Dita's Slot Meter wrote:
Sturridge is a funny one.....He seems to have a lot of potential, yet nobody ever seems willing to give him a chance to prove himself.
At City, prior to their recent success, he never got much of a chance and was allowed to leave without much of a fight, and its fair to say he has never been trusted or given much opportunity at Chelsea.
It looks like he might finally get a chance to play consistantly at Anfield, so we will finally get to see if he is the real deal, or another over-rated, overpriced Englishman....He definitely, in Suarez, has the strike partner who will provide goalscoring chances, so it looks promising, but from certain reports he does appear to have a bit of an attitude, so I think it will be interesting how it all unfolds.
Sturridge was out of contract at Citeh. He'd just won Citeh's YPotY. They'd just started seriously splashing out the Sheikh's money.
I think at Chelsea he was back up to Drogba and Torres. A learning role to step up when the God left. His loan spell at Bolton absolutely showed the guy has huge potential. But the absolute disaster of Torres has pretty much forced Sturridge out of the club just to allow Torres the chance to come good. A chance that Torres hasn't taken and will never take.
If I was given a choice, there's no doubt in my mind that Torres would be the player leaving in January. I think Chelsea have made some criminally stupid decisions, and letting Sturridge go will be proved to be among the worst.
His attitude. All I care about his attitude on the pitch. With Sturridge I see a striker. He's hungry for goals, he's desperate for goals, and I think he's prepared to miss because he knows that's the price a striker pays. With Torres I see a player who is scared to miss. He takes poor positions which ensure he doesn't miss, or just happens to reach the cross too late. I like watching Sturridge play, I've been disgusted with a lot of the dross Torres has offered.
My guess is that Sturridge will emerge as an Ian Wright-level player. I will be very displeased over that no matter where he goes, but to give that gift to Liverpool???? WTFever Chelsea.
My only hope is that Sturridge leaving will be eclipsed by Falcao coming in. Because I'm already pretty angry at the CFC board, if Sturridge goes and our only response is to recall Lukaka then it's getting close to the last straw.
