Suarez may be our star man, but for me I have started having the confidence in Sturridge scoring, similarly to what I felt when Torres played. So who is/was better? Interesting stat to consider.... After their first 33 apps for Liverpool; Torres - 24 goals, 3 assists Sturridge - 28 goals, 8 assists
No, Torres in his prime with us those 2 season were probably the most complete striker I've seen play for us. Outside the box, inside the box, headers, left foot, right foot, beating players with pace. The guy had everything. Don't get me wrong, Sturridge is a very good player but he's playing in a team set up to score goals, where as Torres was playing in a team that was much better defensively and therefor created less. Plus he didn't have a Suarez to create 10 chances a game for him!
Torres. As IBWT said this is a side with so much attacking creativity in Suarez, Coutinho, Sterling, Gerrard and Hendo it would be unfair to compare it with Rafa's much more disciplined, "solid" side. If Torres in his prime had Coutinho and Suarez playing off him it would have been frightening.
Speculative - let's not forget Sturridge himself is also part of the reason we have scored so many goals
This pretty much. Torres had a phenomenal Liverpool team with him. Alonso and Gerrard in their prime.
Crazy isn't it? Torres was considered one of the best in the world at the time, Sturridge isn't in the top player for Liverpool or England, never mind the Premier League or beyond.
Not being harsh, just responding to your comment. The lad has velcro on his boots preventing from passing in situations where he blatantly should. I understand strikers should be greedy but Suarez and Sterling have done it for him! He's been quality for us since joining though, just not Fernando Torres quality!
How many Torres would have scored in Sturridge's team and vice versa can only ever be speculation, but I do agree that Torres in his prime was a more finished article than Danny is at the moment. That's why it's strange to see Torres as such a pale imitation of his former self, to the point that every time he does manage to bag one, people try to big him up as though he's getting back to form. He's nowhere near it.
Best way I can put it is, when Torres got a chance I truly believed he would score every time. With Sturridge, I don't. He misses more than Torres ever did.
Remember that Torres was doing it for Spain and in the CL as well. Untill Danny does that, he can't be considered as good as Torres was.
You could also say the that transfer fees have massively inflated since Torres left us but there is no way we'd be able to command £50m for Sturridge in today's market, never mind then!
More to it than just goals. As Gerrez said, Sturridge still needs to learn when is best to shoot and when is best to pass before he becomes a truly great player. Plus you'd need to see who those goals came against, plus when they were scored. It's all good scoring the 3rd and 4th goals in a 4-0 win against Cardiff for example, but scoring the 1st goal in a 1-0 win over Chelsea for example is far more important goal.
In 1999-2000, Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) comfortably outscored Alan Shearer (Newcastle), Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole (both Man Utd) and Thierry Henry (Arsenal), does that mean he was a better player that season...?
