Daniel Sturridge

[Sheva. 5,373]

Reason I asked this is because a lot of people say Walcott is average (including myself - although I admit he's improved recently) and I don't see Sturridge as better than him.

[Corner 456]

Reason I asked this is because a lot of people say Walcott is average (including myself - although I admit he's improved recently) and I don't see Sturridge as better than him.

Yeah, I pretty much agree. Walcott has improved recently and has shown a lot of determination. He seems to have matured a lot. But he's the type of player who plays well when the team is playing well. He disappears for a lot of games and isn't going to grab the game by the scruff of the neck.

[Tomo 21,733]

Random but does anyone think Sturridge is better than Walcott? I'm not sure.

About the same, although i think Danny has a much higher ceiling.

[Madmax 9,219]

I doubt he'll get his chance at CF at Liverpool (Suarez) tbf.

12mil + 60k pw in wages saved is a good deal for us. The key issue now is who is he replaced with.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

If he is indeed off to Liverpool then it's a good news! Not that I want him to leave but it simply means we've already signed someone better.

[Ankit 3,176]

Liverpool would need 3 balls to play with. One each for Suarez and Danny and the 3rd one for the rest of the team.

[The Skipper 20,593]

I genuinely think an on form Sturridge is better than Walcott.

[ja1 1,166]

Sturridge-Suarez-Sterling will be a very good front three.

We are selling the wrong striker as well. People saying Sturridge isn't good enough to start for us at CF - he was more than good enough for Bolton, good enough for Great Britain there, and even then he hasn't been given a fair chance really for Chelsea yet after all this time.

People mention how he tailed off last season, Romeu did the same but doesn't nearly come to the same amount of criticism for it by the typical Sturridge hater.

His so called attitude is hyped up beyond comparison. People act as if he has a major physiological problem, like Balotelli. Sturridge is obviously a self-confident player. He believes in himself. This is apparently seen as a positive when Torres does it (how often have people praised Torres for 'at least' shooting first time), but when Sturridge does it, it's negative. Off the pitch while he was injured the first time this season he was promoting Meningitis charities. When he recovered from meningitis to go to the Olympics, he thanked the doctors not once, but twice for allowing him the oppurtinity to play for GB (unlike Bale who couldn't even be bothered). He has shown gratitude on more than one occasion for the belief that Coyle and AVB put in him, which he justified.

There was a game last season where Torres was his usual terrible self - Sturridge post match interview and he was saying how Torres was one of our best players that match. Maybe people missed it as Sturridge only cares for himself. How people can judge a personality based on pitch performance is beyond me. Otherwise would Tevez and Bellamy be hard working grafters who never give up? This may be how they play football, but this only goes so far.

People let this myopia about his head get in the way of the fact he is actually quite a good player. For a greedy player who never passes, he got 7 assists last season. Does anyone remember his pass for Drogba's goal against Leverkusen? I doubt it as it was Sturridge doing something good (people only talk about the negatives to his game seemingly). He was also the one that went outside and crossed for our first penalty in that United game. Now he made a mistake later in that game. Which is the one remembered more? The mistake because some people just want to criticise Sturridge.

Going back to this line I've read over the past few pages 'Sturridge isn't good enough to start anyway so it's ok', who is saying he should be our starter long term? As that would be myopic on my sense. All people have said is that they want him started over Torres which is fair enough. Torres is crap and Sturridge isn't so it is logical. But realistically, Sturridge could simply be a good backup for us. He would press for a starting place as he improved. He's versatile. Homegrown. If his ego was such a problem it would be a negative impact in the dressing room when it clearly isn't. If you want to look at this Chelsea squad for egos, Lampard and Torres stick above the rest.

And really, I don't blame Sturridge for wanting to leave. He's got a goal every 180 minutes at Chelsea on average. This is even excluding his Bolton performances. This is not the same as a goal every 2 games, due to the amount of Sturridge subs that count as appearances. Remember under Carlo? 10/11, first half, Anelka was terrible, Sturridge was in the reserves scoring 5 goals a game and in training scoring hat tricks against the first team. Was never given a chance.

He could have done a Lukaku and complained. He was well in his right. But he bided his time, waited till January, got his chances at Bolton. Sturridge has never complained about position or playing time contrary to popular belief. Like I said earlier he has only said that he sees himself as a CF, but enjoyed playing on the wing. Ivan sees himself as a CB, (according to his agent), Kalou saw himself as a CF as well, but it seem as something Sturridge can be held against for simply because it is Sturridge.

Sturridge will do well at Liverpool - we'll regret this.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Top top post.

[Spike 12,049]

So Robben's defensive qualities are underrated now, I've read all I needed to read from you. You're obviously having a laugh at my expense

Not now. But back eight years ago yes. Robben is a very different player now to what he used to be. I recall he worked much harder at Chelsea than at Real Madrid or Bayern. He is very lazy now.

[Rmpr 8,977]

We wont regret selling Sturridge. He does not belong here, Danny is too good to be benched all the time, but he is not good enough to lead our team.

Sorry, it will never work. He will always be unhappy or criticized if he were to be our senior striker

I am sure we will see him thrive, at Liverpool maybe. However, we will have someone big as #9, so not a problem.

[Spike 12,049]

We wont regret selling Sturridge. He does not belong here, Danny is too good to be benched and not good enough to lead our team.

Sorry, it will never work. He will always be unhappy and we would be bashing him if he were to be the senior striker.

I am sure we will see him thrive, at Liverpool maybe. However, we will have someone big as #9, so not a problem.

Heskey is big. Heskey is a #9. Are we signing Heskey?

[Rmpr 8,977]

Heskey is big. Heskey is a #9. Are we signing Heskey?

No, he is more of an Newcstle Jets type of player than ours. LOL

Here is the thing, there are some players who werent made for big teams, they need to often be on the pitch because they are too good to be waisted, but they dont belong in a winning starting eleven. For instance: Adam Johnson, Sturridge, Defoe, Walcott, Jelavitc, Taarabt, Coloccini, Bent etc.

[Kieran. 6,317]

HOW DO YOU KNOW?! Sturridge could be world-class in 2 or 3 years.

I'm amazed that people know so much about him and his preferred starting spot - even though he's started there twice for us!!

[Sheva. 5,373]

I'm amazed that people know so much about him and his preferred starting spot - even though he's started there twice for us!!

Because he talks about it quite frequently.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Because he talks about it quite frequently.

No he doesn't. That is again imaginary.

[Sheva. 5,373]

No he doesn't. That is again imaginary.

I'm sure i have seen it on 4 or more different occasions.

I just typed in: "Danny Sturridge wants to play as centre forward" on Google, so many results with so many different dates.

[Severinb 309]

I just hate loosing english players!