I know injuries was a big problem but surprising to see him clubless for around a year at age 31. Much worse players than him in Premier League squads.
What happened to Daniel Sturridge?
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Was very good between 2012-14. In fact, i was impressed at how good he was, guy was one of the best strikers in the league in 2013-14 IIRC. Got injured and I think I read there were concerns about his willingness to wanting to come back. Supposedly pulled out or said he wasn’t good to go every time he felt a thing ( can’t really fault him). Don’t think he ever recovered properly from the niggling injuries. I hated his celebration.
He had his best, and only great year, in 2013-14, playing in a great team built around Suarez. His career thereafter was derailed by a number of injuries, also didn't help that he was no longer playing alongside Suarez, whose 2013-14 was one of the best I have ever seen from a Premier League player.
He also broke betting rule though and that, I think, was the reason why he does not have a club right now.
He also broke betting rule though and that, I think, was the reason why he does not have a club right now.
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I couldn’t stand his celebration. Pissed me off every time watching him do the routine near the corner flag.
Real shame about his career though. I hope he is able to sustain himself for the rest of his life. These footballers have very short careers.
Real shame about his career though. I hope he is able to sustain himself for the rest of his life. These footballers have very short careers.
Had a very good 18 months from January 2013 to mid 2014 but other than that he’s been hugely overhyped by everyone based on that period.
I’ve come to the conclusion that he enjoys the life of a footballer more than he enjoys actually playing football.
I’ve come to the conclusion that he enjoys the life of a footballer more than he enjoys actually playing football.
When you had top talent, but your muscles weren't up for it.
I guess a classic case of multiple hamstring injuries, losing pace and failed to adapt to different playing style. Tried to play the same like before, can't keep up, gets injured more.
It's quite sad looking at his injury list.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/daniel-sturridge/verletzungen/spieler/47082
I guess a classic case of multiple hamstring injuries, losing pace and failed to adapt to different playing style. Tried to play the same like before, can't keep up, gets injured more.
It's quite sad looking at his injury list.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/daniel-sturridge/verletzungen/spieler/47082
I think him being a PL product, on high wages and lost his main weapon, which is his pace.
Peak Sturridge was explosive acceleration and ruthless finishing, but once he lost that pace, there's no point for clubs to sign him..
That one year for Liverpool I thought he was great. From just what I’ve read, it seems the injuries have made him extremely cautious about his football.
When do we think he will join West Ham or West Brom?
When do we think he will join West Ham or West Brom?
Seems like yesterday I watched him getting his debut in the PL, time flies.
For a small window, I think he was England’s best striker.
Yes, he was. The pro football is cruel.
He was.
Absolutely. He deserved everything negative that ever happened to him in his career due to that celebration. Deserved even worse, in fact.
Agreed! On both counts...
Definitely agree!
I hated those “wavy” arms flapping about and the shit grin on his face after every goal! Even worse, my youngest boy starting imitating his celebration when he played back then, but I was his coach so I put a stop to that real quick!
By the way, Calodo, we probably played against each other growing up in Florida!! I know you were a GK for Clearwater, and I played many times against the Chargers growing up!!
Really?!? Who’d you play for? I played for the Chargers in the late 80s/early 90s. I was there playing for Steve Heighway during his heyday in Clearwater.
I originally played for the Brevard Challengers (team named after the shuttle disaster) then switched to an Orlando club in ‘89
The Challengers played against Clearwater in the State Cup QF in ‘87 and you beat us 3-0
How quickly football moves on. Start of the 2015 season, he would be first name on the Pool team sheet. They'd be sweating, whenever he would be out on his somewhat regular injury layoffs. His injury record at pool was so ridiculous at a point, that there were allegation of him having a mental block with his injuries and him going out for the smallest niggles. Two and a half years down the line he has to leave for WBA to get game time. It's absolutely ridiculous that his last contract was terminated for breaching betting rules.
He had the talent to be an England great, but probably not the mental fortitude needed for that.
He had the talent to be an England great, but probably not the mental fortitude needed for that.
That was a bit before my time, but I would have definitely played with some of the Chargers players you played against, they would have been just a couple of years older than me. Our club was pretty good, especially my team & three teams immediately older than mine.I originally played for the Brevard Challengers (team named after the shuttle disaster) then switched to an Orlando club in ‘89
The Challengers played against Clearwater in the State Cup QF in ‘87 and you beat us 3-0
Small fecking world it is!
Didn’t mean to sidetrack the thread @MyOnlySolskjaer
Calodo and I will continue in a private chat.
Back to Sturridge...
Calodo and I will continue in a private chat.
Back to Sturridge...
I remember the time when him and Welbeck were the top prospects in English football.
He was one of the best striker in the league during 13-14. Then he was out injured for couple of times, and never return to the same form.
Well he is kind of one season wonder (or one and a half).
Well he is kind of one season wonder (or one and a half).
I think the impact of constant muscle injuries is underrated in this forum. Especially players that rely on that burst of speed, not everyone can adapt like Giggs. The only players I know who maintained a great careers dispite the constant muscle injuries is Robben and Giggs .
I think a major problem was he could never string enough games together to actually adapt his game for a loss of pace. I'm convinced that if he could have put a full season together at some point after 2016 he would still have been world class even playing in a different style to his 2013-2014 hype. It was never a case of him being a liability when he played, it was always a case of availability.
You saw it for Liverpool, even in the most tiny windows of fitness in those last few years he scored some massive clutch goals. That last minute equaliser against Chelsea, that ridiculous opening goal against Sevilla in the Europa League final, scored a great opener against PSG in a game that had we not won there wouldn't have been any CL trophy. He even scored a cold blooded opener against West Ham away which is one of the most overlooked goals in Klopp's tenure because it basically secured top 4 for the first time.
Even in these waning seasons his technique, touch and vision was still fantastic. Even up until about 2018 he was still potentially world class if he ever could get 25 games in in a season, but his body was too fragile for that.
You saw it for Liverpool, even in the most tiny windows of fitness in those last few years he scored some massive clutch goals. That last minute equaliser against Chelsea, that ridiculous opening goal against Sevilla in the Europa League final, scored a great opener against PSG in a game that had we not won there wouldn't have been any CL trophy. He even scored a cold blooded opener against West Ham away which is one of the most overlooked goals in Klopp's tenure because it basically secured top 4 for the first time.
Even in these waning seasons his technique, touch and vision was still fantastic. Even up until about 2018 he was still potentially world class if he ever could get 25 games in in a season, but his body was too fragile for that.
are there though?
If prefer a player of half his talent who can actually get on the football pitch.
is Saha a good comparison?
Yes. Klopp was questioning whether Sturridge could play with the pain at the time and so did Fergie with Saha. Footballers are never always 100% going into games especially in a long gruelling season.
I should also say, he got unfairly characterised as a primadonna and a selfish player early in his career when everything I saw of him pointed to the opposite: he seemed a genuinely humble self aware fella. No doubt being a young black English striker who spent his summers in LA and liked his fashion did him no favours with the British press and the average fan.
All good mate! Interesting stuff.
He could probably still do a decent job in a mid level German Bundesliga team. Hertha for instance.
He got banned for 4 months for betting, that is why he is out of a club. Which his injury record it’s a big record it is a big risk for a club to take unless it was s a pay as you play contract.
He was always bang average but had a good season alongside the best striker of the decade. That could happen to anyone.
Do we know if he is training with anyone?
I know Jack Wilshere is training with Bournemouth despite being clubless.
I know Jack Wilshere is training with Bournemouth despite being clubless.
This what I believe too, but people are making it some kind of Mario Balotelli type of situation.
That’s a bit harsh. He scored 8 in 12 for Bolton while on loan there in 2011, and then had a 1 in 3 record at Chelsea from the wing the following season under AVB. Di Matteo dropped him to play a more defensive style and then he got injured just before Benítez arrived and by the time he was fit again he’d been sold to Liverpool.
Scored a last minute winner against Wales at the Euros, most people would’ve lost it, instead he did a dance he uses to flog hats. Absolute psychopath
Speaking of this side of Florida, do you recall this talent from Tarpon Springs area?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Kartes
What's race go to do with it? He did play selfishly, especially in his early days. You just pulled the race card out of your arse there.
Went to the same school as him. Always remember his him switching it on his left foot and cannoning shots off the right post (bin) constantly.
Always seemed to pick up knocks easy as well. Granted this is from playing football on the tarmac at lunchtime
Always seemed to pick up knocks easy as well. Granted this is from playing football on the tarmac at lunchtime
Didn't injures essentially finish his career at the top level. If only for that he'd probably still be banging them in for Pool or someone else.
Vaguely, a little younger than me. I was finishing up college & moving west when all the hoopla over him happened during his move to Greece.