Santiago. 1,500 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Its the fact that he plays RW forcing him to pass with his right foot which can feel awkward. A reason why i dislike left footed players for the fact that have gained some kind of phobia of using their right foot. Try him out at Left and see what he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullabletype 987 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 It's not even as if he's been playing well recently. Add in the fact he's missed some absolute sitters, he's only forgiven because he's young and English. He should be dropped, but as we have no RW (and we still don't when he plays...) he maintains his position in the side. He is exempt from criticism for some reason. People say he's greedy; the responses range from his youthfulness to his confidence to his inexperience. They are not grounds for pardon as far as I am concerned. Danny Welbeck is a far more mature player at a more tender age. He doesn't feel the need to dribble around every player on the pitch and obnoxiously ignore players around him. He pulls off what he is doing once every dozen times, which is even less productive than Torres. You don't notice it when he's scoring, but when he isn't you realise he really is quite average, and will remain so until he matures and offers greater productivity. That being said, he shouldn't be in a state where he must learn to make the right decision, because surely every player knows shooting from some of the angles he attempts just does not work.We have Kevin De Bruyne on loan, a lad who is 20 years old and isn't selfish because of any lack of maturity. We also have Juan Mata, at 23, just over a year older than Sturridge, who is the complete opposite to selfish and who also started out his career as a striker. For me it's not a question of maturity, it's greed through and through. Maybe it's because he wants to impress, which is admirable, but it's not coming off as perhaps he would hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNameIt 1,511 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 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.I disagree. I think that is exacly what he should do, because that is what he does best and that is what we need. We need a striker who is technical and can dribble past defenders and get into the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Las7 951 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 At the very least we need someone who can make chances for himself. Sturridge appears selfish when most "chances" are created by him and wasted by him; if we had a few more players able to create an opening for themselves we wouldn't be in such a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Its the fact that he plays RW forcing him to pass with his right foot which can feel awkward. A reason why i dislike left footed players for the fact that have gained some kind of phobia of using their right foot. Try him out at Left and see what he does.Being left footed on the right wing allows him to cut inside on his preferred foot, though. If we put him on the left wing he'll become a classical hugging touchline style winger; but its more likely he'll try and shoot with his right and be even more wasteful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We have Kevin De Bruyne on loan, a lad who is 20 years old and isn't selfish because of any lack of maturity. We also have Juan Mata, at 23, just over a year older than Sturridge, who is the complete opposite to selfish and who also started out his career as a striker. For me it's not a question of maturity, it's greed through and through. Maybe it's because he wants to impress, which is admirable, but it's not coming off as perhaps he would hope.Totally agree with you mate. Sturridge tries to impress too much. If he did the basics and just got a goal or assist every other game, he'd be on the plane to Poland/Ukraine already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboy 1,526 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Totally agree with you mate. Sturridge tries to impress too much. If he did the basics and just got a goal or assist every other game, he'd be on the plane to Poland/Ukraine already.Totally agree with you mate. Sturridge tries to impress too much. If he did the basics and just got a goal or assist every other game, he'd be on the plane to Poland/Ukraine already.I think he'll go anyway, he's worrying about nothing in my opinion. He's probably the only versatile forward thinking player England have got except for maybe Ashley Young who could possibly play behind a striker. He's a lot better then Lennon, Defoe, Bent and Adam Johnson has hardly played this season. He gets around fullbacks like they are not even there, Evra and Enrique were left for dead on route to goal. You know what ? I can't even see a scenario were he does not start let alone get a place on the plane. Rooney is out for the first 2 games and who are you going to play as your attacking 4 ? wingers and striker ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mceachran 109 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I get so frustrated with him because he adds that ability to our offence of just skipping right past a defender or two but his decisions are sometimes SO selfish that it hurts the motivation of other attacking players.Regarding his awkward right-foot: hasn't he created quite a few chances from passing it across the goal with that right boot?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Another big example was the Newcastle game, where we could of won 6-0, if it wern't for him being so selfish, he even took a shot on his fucking right foot on a tricky angle, that's how bad it was, when Drogba was screaming for it on the left with no defenders on him.I understand wingers not being one dimensional, Walcott and Gervinho have been found out in games, because they never take shots they just square to Van Persie, i do understand wingers have to take shots, but Sturridge is being one dimensional by shooting and not squaring, you watch the keepers they almost know what's going to happen, it's like he is getting read in these situations, he has to be less selfish, infact you should be more willing to square than shoot, there's more chance of a goal, it's a team game, and when you play a team game, you end up getting better individual respect and accomplishments for playing as a team rather than playing for yourself.Sturridge needs to learn that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboy 1,526 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 @Sloth but could that be because he's actually a striker and for Bolton he was playing really well and scoring goals as a STRIKER. I would of loved to of seen Liverpool playing a young Micheal Owen down the wing or Man Utd playing Hernandez down the wing. We always do this type of crap, we put square pegs in round holes. We had one of the best finishers in Europe for the last 10 years in Anelka and we basically put him on the wing his whole Chelsea Career. The one season Anelka played in the middle more often then not he won the golden BOOT !!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 @Sloth but could that be because he's actually a striker and for Bolton he was playing really well and scoring goals as a STRIKER. I would of loved to of seen Liverpool playing a young Micheal Owen down the wing or Man Utd playing Hernandez down the wing. We always do this type of crap, we put square pegs in round holes. We had one of the best finishers in Europe for the last 10 years in Anelka and we basically put him on the wing his whole Chelsea Career. The one season Anelka played in the middle more often then not he won the golden BOOT !!!!!!!! But I remember reading an article where Anelka mentioned he like playing as a left winger more than a striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Las7 951 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 But I remember reading an article where Anelka mentioned he like playing as a left winger more than a striker.That might be true but he wasn't played on the left wing very often he was playing on the right while Malouda was mostly on the left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 @Sloth but could that be because he's actually a striker and for Bolton he was playing really well and scoring goals as a STRIKER. I would of loved to of seen Liverpool playing a young Micheal Owen down the wing or Man Utd playing Hernandez down the wing. We always do this type of crap, we put square pegs in round holes. We had one of the best finishers in Europe for the last 10 years in Anelka and we basically put him on the wing his whole Chelsea Career. The one season Anelka played in the middle more often then not he won the golden BOOT !!!!!!!! Seriously, you need to quote me, otherwise i wont know what you've said to me, i just happened to come by this thread for some reason. And yeah sure but that excuse is getting rather stupid now, they are footballers, not kids, Sturridge has to learn this is for the team, i love his attitude and his confidence but even you must admit he can't keep doing the same shit over and over again such as shooting constantly in those positions, do you actually agree with the fact when he gets into a position where the other player is left unmakred for an easy square, he takes a shot, even with his right foot and hits the side netting?, i'm not saying you do agree with it, but this has happened too many times now, if he's going to do that, then he shouldn't be getting his game, and by that i mean because he isn't going to be a striker anytime soon anyway, because i personally would play him upfront most games, even if we have no one outwide.But yeah if he's going to be selfish then he shouldn't be playing. No players bigger than the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicManMata 24 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Sturridge does seem to have a real weakness when it comes to link up play. The lad needs to improve on his passing and decision-making if he wants more starts. Not only that, but whenever he does get into a shooting position his accuracy has been rather mediocre. Keepers also seem more confident when facing Sturridge because they know he will always go for the shot. With most proper CFs (and wingers) they still fear the passing option.His selfinesh could cost us some points. He needs to learn to take the right decisions, im sure he will (or...hope).This is the biggest worry for me. No wonder he has spent time on the bench recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 He looked for the pass too much today, ironically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_3d 1,140 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Sturridge eyes big rolesChelsea striker Daniel Sturridge insists he is a centre forward and that he is hoping to lead the line for England this summer.http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7624825/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Kid needs to stop giving interviews, media are loving this trying to turn him against us routine Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantdeville 195 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 He's young, kid will learn. One way, or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri 115 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 He got the pace and skills. But the kid is gonna learn the hard way to be team player!. If i was Di Matteoi would tell him 50 % of his play in front must end with a pass or he will be benched, that simpel. He is running likea headless chicken and getting more and more panic because he hasnt scored for how many games?.Easy kiddo we know you got talent, lets see you as a team player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaChick 430 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 He deserves a slap sometimes, but I wish the rest of the team would take on players like he does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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