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Impossible.I imagine he'll score plenty in Aus if he can stay fit?
Even a minor muscle cramp will result in an MC.
Impossible.I imagine he'll score plenty in Aus if he can stay fit?
Those raw stats are because of his injuries though. He was deadly for a good two and half seasons at Liverpool, with really only one with Suarez, but he was never on the pitch enough to put up an abstractly impressive goal tally. From the eye test though, he was class even when he was the focal point of the attack without Suarez. He was fantastic with Coutinho in the back end of 12/13 after Suarez got banned, and he was still a goal every other game player (when he actually started) until about 16/17 when Firmino became the outright no. 9 and it was clear his legs weren't there anymore to play with the energy Klopp needed up front.I never saw it with him. He was brilliant for one season when defenders spent most of their time worrying about Suarez and left him space he would never normally get. Once Suarez was gone so was his purple patch. Outside of that one season 11 goals was the best return he ever had.
You clearly haven't seen him play.Overrated.
Good striker of a ball and because of that he would shoot from stupid positions didn't have much else that was special about him.
Of course, but there’s every chance he could have ended up like Wilshere, without a club at all. I’m just saying I can understand why this would be a fear in the minds of players.Still, worse ways to spend your days than living in Australia no doubt earning in excess of 100k a year.
Nothing specialYou clearly haven't seen him play.
His best attribute was his finishing, but his off the ball movement was class as well. Also had quite a good ball retaining skills.
His partnership with Suarez was brilliant. Suarez rightly gets the most credit for that 13-14, but Sturridge's presence also helped the likes of Suarez, Sterling and Coutinho.
His injury record is terrible, but it's more mental. Eventually he stopped trusting his body.
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