17 Mar 2015 12:36:07
Hi eds and reds
The posts about sturridge are making me think. I posted at the start of this season what being the main man for us would do to sturridge and I feared that he may get too arrogant and greedy, although this has actually happened it's not really the main point of his poor games recently, which are;
- Lack of goals
- Poor link up
- Lone striker role?
The lack of goals could be due to his returning from injury but he hasn't really looked sharp in most of the games I've seen him, the link up hasn't been the greatest if you compare to SAS last season.
Could this be something to do with a lone striker? He often seems to drift out wide meaning there is nobody waiting in the middle for a tap in and he's not even giving the centre backs anything to do. Balotelli should be started alongside because imo he has looked sharper in his last few appearances has showed effort and also good performances (again imo)
This brings me onto my main point if that Rodgers plans to get rid of the strikers linked with moves away (Borini balotelli and Lambert) we will be left with Sturridge Origi and perhaps Danny Ings if we sign him, what an awful piece of management of Ings is the only one we bring in, dead average player and BR still doesn't think he needs to buy a Suarez replacement when Sturridge doesn't even look like he will be hitting 15 a season
Cheers
17 Mar 2015 12:53:09
If that shot would have been post and in yesterday, no one would be complaining about Studge. Give him chance to get back to full sharpness. Also how can you criticise Rodgers for rumours in the press?
Red Rum
17 Mar 2015 13:05:41
I heard that Ings was on his way to United anyway.
17 Mar 2015 13:10:27
I agree he needs time but you cannot argue that if all of the above forwards are sold we need a proven goal scorer as sturridge is made of glass and if we need to give him time every time then I'm sorry but Origi and Ings are not sufficient, and its no longer a rumour in the press once the interest has been confirmed by the eds if Ings comes and a proven goal scorer then I'd be happy but we can't rely on just them three over the course of a season
17 Mar 2015 13:38:37
Mr C - this is the first time in 3 or 4 injuries (and after by far his longest - half a season) that Sturridge hasn't immediately bounced back. He's a better striker than Balotelli so he's coping better but he ultimately has the same problems that Balotelli did - no-one runs past him so it's just him vs an entire defense and he gets snuffed out or forced wide. We need the midfield not just scoring good goals from range but actually taking responsibility to open up options in the box
17 Mar 2015 13:43:38
Mr dennis i hope your right about Ings to Man Utd. I would rather give the likes of Ojo and Sinclair a chance than waste money on a player that will not be an improvement on what we already have. A classic example of the LFC committee wasting more money on pointless signings. The club should be looking at better players with a higher ceiling like Vietto (hopefully the interest is serious) than filling an already over bloated squad with half decent squad players like Ings. Sturridge, Origi and Vietto would be a very good strike force for next season.
17 Mar 2015 13:55:27
I agree we need a top striker, but they're all just rumours until the club confirm that a player has signed.
Red Rum
17 Mar 2015 14:03:37
He needs to be on the bench that's what, we have failed to click since his return to the first 11.sterling is a better fit right now
Full sharpness!!!Was he injured for 2yrs??that excuse is getting old.he needs to improve or be dropped
17 Mar 2015 14:15:49
"This brings me onto my main point if that Rodgers plans to get rid of the strikers linked with moves away (Borini balotelli and Lambert) we will be left with Sturridge Origi and perhaps Danny Ings if we sign him, what an awful piece of management of Ings is the only one we bring in"
Wow so many assumptions made in the above comment. What terrible management selling all those underperforming players and bringing danny ings in. how do you know we will bring him in and just him? THe above comment is as lazy as the journalists who make up these stories
17 Mar 2015 14:20:29
All of our forward players have that bit of greed in them.
They are just a bit too greedy to make it really work to where we are battering teams.
It just needs a bit of trust in each other.
Remember though, that we have not had a steady run of games with these forward players all season really.
I hope they click in time.
17 Mar 2015 14:23:48
We're playing more defensively (5 back + 2 occasional) so we're conceding less, which is good. This also means we attack without numbers, which is bad. We need to find a balance between the two I think, although one to zero is still 3 points.
17 Mar 2015 14:55:18
Personally, It looks like Sturridge would be better with a partner up front. Last season him and Suarez just annihilated everything, this season(injuries aside) Sturridge hasn't looked the same player.
Bringing in a forward like Benzema(who brings players into play) would benefit DS 10x.
17 Mar 2015 16:55:28
Don't disagree, hsf, but would say I don't think it needs to be a striker necessarily, it just needs to be more than Sturridge by himself- wide forwards and an attacking midfielder or two wouldn't hurt. The most common yesterday was the trio of Lallana, Sturridge and Sterling trying to score against the entire Swansea back line plus Cork, Ki, and occasionally Shelvey. 3 v 7 isn't going to produce goals regardless of who the striker(s) are, we simply need more bodies in the box which we've not done well at all the entire season.
17 Mar 2015 17:13:17
Harsh as before the injury he looked class personally
17 Mar 2015 18:25:44
And what makes you think Sturridge will have a partner? BR plays with one up top, he made an exception, rather had no choice but to make an exception when we had Suarez too, but he will always play one up top if he has his way.
18 Mar 2015 00:17:22
W/ BR`s inability to change his system or play two up UNLESS forced to, I don`t see us playing 2 strikers on a regular basis.
18 Mar 2015 07:08:27
He changed his system on Monday to get the win at Swansea.
{Ed001's Note - he tweaked it, which is all that is needed to play two up top as well. It is such a small variation to play one of the attacking midfielders slightly further forward that I am sure Rodgers would have no issue doing so, if he believed it would be the right move. I very much doubt it will happen midseason while we are on a good run though.}