I have not read any post beyond the 17th page yet but would just like to add that I feel it is time to replace Sturrigde... for the past season or so with Sturrigde on the pitch we are hoping that he can produce the good, as appose to believing that he can produce the goods... I liken it to watching Gerrards last two seasons, You are watching a once great player that no longer can perform at a top level... Yes there will always be moments when he will score great goals, but them moments will come less and less, hopefully players like Alexander-Arnold will one day pick up the mantel until then we need to seriously find a top striker...
Just to point out on this post, and the poster of this quote isn't the only one questioning Sturridge; but this kind of questioning over him happens
EVERY time he comes back into the team after a lay-off.
If he doesn't slot straight back into goal scoring/sharpness mode people ALWAYS write his career off as though he is done and dusted, because he hasn't got a brace in his first 90mins back.
I wouldn't be so quick to write the lad off. The reason people always doubt his effort/pace/goal scoring ability straight after a lay off is because he actually takes a good few games to get back into things - and by then he's usually injured again. But the lad is quality and how anyone can doubt him among his current peers is quite astonishing. He is the closest thing to a natural finisher on the books, his movement and runs are what can get him into position that sets him apart from the likes of Ings, Origi and to a lesser extent Firmino (who's movement is also quite good).
I've seen him questioned also, as a lad you don't want in your team when your backs are up against it too. The absolute lack of belief some have in this fellas ability is amazing. Would I want him in this current crop who's backs are up against it - too F***ing right I would. The lad will get you goals and that's what gets you back on the front foot. Sure, he doesn't run round gengenpressing his arse off, nor role his sleeves up and go into tackles ala Souness but it's like half the fan base have become the 'Stepford Wives of Gengenpress' and drone the lack of 'work' in a players game while ignoring the undoubted qualities of a player.
Fact is, if Klopp doesn't spearhead our attack with Sturridge against stubborn defenses and continues to play him out of position, Danny will come in for this kind of criticism about how his game is diminishing but that's not his fault, that's on the manager's shoulder that.
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