One very important factor Sturridge will bring to our team is pace in the attacking 3rd...so far Sterling has been our only real pacey threat...and pace in attack can make a huge difference in transitional play.
we can really do with the pace. our team is alot better then it has been for a long time in that respect.
if we go back 5 years ago the only fast( or fastish) players we had was
John Arne Riise
Jermaine Pennant
Ryan Babel
Fernando Torres
( only two of those players were regulars)
and as from january we should have
sterling
sturridge
jose
johnson
ossama
kelly
ince (all the signs are he will sign)
out of them we should see atleast 4 players play regularly.
the team has alot more pace, i would like to see more pace dow