First choice striker

His contracts up this summer so it'll depend if he wants to extend after barely featuring for us in the last 4 years.

ffs. has it been 4 years.

Who would you choose going 4-4-2 ?

Origi & Sturridge with a diamond mid.

ffs. has it been 4 years.

It has mate. 

He played a couple of CC games early on, got his first ACL which kept him out for the rest of that season, then did his other ACL almost straight away which kept him out till around Jan/Feb last season.  He played a few games with the 21s after coming back but was still getting niggly injuries as is to be expected, then went on loan last summer.

Time flies doesn't it.

It has mate. 

He played a couple of CC games early on, got his first ACL which kept him out for the rest of that season, then did his other ACL almost straight away which kept him out till around Jan/Feb last season.  He played a few games with the 21s after coming back but was still getting niggly injuries as is to be expected, then went on loan last summer.

Time flies doesn't it.

He has had rotten luck with Injuries, maybe now he has had a full season with no serious injuries he can push on.

He has had rotten luck with Injuries, maybe now he has had a full season with no serious injuries he can push on.

His career is over here unfortunately, assuming Sturridge is fit that would make him 5th choice,

But hopefully if he can prove his fitness he can carve out a career at a lower level somewhere in Europe.

His career is over here unfortunately, assuming Sturridge is fit that would make him 5th choice,

But hopefully if he can prove his fitness he can carve out a career at a lower level somewhere in Europe.

Probably right mate.

Because Suarez put goals on a plate for him, like he put everything on a plate for everybody.

Thats what I believe I was eluding to Ribapuru, that and defenders where paying a lot more attention (marking) to Luis Suarez, and in fairness Raheem Sterling also benefited from tapping's by Suarez

He has had rotten luck with Injuries, maybe now he has had a full season with no serious injuries he can push on.

It seems to happen to so many young players around that age mate.  It's almost as though, despite training all their young lives, the step up to senior level takes it's toll and when you lose so much development time at such a crucial time, it's almost impossible to regain those levels again.

He'll have a career in the game no doubt but never at the height of what was hoped for him.

Benteke is Injured anyway.

How did Benteke pick up the injury??..... Bruise his a$$  sitting on the bench 

How did Benteke pick up the injury??..... Bruise his a$$  sitting on the bench 

On International duty.

Think we are paying half of balos wages at Milan, so even getting him off wage bill will free up money for another guy, the money from balo & Benteke, must get us a top striker to add to the good strikers we already have.

We also have the lad Yesil on loan, be interested to see what klopp thinks of him.

If we can sell Balotelli, and Benteke, Keep Sturrigde reasonably fit, Get Ings back and Origi continues to improve that gives us three strikers, (Firmino can also operator in that role) do we really need another striker (Unless it is someone to good to overlook) when we need to Improve elsewhere on the pitch?.....

On International duty.

Thanks debs

I don't think Sturridge is going.  I think it would be foolish of Klopp to look to offload one of our most key and prolific goalscorers.

He's got the small matters of trying to offload Balotelli and Benteke, he needs them gone first.

This is the priority.  Klopp will give Studge at least until January 2017, if he does not shape up after a good pre-season and an injury free run, then he will be sold.  Origi is coming along nicely and hopefully Danny Ings will be once he gets back.  January 17 may be the time we see a new striker.

Reported today that we pay 20k and Milan pay 70k.

Crazy that we basically pay Milan over a £1,000,000 for nothing.

Saying all this folks, we might not buy any strikers, they are all good proven strikers in their own right, Klopp might fancy making us very very solid at the back, and then letting all these good attacking players go for it.

We would be a top 4 team over the past few years if we had a consistently solid defence.

And are we not the top scoring EPL team of 2016 ?

I think you still need someone inbetween Sturridge and Origi. Divock is still a kid and learning he is doing great now but if Studge got hurt and all of it falling on him to produce it really may stunt him. Ings will be coming back from serious injury and it would be nice playing Firmino in his normal role and not forcing him into the striker slot.

No we don't need "world class" but a Lacazette or a Javier Hernandez would suit the bill.

Crazy that we basically pay Milan over a £1,000,000 for nothing.

Better than paying £3,500,000 though!

No we don't need "world class" but a Lacazette or a Javier Hernandez would suit the bill.

Maybe it's just a coincidence that the only times we have come really close to winning the title we have had a World class striker?

Maybe all we really needed was a World class manager and a plan.

Why did Rodgers buy Yesil in August 2012?
The lad has made just 2 League Cup appearances.
Bought him at 18 hes now nearly 22.

For his own sake the lad's career has languished with us.

Another questionable scattergun purchase .



A man with a plan and a goal scorer.
Simples.

That's hardly fair Skip. 

He was a very highly rated 18 year old German Youth striker and without the serious injuries he's suffered, he'd quite possibly have been featuring regularly for us.

He played those 2 games just after signing then ruptured his ACL that took nearly 12mths to recover from.  Whilst still getting back to fitness from that injury he ruptured his ACL in the other knee, only getting back into the 21s around this time last season. 

He then went on loan in the summer and has struggled, quite naturally after those 2 injuries and the length of time out, with a lot of niggles.

Why did Rodgers buy Yesil in August 2012?

Company Policy... [Young with potential] I'm actually surprised you don't remember Skip. 

 

Spending is not merely about buying talent. - John W. Henry

...a summer window which brought in three young, but significantly talented starters in Joe Allen, Nuri Sahin and Fabio Borini as well as two exciting young potential stars of the future - Samed Yesil and Oussama Assaidi - could hardly be deemed a failure as we build for the future. - John W. Henry

 

"The transfer policy was not about cutting costs. It was - and will be in the future - about getting maximum value for what is spent so that we can build quality and depth. - John W. Henry

We will build and grow from within, buy prudently and cleverly and never again waste resources on inflated transfer fees and unrealistic wages. - John W. Henry

http://liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/john-henry-s-open-letter-to-fans

Maybe it's just a coincidence that the only times we have come really close to winning the title we have had a World class striker?

Maybe all we really needed was a World class manager and a plan.

We've already got a world class striker who has a better record than most of the strikers in our history.

We've already got a world class striker who has a better record than most of the strikers in our history.

Nah mate we have a prolific striker in Danny not a World class one. Aldridge was a prolific striker too, never a world class one.

I love Danny and think he is great, World class ... no.

No we don't need "world class" but a Lacazette or a Javier Hernandez would suit the bill.

It's all about opinion and each man to their own A-Zed but as an aul fart (who's seen a lot) I can say that when we were winning title after title - we had "World Class" and more recently, when we've come close - we had "World Class".

Listen; I might well be wrong and it may be a failing on my part but I can't, for the F***ing life of me understand why anyone would be averse to signing a "World Class" top class striker. It makes no sense.

I, honestly, believe that some folk are only pretending they don't want a "top class" striker and I know why they do that but the truth is: all genuine Reds really do want the best players playing for our team - no matter what they say on here. 

Nah mate we have a prolific striker in Danny not a World class one. Aldridge was a prolific striker too, never a world class one.

I love Danny and think he is great, World class ... no.

Sorry, but this is ridiculous. Sturridge's all round game is class. He's not a poacher by any means. You only have to look at the Stoke game to see that. He's a better player than Aldridge.

He's a level below the likes of Suarez, Lewandowski, and Aguero, but he's certainly on a similar level to, say, Benzema.