Daniel Sturridge

[DannyMan2006]

TBH, I'd be more inclined to consider him 3rd if possible.
Just cannot rely on his fitness.

Sturridge, Origi, Ings and a top striker would put all our problems to bed.

[BobTheCharmer]

Sturridge, Origi, Ings and a top striker would put all our problems to bed.

Really?

It doesn't look that good in writing let alone on the pitch.

All depends whether we get over 30 games out of sturridge. Origi is a complete unknown entity, ings is decent. If that top striker you mention is great and hits the ground running then of course that's a game changer. Do you really envisage us signing one of those? I mean who is there that will come and play for so little money?

[Norbs]

We'd offer £130-150k to a top striker, can that be considered 'so little' money?

[Bender]

Daniel Sturridge faces a race against time to be fit for Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa on Sunday after the striker missed yet another day of training.

The 25-year-old sat out on Thursday having not fully recovered from the hip injury which saw him miss Monday's win over Newcastle United.
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[Roboklopp]

[BobTheCharmer]

We'd offer £130-150k to a top striker, can that be considered 'so little' money?

in the real world a big fat no. in the fantasy world of professional soccer, its small fry.

[Muddled]

Daniel Sturridge faces a race against time to be fit for Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa on Sunday after the striker missed yet another day of training.

The 25-year-old sat out on Thursday having not fully recovered from the hip injury which saw him miss Monday's win over Newcastle United.
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I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. I hope he's fit enough to be amongst the substitutes, but we've looked more of a threat (since Sturridge's return) without him on the bench.

Obviously the team is better with a fully fit Sturrudge in it, but we suffer when he's 75% fit and trying to force it.

[Slinky Skills]

Sturridge is perma injured.

Love him, great finisher but not reliable.

Get Tevez and Dzeko in and Leigh Griffiths as back up ha ha!!

[Mark79]

Shouldn't be hard to convince Tevez to come back to the North West

[DannyMan2006]

Really?

It doesn't look that good in writing let alone on the pitch.

All depends whether we get over 30 games out of sturridge. Origi is a complete unknown entity, ings is decent. If that top striker you mention is great and hits the ground running then of course that's a game changer. Do you really envisage us signing one of those? I mean who is there that will come and play for so little money?

It looks great if things work out the way I said. Better than Sturridge, Balotelli, Lambert & Borini. All four have done nothing this season. Sturridge will have a better season, how much better is open to debate. Origi & Ings would offer enough as back up with potential to force their way in, which didn't apply to Rickie or Borini.

The top striker would of course have to be one who hits the ground running. And that won't be easy to find. But if we don't we may still have problems.

[Exiled_red]

It looks great if things work out the way I said. Better than Sturridge, Balotelli, Lambert & Borini. All four have done nothing this season. Sturridge will have a better season, how much better is open to debate. Origi & Ings would offer enough as back up with potential to force their way in, which didn't apply to Rickie or Borini.

The top striker would of course have to be one who hits the ground running. And that won't be easy to find. But if we don't we may still have problems.

Sturridge will be fine if he can stay fit, he might not hit the heights of last season but he'll get us goals. The problem is Origi and Ings (if we were to sign him) are very much unknown quantities, so we are very much relying on Sturridge and whoever we bring in, to both contribute heavily.

I didn't like the signings of Balotelli or Lambert, but if you had told me that Sturridge would have missed most of the season I would have expected more than 4 PL goals from the combination of Balotelli, Lambert and Borini (To be honest I would have expected more than that regardless). The problem is you never know how things are going to work out. The truth is the bar has been set incredibly low by those three this season so it's difficult to see whoever is here next year doing so badly, but we need a significant improvement on this year.

[Vermilion]

Daniel Sturridge faces a race against time to be fit for Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa on Sunday after the striker missed yet another day of training.

The 25-year-old sat out on Thursday having not fully recovered from the hip injury which saw him miss Monday's win over Newcastle United.
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ffs! looks like the best striker on the pitch will be in their side!

[cannotmakeit]

Brendan Rodgers casts doubt on Daniel Sturridge’s future at Liverpool
• Club must sign consistent goalscorer this summer, says manager
• Sturridge fitness record has compounded Liverpool’s problems
Daniel Sturridge
Daniel Sturridge watches a game from the stands: he has appeared in only 18 of Liverpool's 52 matches this season. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Andy Hunter
Friday 24 April 2015 22.30 BST Last modified on Saturday 25 April 2015 00.01 BST
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Brendan Rodgers has cast doubt on Daniel Sturridge’s status as Liverpool’s first-choice striker by admitting the club must sign a consistent goalscorer this summer who can perform “at a top level every week”.

Sturridge has appeared in only 18 of Liverpool’s 52 matches this season because of a variety of injuries and misses Saturday’s trip to West Bromwich Albion with the hip problem that forced him out of the FA Cup semi-final defeat by Aston Villa. Rodgers is unsure when the England international will be next available.

The 25-year-old’s fitness record has compounded Liverpool’s problems in attack having sold Luis Suárez to Barcelona and failed to sign a replacement suited to Rodgers’ preferred style of play. Finally remedying that glaring weakness is a priority for the Liverpool manager in the summer and he admits Sturridge’s reliability has to be factored into planning for next season.

Asked whether Sturridge can be considered as Liverpool’s main striker for next season given his injury problems, Rodgers replied: “He’s not fit and once he can show that consistency and fitness, you can see in his performance level that it’s a high one. But obviously he has missed a lot of the season so we need to assess it. Either way, if he’s not available, we need to have that support.”

Rodgers added: “We have to hope with Daniel that this year was just an unlucky season and he can come back super-fit and super-strong because he has an immense talent. You can’t argue with that. He can be as good as any striker in the world with his talent.”

Nevertheless, Rodgers admits adding a top-class goalscorer will be essential to correcting this season’s faults. He said pointedly: “I need one that is going to be playing and at a top level every week.”

Sturridge and Suárez scored 52 Premier League goals between them last season as Rodgers’ team came close to winning Liverpool’s first championship since 1990. This term the established forwards – Sturridge, Mario Balotelli, Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini – have produced eight league goals in total. Raheem Sterling is the leading Premier League goalscorer with seven as Liverpool’s goal ratio has plummeted from an average of 2.66 per game last season (101 in 38 league games) to 1.47 per game this campaign (47 in 32 matches).

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“It’s not rocket science,” said Rodgers of Liverpool’s struggle to retain a Champions League place. “We haven’t scored enough goals this year. If the sequence goes on we are on course to be around 60 goals down on last year. That’s a huge amount. I came in the season before and we had 49 goals, so you’re taking nearly a season of goals out of the team.

“It’s simple, we need more of a scoring threat. We missed it immensely this year and obviously that has affected results. I think what the players have done to arrive where we have is credit to them without that. So in the summer we have to try and find goals again. We looked last summer and certainly will again this summer. If we do that we have an opportunity again for next season to be like our second year.”

Liverpool were unable to land Alexis Sánchez, their manager’s first choice to replace Suárez, when they had the lure of Champions League football to offer potential targets last summer. The team are fifth in the Premier League with six matches to play. Rodgers expects more outgoings than incomings at Anfield this summer as he focuses on adding a few proven talents to the spine of his side. He believes Liverpool can compete against wealthier rivals in the transfer market regardless of where the team finish in the table.

“They are not easy to find,” he said of proven goalscorers. “But that is our job. We have to find a way to attract them here. However long I am here or not, Liverpool is a huge attraction for any player so that’s something we will fight hard to do in the summer. It can make a huge difference. If you look at teams who are successful they will have that consistent striker and what that gives the rest of team is crucial. You saw it here with Suárez – the impact that kind of striker can have.”

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...idge-liverpool

[Slinky Skills]

Tevez would be my first choice and I think he'd be keen on a move. I've also mentioned Huntelaar and Mandzukic as well but not sure if the latter would be attainable. Dzeko too but doubt he'd move to us from City.

[RichC]

No chance we'd be in for Tevez and he didn't exactly enjoy his last stint in England.

Certainly would like to see another top striker come in though; as good as Sturridge is until/if he overcomes his injury issues we're going to struggle with scoring goals unless we make changes to attacking options.