Daniel Sturridge

[BOSS 372]

LOL howmany goals has Danny scored as a winger? And he still warms the bench for Torres.

[Las7 951]

Since 2010 Sturridge has 20 goals from 66 games in the Premier League during the same time Torres has had 18 goals in 73 games. Last year these are the games each one scored in:

Torres goals are against:

QPR x 3(PREM); Barcelona(UCL); Aston Villa(PREM); Leicester x 2(FAC); Genk x 2(UCL); Swansea(PREM); MU(PREM);

Sturridge goals are against:

QPR(PREM); Aston Villa(PREM); B'ham(FA); Tottenham(PREM); Wigan(PREM); Newcastle(PREM); Wolves(PREM); Liverpool(PREM); Everton(CC); Everton(PREM); Bolton x 2(PREM); Sunderland(PREM)

Those are the facts other than the "winner" against Barca, pretty much Torres is only scoring games in which we either loose or are comfortable winners. This season Torres has been better in terms of end product - but that's considering he is pretty much playing 90 minutes every single game.

[Severinb 309]

@chelseafc: RDM: "Daniel Sturridge is better but tomorrow will be too soon, if he doesn't make the League Cup game it shouldn't be much longer." #CFC

[Las7 951]

I think the whole situation is ridiculous:

Danny Welbeck - 252 minutes played

Javier Hernandez - 108 minutes played

Wayne Rooney - 112 minutes played

Robin Van Persie - 221 minutes played

Lukas Podolski - 293 minutes played

Theo Walcott - 110 minutes played

Olivier Giroud - 221 minutes played

Andrei Arshavin - 13 minutes played

Luis Suarez - 360 minutes played

Fabio Borini - 292 minutes played

Andy Carroll - 18 minutes played

Carlos Tévez - 331 minutes played

Edin Dzeko - 195 minutes played

Mario Balotelli - 169 minutes played

Scott Sinclair - 87 minutes played

Sergio Agüero - 14 minutes played

Jermain Defoe - 339 minutes played

Rafael Van der Vaart - 85 minutes played

Emmanuel Adebayor - 60 minutes played

Clint Dempsey - 12 minutes played

We send Lukaku on Loan he is playing at West Brom

Romelo Lukaku - 94 minutes played

Shane Long - 252 minutes played

Marc-Antoine Fortune - 235 minutes played

Peter Odemwingie - 160 minutes played

Our policy is just abysmal what happens if Torres is injured our other two forwards barely got 60 minutes combined on the field

Fernando Torres - 351 minutes played

Victor Moses - 32 minutes played

Daniel Sturridge - 31 minutes played

[didierforever 7,349]

I think the whole situation is ridiculous:

Danny Welbeck - 252 minutes played

Javier Hernandez - 108 minutes played

Wayne Rooney - 112 minutes played

Robin Van Persie - 221 minutes played

Lukas Podolski - 293 minutes played

Theo Walcott - 110 minutes played

Olivier Giroud - 221 minutes played

Andrei Arshavin - 13 minutes played

Luis Suarez - 360 minutes played

Fabio Borini - 292 minutes played

Andy Carroll - 18 minutes played

Carlos Tévez - 331 minutes played

Edin Dzeko - 195 minutes played

Mario Balotelli - 169 minutes played

Scott Sinclair - 87 minutes played

Sergio Agüero - 14 minutes played

Jermain Defoe - 339 minutes played

Rafael Van der Vaart - 85 minutes played

Emmanuel Adebayor - 60 minutes played

Clint Dempsey - 12 minutes played

We send Lukaku on Loan he is playing at West Brom

Romelo Lukaku - 94 minutes played

Shane Long - 252 minutes played

Marc-Antoine Fortune - 235 minutes played

Peter Odemwingie - 160 minutes played

Our policy is just abysmal what happens if Torres is injured our other two forwards barely got 60 minutes combined on the field

Fernando Torres - 351 minutes played

Victor Moses - 32 minutes played

Daniel Sturridge - 31 minutes played

these stats are baffling even when i know that danny has not played at all and when he did it was 2-2 or 1-2 against reading and he made an immediate impact. we realy need to stop kidding ourselves with the torres situation.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

it`s a mystery for me too but it may be nothing sinister and Roberto just wanting to go easy on him..he hasn`t been at full strength for a few months as far as i can see..yes he`s played some decent games for England but lil cameos against international teams whom with all due respect to them if they were club sides with the exact same players they wouldn`t be a premiership side.

it seems like you either get branded a player lover or a player hater.

but for me i`d rather stay out of all that and say..he has great potential,he is a good young player,he is improving,...i`m not gonna make any predictions on how good he can be,it`s upto him really..i have been more impressed with his right foot in recent times..it was unbelievable to me how so badly one footed he was and despite Man City having what from the outside looks a pretty good youth set up,they have failed him by not being able to help him work on that right foot more at an earlier age.

hopefully he will be 100% fit and healthy sometime soon and he can work himself into more playing minutes

[ja1 1,166]

Real shame he was injured

[Kez 2,727]

Going to miss the Arsenal match as well

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Simple questions for you guys:

1. Is he better than Torres?

2. Is he good enough to be a starting striker for us?

I know we havent seen enough of him as a striker, but your thoughts... I think its a healthier topic than Falcao/Cavani.... as they wont come in january. we need to know that.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Simple question for you guys: is he better than Torres?

I think he is. I surley hope so...

I think that- Yes.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Simple questions for you guys:

1. Is he better than Torres?

2. Is he good enough to be a starting striker for us?

I know we havent seen enough of him as a striker, but your thoughts... I think its a healthier topic than Falcao/Cavani.... as they wont come in january. we need to know that.

Can't say, because pretty much no one has seen him play consistently in the position he will play - lone striker - for Chelsea.

My opinion though is he can be a decent back up, with or without Torres, due to his ability to also play out wide.

[Blue Armour 4,289]

I'm pretty sure he will get his chance once he's fit. For now I can say I'm at least happy, if not satisfied, with Torres' performance this season. The only thing that bothers me is Danny's contract situation. Hopefully it will get sorted out before the end of the season.

[DH1988 1,273]

C'mon lets not be daft and Arsenal-like here chaps, he's as good as off in the summer, don't get too attached, its the best way!

Calling it now, he goes to Arsenal.

[Severinb 309]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2218215/Chelsea-sell-Daniel-Sturridge-15million.html

[Rambo 1,729]

I support Sturridge personally so if he wants to leave then I hope he'll go somewhere where he can get consistent playing time.

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.dailymail...-15million.html

Another day, another one of our players is in the transfer story.

Hardly a new news if we believe he wants to leave given that these stories/rumours have been going on for awhile now.

[underdrog 18]

It's egregious if you also add to the fact that Danny has proven his worth when given the opportunities and worked so hard to be where he's at now. He's excelled at Bolton and had a stellar start to the season last year. Sure he may be a defensive liability but he works a lot harder than Torres does to get the ball back, and I think his style of play would work better with Hazard and Mata. He's waited long enough to play the CF role and I'll be disappointed if Robbie doesn't start him soon. There are some politics involved with the board surrounding Torres being handed the starting job and I think that's the reason why RDM is holding back for now. The board needs to assess this properly and consider the Torres purchase as a failure. It was clearly a panic move made by Roman and it is evident that the previous injury Torres suffered took a lot out of him. I have total respect for Fernando as he is a class act with his head at the right place, but let's all move on from this to give Sturridge the time to develop into a world-class player.

spot on mate.classy post

[DYC. 7,542]

I miss Danny. Is he fit to play against Spurs?