wouldn't surprise me if the Sturridge and Ince rumours are just red herrings, hope so anyway. might not be every ones choice but i hope Huntelaar (spelling?) is the option we are trying to get, and be nice if the Sanchez rumour on loan is true(doubt it sadly) i have heard(quite a lot of dif things actually lol) but we are only after loan deals in Jan and wont be buying and the main spending done in the Summer as no value (Carroll lol) in buying in Jan, any one know if any merit in this?
I'm hopeful that something will happen within the first week of January. The club site is publishing the rumour page basically daily now. Hmm. Maybe reading into it too much.
I agree that Enrique is more penetrative and makes the right runs into the box. The same can be said about Shelvey - he has a desire to run into the the box and get into position. Suso and Sterling don't do that - I'm sure it will come with time and experience. At least Ince and Sturridge have the ability to get into the box and in more attacking positions (from what I have seen). This is a fundamental part of the system and ultimately getting goals.
Sturridge is good at quick shot and little flicked goals. He could do very well feeding off of the chances Suarez creates.
So both will walk into the first team you think? Personally I don't think they'll be any better than Sterling and Suso. In fact I think we could be pushing both a step closer to the exit while not improving the team at all. Hope I'm not as right about these two as I was about out summer dealings
I fail to see the logic that makes you think this way. Only Sturridge will get in the first team, Ince will be squad. -Sturridge-Suarez-Sterling- Suso is not a forward player and does not play full matches. Rodgers has been saying we cannot over play Sterling. But we dont have the squad for rotation. I just dont think your comment has any realism in it.
Suso is signed up on a long term deal, no? Sterling is beginnnig to worry me, however, hope he see's sense and signs soon. If/Or/When.. we sign Sturridge and Ince, I "think" one will go into the first team but not at the expense of Sterling the other will be handy option from the bench (should he make the match day squad). Currently the Keeper and back four picks itself. Top six I'd like to see: Gerrard (lets face it, no manager will drop him yet) and Suso just ahead of Lucas.. Front 3 of Sturridge, Suarez and Sterling. Would give us a strong bench which could consist of the likes of Wisdom, Coates, Allen, Shelvey, Henderson, Ince, Bironi (He'll come good, can feel it in me bones!), Sahin, Assaidi + youngsters... means we don't need the likes of Downing and Cole... Yes, my glass is half full!
Firstly because every time I've watched Sturridge play (which hasn't been much recently because he can't even force Torres out of Chelseas first team even when he's been diabolical) he's been awful. He's looked even worse than awful when he's played out wide.Secondly he's a sulker and a ball greedy one at that. He fits with my idea of a great Liverpool player like an Aussie DJ fits in at The Samaritans. As for me being a pessimist. Yeah but I am a realist. Why? Because I've seen us buying striker after striker over the last twenty years who never looked right for the club. Was I a pessimist for saying players like Collymore, Cisse, Diouf, Anelka were all wrong for LFC? No...I was just right As I said in the summer when moaning about paying crazy money for Borini I hope I'm wrong about this one. Don't bet on it though.
That is a fair explanation. We play a system now though that doesnt rely on or contain the traditional striker. Suarez is our main man up top. But why do you think Suso and Sterling will leave. That is what confused me.
Because of the post stating we'd use Sturridge, Suarez and Sanchez (loan) plus we're buying Ince too. At which point I'm thinking where the hell are Sterling and Suso playing? Yes I'd play Suso midfield as well but BR won't drop Lucas, Gerrard or Allen and Shelvey must be ahead of Suso in the pecking order too (as well as Sahin while he's here). See where I'm going. Let me put it this way with regards to Sturridge...will Chelsea fans miss him? No because while we're signing him, they'll be trying (and probably succeeding) to bring in Falcao.ok its not realistic we can get him I appreciate but we should at least be trying to get players to compete at the top not players who are at best mid table standard...or mid table's exactly where we'll stay.
If only he joins then Sterling will continue to play most games. If we get two in then Sterling will be rotated which wouldn't be a bad thing IMO
I think Sturridge would improve the team but I don't like his attitude, he thinks he should be the main man up front and is extremely greedy (hence me usually calling him velcro boots). But I don't think Ince would improve the side, we preferred Sterling, Suso and Pacheco to him before, the only difference now is Ince has games under his belt. However, they are at a lower level and probably works out equivalent or less to the experience Suso has had playing a handful of games at a higher level. Sterling has gained much more IMO. I don't agree that these two players arrival (should it happen, lets hope RHC's source is wrong for a change ) would hamper Suso and Sterling. I think Sturridge and Sterling would be the first choice with the other two fighting it out as the back-up, but Suso can play in the midfield too. PS - if anyone wonders, the "FFS..." started when RHC mentioned his source and these two joining. I put it in responce because his source as proved to be right quite a bit on here. Unfortunately, the twat that is RHC () took it the wrong way and its stuck since
No that's fair comment. I agree he needs to be rested often at this age and I'm happy if we have good cover or even get an improvement. Granted you could put Ince into the category of "cover" and you'd hope Sturridge would be instant first team material. My real issue is I don't think Sturridge or Ince will push us on at all and I'd much rather we were going after players who are top four quality not top fourteen quality. Sounds like a done deal anyway so not sure why I'm moaning so much Maybe he'll be a superstar....hopefully I've misjudged him and he'll prove to be the black Pele... The other question I have to ask is this...is BR obssessed with buying players he's worked with before??
I'm actually have mixed feelings on Sturridge. I do think he would improve the current side and he has goals in him, he would help us move to the next level. However, once we arrive at that next level is he good enough to help us take the next step? IMO he isn't and would become a squad player, this is where I start to be concerned about Sterling and Suso. But, if those two want to be top players then they have to fight off the competition for their place too. Basically, I think Sturridge would be good in the short term but he is a greedy arrogant player who would be hard to move on so wouldn't be ideal long term. Of course, he could have a stormer at which point we wouldn't need to move him on, that or Chelsea will give us £50m for him
