05 Feb 2016 10:39:47
Personally I'd be gutted if Sturridge left Liverpool in the summer to go and not play for another team next season.
05 Feb 2016 10:57:25
Tha lad publically updated a ". Good to go. "Status on the Social Netwrok only to be turned down by the manager would have actually pissed him off.
I am very sure Brendan or any other manaer would have played him long long time ago on his wish.
I can't see too many clubs taking a risk on the player considering the money we would ask.
Agree on the player. Absolutely brilliant player.
05 Feb 2016 10:58:10
Agree. I want him to stay at Liverpool if he is planning on moving within the Premier League. If however he wants to move away to escape the injury baggage and try a new style of football in another country, I would support his decision.
If he's going to play in England though, it might as well be for us because he's world class when he's fit.
05 Feb 2016 11:14:02
There are three possibilities. 1 - this is one of those stories that has no or very little substance. If that's the case I hope he moves to set the record straight. 2 - He's genuinely upset with how he's been treated. I have some sympathy with that as it must suck having the fans and club question your commitment and desire. 3 - his agent is preparing the ground for a summer move away. I'd be gutted if this is the case as he's a stunning footballer and seems like a good bloke. If Liverpool are to claw our way up the table and compete with the big boys we need players of his caliber.
05 Feb 2016 11:31:56
Muscat
The anger towards the player is much down to how poor we are in front of goal. No one would have cared had the club picked up points which are not. Look at Flanagan. We are not critical in that position and supporters are ok with Clyne and his performance.
The club is struggling for goals and Klopp reluctant to play him on infinite reasons are pissing off the supporters.
We do not miss the player. but we do miss his goals which he brings.
05 Feb 2016 11:45:03
If he's only trained 2/ 3 days he can't realistically believe that he is match fit. Klopp is being sensible and in sure Sturridge knows another week is better in the long run.
05 Feb 2016 12:00:50
Harry you're talking nonsense mate. People didn't get angry about Flanagan because he had one absolutely devastating injury and has worked ridiculously hard to get fit and come back better than he was.
Sturridge on the other hand was pictured on a little jolly to Miami walking around with seemingly no issues. Flanagan on the other hand was always pictured working hard in the gym or on crutches. Not partying with celebriries in the USA. Sturridge doesn't get one bad injury, he gets lots of little niggles and muscle tweaks. His body is either not up to it or he is training poorly or refusing to change his lifestyle accordingly. I personally think he is just unlucky and has a fragile body as he seens a grounded guy but when so many ex-pros and even his own manager are questioning his resilience to minor pain, you can understand the frustration. I tore my ankle ligaments last year and played two weeks later. I was doped up on painkillers and wearing about 3 ankle supports and it was still agony. But I scored twice and we won 5-2.
I'm not suggesting Sturridge does anything that stupid by the way because I made my ankle worse and I missed 6 months haha. My point is, if you are committed to the team you play through pain. Henderson is doing just that, Gerrard played more games with pain killing injections than he did without! Suarez got kicked to pieces but never missed a game (through injury! )
I'm not mad at Sturridge for wanting to protect his body. However I do understand the fans frustrations in a city full of people struggling financially when he gets paid £150,000 a week to sit in the stands. I wouldn't mind being paid that much to watch Liverpool from a corporate box every week!
05 Feb 2016 12:35:26
EMS
I take your views but that's one of the perception. Now think from Sturridge point of view. He is far from a lazy balotelli who wouldn't care anything other than his money. We rushed in to sign him a contract extension to protect the asset. He was happy to play and POSTED THIS. ". I AM GOOD TO GO. " Y would he risk of loosing his place in the national team if he doesn't play?
The manager thinks he is not ready while the player thinks he could play. He simply cannot impose himself to the manager to pick him.
Flanagan is a RB whose position is well covered by a hard working Clyne and Randall incase if its necessary. We never felt his absence in reality.
Sturridge is a striker whose position is covered by Benteke ( Who cannot score ), Ings ( Out injured ), Origi ( Injured )
Thats My take looking from the Player point of view.
05 Feb 2016 13:16:38
So in what your saying about injuries and blaming people. We can blame Gomez for conceding at corners or also blame Ings and Origi for Benteke having shockers. It's Coutinho's fault Llalanna takes to many touches on the ball.
He wrote good to go. Good to go what? Up his training after recovering from his injuries maybe? Does it necessarily mean that him posting good to go is him declaring match fitness? After so long out and a set training program which was individual to build himself up he's all of a sudden 90 mins premier league fit and ready is he?
05 Feb 2016 13:53:56
Harry are you working for the club because you seem to know a lot about what is going on in training and sturridges injury problems.
All i know is what i have read and ed01 has said. When he texted he was good to go he then broke down again in training and that has been the pattern until now. So i am not quite sure what your point is. Are you infering that this is klopps fault because he is intentionally NOT playing him?
Now why would he do that when we have a negative goal difference or are you suggesting he is not playing him out of pure spite. I just don't understand your arguments, to be fair i never have so nothing new there.
05 Feb 2016 14:55:00
John
There are millions out there who don't read this site and has very little insight on what's going on in the training.
They have access to only papers and match day sheet where its written almost every week.
". Sturridge is not fit. " So the frustuations among the supporters shows up.
I am not sure how much percentage is he fit or how many mts he could play. He is not fit according to his manager and that's it.
He could feature under another manager on another different set of training. Who knows what Klopp method is.
If I am right, He is not injured, Is he? he hasn't done any training.
05 Feb 2016 15:59:47
So the player is pissed off because his manager actually had the gaul to put his foot down and say "until you prove your fitness, you don`t play"? Really? WOW! That just takes the biscuit for me. talk about being arrogant. Harry, it is because BR has played him the minute after he thinks he`s fit is the reason why he can never stay fit for a long time. Klopp doesn`t wanna have to deal with that hence, he has sent him out to get fit. Remember when he said he had a foot injury and declared himself unfit to play at Sion yet the doctors found nothing? If you were his manager, how would you feel? That`s why Klopp wants to be more hands on with him from now on and if he can`t deal with that then by all means, he can go fly a kite.