Daniel Sturridge

[Patricks_Berger]

People are so over the top about everything on here.

[McDermotX]

People are so over the top about everything on here.

That is true......though it's the same the other way of course. When questions like this are raised in the past and Dan bangs one in, the thread is flooded with 'why would we get rid', 'best striker we have', best striker in the PL', 'can't lose that class' etc............then we revert yet again to the similar situation we currently have with him and his suitability for the way Klopp wants the team to play.

It's a valid concern. Unfortunately.

[BigChief]

People are so over the top about everything on here.

That observation is a bit OTT IMO.

[Mark79]

Last season any questions were still much more over his fitness rather than suitability.

He's played a total of 374 mins this season, the equivalent of just over 4 games.

He's got 2 goals and 2 assists.
(Prem only is 0 goals, 2 assists in 348 mins - less than 4 games)

Yes, his form has been out of sorts overall, but that still seems like a very small amount of playing time to come to the conclusion that he can't play in Klopp's team.

[McDermotX]

There's a reason for that lack of time all the same......whether it's a case of Klopp not being overly enthused with that he offers the side, or just a case of not exactly pulling up trees when afforded the chance is up in the air.
In general, he doesn't appear to offer what Klopp wants, at least considering how ineffective he looks the majority of the time this season (and last season to be fair)

Nobody is saying he's not a class striker, of course he is, but with even his previous searing pace still to show it's face since his injury problems, the manager has to decide whether he's the right fit long-term.
I fully expect to see him bang in a goal or three soon, as he's too class in front of goal not to take his opportunities when they come, but a patchy Sturridge is probably not a value added member of the first XI, and if he isn't first XI then there's a high likelihood of a parting of the ways the less time he gets.

Best case would be for him to get his second-wind and find a productive role in the side, but we can't wait forever. No doubt he'd be banging them in elsewhere, but that goes without saying.

[Vermilion]

He's on celebrity Goggle box at the w/e i see, part of the 'stand up to cancer' appeal.

[Mark79]

There's a reason for that lack of time all the same......whether it's a case of Klopp not being overly enthused with that he offers the side, or just a case of not exactly pulling up trees when afforded the chance is up in the air.
In general, he doesn't appear to offer what Klopp wants, at least considering how ineffective he looks the majority of the time this season (and last season to be fair)

Nobody is saying he's not a class striker, of course he is, but with even his previous searing pace still to show it's face since his injury problems, the manager has to decide whether he's the right fit long-term.
I fully expect to see him bang in a goal or three soon, as he's too class in front of goal not to take his opportunities when they come, but a patchy Sturridge is probably not a value added member of the first XI, and if he isn't first XI then there's a high likelihood of a parting of the ways the less time he gets.

Best case would be for him to get his second-wind and find a productive role in the side, but we can't wait forever. No doubt he'd be banging them in elsewhere, but that goes without saying.

I think that's largely down to Firmino and I've no arguments with him being 1st choice. But we still need other options up front and given Sturridge's undoubted quality, I still think it seems far too soon to write him off.

[McDermotX]

I think that's largely down to Firmino and I've no arguments with him being 1st choice. But we still need other options up front and given Sturridge's undoubted quality, I still think it seems far too soon to write him off.

Oh agreed.......if he went on a scoring run, there'd be no one jumping higher than myself and hopefully that'll happen. One can never know what'll happen between now and then end of the season, but if Sturridge is still hanging around the bench at that point with not much to show for his efforts, a move may well be in the offing - unless of course he's willing to accept a reduced role, but I think that's highly unlikely for such a self-confident player.

[kev776]

We need a place back in the team for Moreno, that way the resident Gimp hunters will leave Dan alone.

[~LFCHistory~]

He's cooked. Don't kid yourselves.

It's starting to look that way. Not only has his pace completely gone but his skill, composure and seemingly goal threat have all declined considerably.

[baitman]

We need a place back in the team for Moreno, that way the resident Gimp hunters will leave Dan alone.

always looking to rip the weakest link

[danperkins]

That is true......though it's the same the other way of course. When questions like this are raised in the past and Dan bangs one in, the thread is flooded with 'why would we get rid', 'best striker we have', best striker in the PL', 'can't lose that class' etc............then we revert yet again to the similar situation we currently have with him and his suitability for the way Klopp wants the team to play.

It's a valid concern. Unfortunately.

[Buzzo]

We need a place back in the team for Moreno, that way the resident Gimp hunters will leave Dan alone.

[marcus50bucks]

Klopp: Sturridge’s barren period can be ‘a good moment’

• Sturridge has not scored in the Premier League this season
• ‘It is a very useful moment in his career’

Andy Hunter
Friday 21 October 2016 22.29 BST

Jürgen Klopp has said Daniel Sturridge’s shortage of goals and confidence can be “a good moment” in the Liverpool striker’s career given that he must fight his way back into form.

Sturridge has not scored in the Premier League this season and could be back on the bench for West Bromwich Albion’s visit to Anfield on Saturday after a frustrating display against Manchester United. The England international started the goalless draw on Monday when Philippe Coutinho dropped into central midfield in the absence of Adam Lallana and Georginio Wijnaldum. But with the midfielders in contention for the visit of Tony Pulis’s team, and Liverpool’s strongest spell against United arriving when Roberto Firmino replaced Sturridge as the central striker, the 27-year-old faces fierce competition for a starting role.

Klopp accepts this is a testing period for a forward whose only goals at club level this season came at Burton Albion in the EFL Cup. But, drawing comparisons with players such as Robert Lewandowski and Gerd Müller, he believes it can prove beneficial to Sturridge in the long term.

The Liverpool manager, who insists the United performance will not influence his selection against West Brom, said: “I think this is a good moment for Dan. It is not easy for him. Most of his time in his life football has been so easy because he is so skilled. The right moment, easy goal, simple goal. The job to do for him, for all of us, before he ends his career is not to think about when he had a moment like this.”

Klopp added: “Daniel is hard-working, he is fit, he is doing what all players have to do in the moments like this when it doesn’t quite go for you: keep working. You can’t do a bicycle kick or what Jamie Vardy did last year. His shot when we thought he had to run another 20 yards and then boop! Goal! Sometimes it works. We have to work on this together. He didn’t score, that is the truth, but he had some really good games for us. That is also the truth. For me the [Sadio Mané] goal against Leicester was the goal of the season so far. It was the kind of movement that we have been working so hard on, then you see it come off. He [Sturridge] makes this way, out of the box, to take two defenders with him and then it opens everything. It is a sign of development. So I’m fine with it.”

The Liverpool manager admitted he remained in awe of Sturridge’s finishing in training but, while that has yet to transfer into Premier League matches this season, he has no plans to speak to the striker over his current frustrations. “I don’t have to,” said Klopp. “It’s like when you have a problem, you don’t want someone coming up to you all the time, tapping your shoulder and saying: ‘Hey, it’s all right! You can do it!’ I respect these guys. I know they know. So let’s go through it.

“If we had a shooting exercise now, there would be tears in your eyes when you see him. You are like: ‘That is unbelievable!’ But then you see the games. There are moments when you think he should score and he doesn’t but you have to carry on. It is a very useful moment in his career. A big name … Lewandowski. There were times when he didn’t score. Gerd Müller. There were games he didn’t score. I still can’t believe that. You look back on his career and he scored 600 times but there were moments when he didn’t score. It is only about handling situations like this. It is not to make a big thing about it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/21/daniel-sturridge-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-goal-famine

[Yozza]

Fair play to Klopp

No BS just keep working hard & it'll happen