i saw more than ever why people have always said sturridge isn't a liverpool striker. he doesn't have the right character to the lead the line and never has. now that he's lost his pace too he's lost his ability to deceive referees and defenders. he will barely get one of those lucky calls ever again, like when we got 3 penalties against the mancs and sturridge dove to get vidic sent off. sturridge at the top of his game used trickery and flair and pace to, yes, sometimes, dance around defenders magically but it was deception, not football, he isn't a striker leading the line he's a weapon, an accessory for a good team, which is not what we need. we need strikers like firmino and origi learning and working and building for the team, not someone who thinks the team should work for him so he can finish chances. i see all of this more than ever in sturridge today, as he gets older and slower his true character shows, which is a bit too lazy and not enough fight for what we need going forwards...
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