KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum How highly do you rate Sturridge?

The reason why I ask is that his record for us since joining is one of the best goals to game ratio in LFC history. Also second top goal scorer last season and I believe will be in the top three again this season. BUT for some reason he doesn't get as much love/recognition as previous forwards.

For example people saying

“He only got that many goals because the defenders were more worried about Suárez”

“He has an attitude and work well with others” or my personal favorite

“His an idiot for dancing after his goal”.

Like all forwards he has his ups and downs but since joining the club he has been a modern pro. Every day I hear that we need a top class striker but isn't Sturridge? Has he even got his own song yet?

Rant over, please discuss below.

I personally rate him very highly. Yes Suarez would have helped him last season but it's not like he didn't make any of his own goals. He also managed to score OK when Suarez wasn't playing and if he needs that help, then we have some pretty handy players still that can help make room for him.

I think there would be a lot of clubs out there that would love him on their side.

I rate him very highly he is top class.
But the problem is he is British (we we keep getting told on here british players are average) and we only paid 12m for him so therefore he cannot be that good (as we keep getting told liverpool cannot sign good player on the cheap)
So if he was foreign and we paid 30m for him everyone would be raving about him.

But he has been excellent for us he is a top class striker

Oh, and we do need another striker. There will be times when he's injured or needs a break and I don't think we have the quality in back up that we need.

Lets call him Daninho then? You're right though. He's not fashionable enough for some.

I rate him but going into the season with only him is highly risky its only a matter of time before he is injured.

Like Stan said, going into the season with only 1 top forward is a little dangerous. Even last season if it was just Suarez without Studge going in to the season, I would have been concerned. Fact is we need a good striker, we would be foolish not to get one.

As for the line, "he only got that many goals because defenders were watching Suarez", well, maybe Suarez scored so many because the defenders were watching Sturridge too.

That's a good point. Personally, he's one of my favorite players, not just in our squad but in football in general. He's not just a typical pace merchant/finisher british striker. He's got skill and dribbling ability you don't often see together with British players. At times he's almost Brazilian like. Some people have tried to claim he has a bad attitude, but I think he's one of the most down to earth guys on the squad. And I [oops] love that dance.

I rate him very very highly and i believe he could become world class.

I never understood the rumour's of him having a bad attitude every time you see him hes smiling and joking with the players only time i have seen him look angry or upset is when he has been taken off and that usually looked like him being angry at himself like when he missed the pen in the derby,
Also chelsea fans used to say he was to greedy which is a stupid argument i don't think there is a top forward who isn't a bit greedy they have to be and should be,
I really hope we do sign another striker though but not someone that will force him out wide or to the bench as he has been great for us and should be the focal point of our attack and could get a lot better in my opinion.

Best striker in the league.

I wouldn't swap him for anyone else in the PL - Aguero would be the only other striker that would tempt me. Danny not only scores tons of goals, but he scores important ones also, regularly.