He has only answered leading questions about this so far, let's not get on his back yet.

His father wouldn't have said that if he wasn't sure that's how Danny felt imo. But nonetheless, Danial himself has not complained (too much) about it so far.

[ack17 205]

He's just asking for big money contract

[Krypt 241]

Danny is a good player with the potential to be a great striker for us. but obviously he is frustrated being put on the wing when he wants to play CF. Anelka was the same a few years back. but the team comes first though him being English helps our English player quota.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

He has only answered leading questions about this so far, let's not get on his back yet.

It's true, and I'm not suggesting this is all in stone.. But it would be hard to ignore a certain attitude emerging from the boy. He looks happy to play, though, which is always good to see but it's clear as day the wing position isn't one he can fulfil. He can't cut-back/cross or play passes in the box, while he has still time to perfect these traits, it is worrying to think he may keep these thoughts alive in his mind.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

He should learn to pass the ball or track back properly instead of sulking.

[Idiot 71]

Send him to hell if he thinks more important than the club. He plays a very good season but nothing more. He should be thankfull for the oportunity to play right wing because as CF he wouldn't gain all this game time.

[ja1 1,166]

It was his dad talking, not Sturridge. Just using this as a stick to bash Danny with.

[Las7 951]

His dad want him to play as a striker so he gets into the England setup for the first few games in the Euro.

It's frustrating to watch him on the right wing while Torres continues to play up top - but it doesn't seem we have any alternatives despite having two transfer windows to sign someone. But I believe he will play better once Drogba comes back or if we had Lukaku up top - it's natural for a player like Sturridge playing on the right wing to need a physical forward out there to free up space so he can cut in and get the ball to his better foot. If I see the same eleven out there against Everton(Malouda; Bosingwa; Raul; Torres) I will begin to loose patience with AVB, his decisions and persistence with players out of form is driving me mad and his substitutions are also mind boggling.

[Blue Armour 4,439]

Last time I checked, Sturridge was wearing the no.23 shirt for Chelsea...can't believe so many people are over-reacting to stuff from the tabloids

[manpe 10,861]

Last time I checked, Sturridge was wearing the no.23 shirt for Chelsea...can't believe so many people are over-reacting to stuff from the tabloids

yeah, the prejudice on this forum is sometimes astonishing. I remember people calling Cahill a greedy fuck and saying they don't like him already because of what newspapers reported, but after his interviews and debut all is forgotten... short memory people have. If it's the way of the people, then I see why FA is the same.

[francozola 2,040]

His reactions to substitutions aren't helping him at all. On one hand, a little arrogance is good especially for a striker but he needs to learn to accept decisions and not come off looking like a spoilt brat. I still really, really like him as a player and he has tremendous potential and I honestly can understand why he may be frustrated, but he should learn how to be part of a team.

[Badboy 1,526]

@FrancoZola I'm 100% backing him over this. We have one of the most promising young forwards in Europe and we are playing him out wide because he has ''PACE''. You'll never see Micheal Owen or Pato or Ian Wright playing on the wings, we always try to turn any striker with a little pace into a winger (Square pegs in round holes). Anelka played his whole Chelsea career out wide and when we put him in the middle he bloody won the golden boot. He is brilliant at taking on his man out wide but he's a Striker and at Bolton he was taking the piss out of Premierleague defenders WEEK IN WEEK OUT with players like Nigel Reo-Coker in midfield. Torres hasn't scored a goal since September, imagine if you were Sturridge what would you think ?

[zolayes 14,489]

To quote one of the readers from the Mail;

"If half the stories published in the Mail were true, Arsenal would have won the league by now"

and we would challenging for top place in the Conference

[Badboy 1,526]

We've got a guy at this club who has gone 20 games without a goal. 1000 mins on the pitch without a goal, once upon a time Europe's most deadliest striker. The Striker position is up for grabs and no one should complain that Danny wants it because the guy playing in that position at the moment doesn't want to shoot anymore. He's not being ''cocky'' he's just being real, Torres can't just keep playing because he's already gone most the bloody season without a goal.

[Kojo 4,676]

@FrancoZola I'm 100% backing him over this. We have one of the most promising young forwards in Europe and we are playing him out wide because he has ''PACE''. You'll never see Micheal Owen or Pato or Ian Wright playing on the wings, we always try to turn any striker with a little pace into a winger (Square pegs in round holes). Anelka played his whole Chelsea career out wide and when we put him in the middle he bloody won the golden boot. He is brilliant at taking on his man out wide but he's a Striker and at Bolton he was taking the piss out of Premierleague defenders WEEK IN WEEK OUT with players like Nigel Reo-Coker in midfield. Torres hasn't scored a goal since September, imagine if you were Sturridge what would you think ?

You are spot on there, and i do think he is a striker, but you play him in the middle who do we have on the right wing?, no one, Drogba might be good but not be good wide, plus he lacks the pace.

[Tomo 21,751]

We've got a guy at this club who has gone 20 games without a goal. 1000 mins on the pitch without a goal, once upon a time Europe's most deadliest striker. The Striker position is up for grabs and no one should complain that Danny wants it because the guy playing in that position at the moment doesn't want to shoot anymore. He's not being ''cocky'' he's just being real, Torres can't just keep playing because he's already gone most the bloody season without a goal.

So true, personally i think had we signed Falcao or Drogba regained his 09/10 form and was scoring to nearly a rate of 1 a game then Danny probably would not have batted a eyelid but the fact its Torres and Drogba who have both been pants for most of the season.

[Kojo 4,676]

So true, personally i think had we signed Falcao or Drogba regained his 09/10 form and was scoring to nearly a rate of 1 a game then Danny probably would not have batted a eyelid but the fact its Torres and Drogba who have both been pants for most of the season.

Probably, but wouldn't happen anyway, Falcao wouldn't of scored goals at our club, it lacks creativity, every one in the front 3 gets a pass with there back to goal, midfield has no ideas even on counter attacks. Ramires is an average passer also and he's our best midfielder. Falcao probably would of had more than Torres mind you, but not much more, it's like if Van Persie came to our team he would of had about 4 or 5 goals right now, instead of the 21 or 22 goals he has at the moment with Arsenal.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

We've got a guy at this club who has gone 20 games without a goal. 1000 mins on the pitch without a goal, once upon a time Europe's most deadliest striker. The Striker position is up for grabs and no one should complain that Danny wants it because the guy playing in that position at the moment doesn't want to shoot anymore. He's not being ''cocky'' he's just being real, Torres can't just keep playing because he's already gone most the bloody season without a goal.

Seems to me that Danny plays where he plays because he is the best candidate for that position. If we had a player who could do the job half as well i would fully expect him to be in contention but we dont so he just gonna have to suck it up for now.

[Tomo 21,751]

Probably, but wouldn't happen anyway, Falcao wouldn't of scored goals at our club, it lacks creativity, every one in the front 3 gets a pass with there back to goal, midfield has no ideas even on counter attacks. Ramires is an average passer also and he's our best midfielder. Falcao probably would of had more than Torres mind you, but not much more, it's like if Van Persie came to our team he would of had about 4 or 5 goals right now, instead of the 21 or 22 goals he has at the moment with Arsenal.

The creativity has been shit but i still think Falcao would still have got goals regardless, he's confidence is sky high and he would just poach goals, Kalou got 11 last season without the creativity behind him and he is regarded by most as the worst player we have.

Thing is with Nando, ive seen him in position's running against the last defender and thinking 4 years ago he would have ran past him and been through on goal, last season he played for Liverpool against Arsenal and he tried to run past Koscielnly and get through on goal but he (Kos) caught up with him and got the ball, if that was the 2007-2009 Torres, Koscielny would not have stood a chance and been made to look silly.

The creative side of our team is a problem but Torres don't half contribute to his own downfall, where-as Falcao would have took any chance he got, even if they did come sparingly.

[Kojo 4,676]

The creativity has been shit but i still think Falcao would still have got goals regardless, he's confidence is sky high and he would just poach goals, Kalou got 11 last season without the creativity behind him and he is regarded by most as the worst player we have.

Thing is with Nando, ive seen him in position's running against the last defender and thinking 4 years ago he would have ran past him and been through on goal, last season he played for Liverpool against Arsenal and he tried to run past Koscielnly and get through on goal but he (Kos) caught up with him and got the ball, if that was the 2007-2009 Torres, Koscielny would not have stood a chance and been made to look silly.

The creative side of our team is a problem but Torres don't half contribute to his own downfall, where-as Falcao would have took any chance he got, even if they did come sparingly.

I know for one thing, his confidence wouldn't of been sky high here, don't forget Falcao gives up too, he did it at porto, but then he went on and got top scorer in the Portugese league i think. But yeah i know for one thing he would of scored most of the chances Torres had, Torres is a real piss taker, i don't care if you're confidence is down the drain you should always hit the ball when your 5 yards out and it's been squared to you, (the norwich game) where if he did that he could of gotten us 3 points, he also had a simple chance to get us 3 points in the Man United game.