We'll have to wait for Essien to crunch the numbers but seems so.
Daniel Sturridge at Liverpool #divestudge
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They seem to play better without him anyway.
agreed. Same with Gerrard. Its sort of like us loosing RvP
Dont agree. They play Sterling further forward without Sturridge. They should play them both in an offensive role. I think that is a bit of a blow.
This can only be good news for us. If they lose to Arsenal then we have top 4 in the bag....
They play better without him because he's not been match fit. He's been started to much. They've been a bit desperate. Starting every other game and coming on as a sub the other would be great until he reached match fitness. Instead Rodgers overplayed him and this player with a big injury record surprisingly got injured again.
But now they've got full license to unleash the mighty weapon that is Balotelli.
Surely that's a blow to them. If nothing else, it increases the chances of seeing Balotelli on the pitch and adds more material for the RAWK comedy machine.
This season is starting to seriously look up after only 2 games.
This season is starting to seriously look up after only 2 games.
He's hardly been brilliant since returning anyway. Liverpool supporters appeared to up their assessment of him with every passing game he missed, I said during his previous injury that he would fail to set the world alight on his return simply because he doesn't have Suarez anymore. Great striker on his day but some would have you believe he's world class! 
Yeah exactly, he's never been more than a 'good Premier League striker'. Confident, strong and fast-ish, very good finisher, has the odd wondergoal in his locker. In all other departments he's unremarkable. Vastly overrates his own playmaking and link-up ability too. It might have been ok when Suarez had the defenders in front of him perpetually shitting themselves, but it really hurts England when he drifts out onto the wing all the time leaving the box empty, only to either lose the ball after a few pointless stepovers, or 'do a Valencia' and give it back to the teammate behind him. If Kane can reproduce something like his Spurs form for England he'll be a much better fit, because he knows he's a #9 and he sticks to what he's good at.He's hardly been brilliant since returning anyway. Liverpool supporters appeared to up their assessment of him with every passing game he missed, I said during his previous injury that he would fail to set the world alight on his return simply because he doesn't have Suarez anymore. Great striker on his day but some would have you believe he's world class!
EDIT: For the record, I still think it'll hurt them to lose him. A 'good Premier League striker' is much better than Balotelli.
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He's been world class at being average this season. So considering Gerrard will also be out they are lacking a serious amount of averageness.
Pretty much, he also appears to be ridiculously injury prone and unreliable.
3 goals and 3 assist in his last 8 PL games. Pretty good seeing as four of those appearance lasted less than half an hour.
If he's playing, he'll score goals. Brilliant or not, he's a big loss for them.
If he's playing, he'll score goals. Brilliant or not, he's a big loss for them.
Best win at Anfield ever.
There was all this talk from them before the game about how they were going to 'smash' us. It seems they smashed themselves by mistake.
This. He has clearly been below his best since coming back from injury yet he has still scored goals. He will be a big loss to them. They played Sterling up-front against Man City and it seemed to work fine anyway, so I am not sure it will be a huge loss. Though in tight close games (like a knockout cup tie) they will miss his finishing (which is lethal compared to the other options).
Essien sent me this in a PM.
If this is true, then it's surely a big blow for them - not so much having him miss those particular games but putting him back on the run of games a player like him usually needs to find his form again. That said I still expect the bastards to cope regardless - if nothing else if it means Rodgers can't play Sterling at fullback again then that's bad news for us.
It brings smile that they have this guy and Lambert 'the false 9' as their backup for their crooked striker.
While we have Falcao, RvP and Wilson.
This will make the two Jamies and Souness even more unbearable. "You have to remember this a side without Suarez and Sturridge."
Aye, without a peak Gerrard, Alonso, Fowler and Dalgliesh too.
I like this post.
They lose to the Arse, we beat Villa and it's 8 points with a much superior goal difference so they'd need to get 9 points more than us from the last 7 games. Never going to happen.
Well crafted sir.
The wheels are coming off liverpool Champions League pursuit 
Who else is injured for them. Can, anyone else?
Plus the bans.
Plus the bans.
tbh if he is out I dont think that's a blow. Quite a few Liverpool ex-players & pundits were saying that Sturridge should have been left on the bench for the game against us anyway and Sterling should have started up front.
Still, if nothing else it represents one less option for them.
Still, if nothing else it represents one less option for them.
Sterling has hit a bad patch of form though, Sturridge will be a blow, maybe not as big as it could have been but a blow all the same.
Mignolet, Lovren and Lallana all pulled out of internationals (may be Brendan's usual antics though) plus Ibe and Flanagan.Who else is injured for them. Can, anyone else?
Plus the bans.
He was fresh from a long injury and you figure him not setting alight somehow proves you right?He's hardly been brilliant since returning anyway. Liverpool supporters appeared to up their assessment of him with every passing game he missed, I said during his previous injury that he would fail to set the world alight on his return simply because he doesn't have Suarez anymore. Great striker on his day but some would have you believe he's world class!
U sure about Lovren? Didnt hear that in our media. Although it would be good news for the NT.
Seriously? Even our media picked up his injury plus his replacement (Mitrovic).
Who?
If they lose to Arsenal and we beat Villa, its Spurs we need to worry about
Well Liverpool supporters would have you believe as much! And no, I think he'll struggle to regain his overall form from last season without a world class striker partnering him.
aaa that one.
The boy just has bad genes. Shame really.