Studge on the CLub

[LeTallecWiz]

"Liverpool, man - that's my club. I have kept my house and I'll go back there when I retire. The people of Merseyside have treated me brilliantly from the day I went there. When they fall in love with you, they're not scared to show you that love."

"I have told Mike Gordon that when I am done as a player, I want to be involved with the club again. I don't know if I am going to be cut out to coach and haven't decided if I want to do the badges anyway. I won't rule it out but Liverpool FC knows that I'll sell hotdogs outside if it wants me to."

"That club saved me and I will always owe them."

 

[Dreambeliever]

Talk is cheap Daniel. Let’s see how many snags you sell in your first week.

 

[Squiggles]

I'm not sure if it was the dancing, injuries, his ex Chelsea connections, or if he was just overshadowed by Suarez, but the Anfield crowd never fully warmed to Sturridge as some of our other great strikers.

It was sad how his career finished with us, but he still proved a brilliant signing.

I'm glad he still thinks fondly of us. He should always be welcome back to help the kids with finishing.

 

[Woland]

Chelsea connections

always be welcome back to help the kids with finishing.

 

[binomial]

I'm not sure if it was the dancing, injuries, his ex Chelsea connections, or if he was just overshadowed by Suarez, but the Anfield crowd never fully warmed to Sturridge as some of our other great strikers.

It was sad how his career finished with us, but he still proved a brilliant signing.

I'm glad he still thinks fondly of us. He should always be welcome back to help the kids with finishing.

Simply not true.

 

[Woland]

Simply is true. Something about him didn't click. He was a great footballer but considering the goals he scored and how good he was he didn't even get his own song. I think it seemed like he didn't care. He did care, it's just his personality isn't worn on his sleeve. He's clearly a really likeable guy in real life but he comes across as aloof, difficult to describe but not typical Liverpool. I wish him well but dunno what the fuck he's on about saying he'd sell hotdogs here when he used to say he didn't feel at home here when he was getting paid a billion quid a week to do fuck all.

 

[gkmacca]

When he was on form, bloody hell, he was beautiful to watch. And I think it's great he likes the club so much. A positive story, no matter what negative stuff gets paintballed on to it.

 

[gene hughes]

He was fantastic for a couple of years.

 

[darkstarexodus]

Absolutely love reading this.

 

[Grjt2]

Simply not true.

It really is

 

[The Nomad]

Sturridge can go run and jump.

He shirked it at times.. even Gerrard said that in his autobiography. Suarez would run through walls. Sturridge would cry at a broken toe nail.

He's also been involved in a fair few controversies over the years.

- betting scandal on his next club(s)
- promoting 'drill' videos on social media which promotes gang violence.
- not paying his rent which mounted up to a tidy sum (small chips to him). Over a Netflix account which had an offensive word as the profile. The owners apologised and punished their son, however Sturridge sued them for damages (to cover his betting fine as above).

In summary.. he doesnt have love and affection from all.

 

[mark1975]

He also scored a load of goals in next to no time and was part of one of our most exciting and prolific strike forces. When he was playing alongside Suarez he wasn't "crying off", he was largely available and brilliant.

People love rewriting history and some of the players who end up on the sore end of it, really don't deserve it.

Some fans are idiots.

 

[The Nomad]

He also scored a load of goals in next to no time and was part of one of our most exciting and prolific strike forces. When he was playing alongside Suarez he wasn't "crying off", he was largely available and brilliant.

People love rewriting history and some of the players who end up on the sore end of it, really don't deserve it.

Some fans are idiots.

Largely available? Most games he played in a premier league season for us was 29 in the year you reference.. when Suarez was along side him.

Beside that he played 20 or less each season.

I do however agree he scored some great goals in the first 2 years.

 

[Halmeister]

Nomad fucking hates Studge, eh

 

[RedStar]

Sturridge can go run and jump.

He shirked it at times.. even Gerrard said that in his autobiography. Suarez would run through walls. Sturridge would cry at a broken toe nail.

He's also been involved in a fair few controversies over the years.

- betting scandal on his next club(s)
- promoting 'drill' videos on social media which promotes gang violence.
- not paying his rent which mounted up to a tidy sum (small chips to him). Over a Netflix account which had an offensive word as the profile. The owners apologised and punished their son, however Sturridge sued them for damages (to cover his betting fine as above).

In summary.. he doesnt have love and affection from all.

Its inevitable that a player who has suffered a number of serious injuries is less likely to play through injury, push the pain barrier and risk another prolonged period out of the game.

The idea that this makes them weak or soft is just stupid.

 

[The Nomad]

Nomad fucking hates Studge, eh

Haha. No, hate is definitely the wrong word. Just don't hold him in the same regard as others.. due to his actions.

During that 13/14 season though.. wow, what a player.

 

[Richey]

Yep, complete cunt. All that biting, diving, racism. Nah, we can't be liking a player like that.

Oh, shit, sorry, wrong striker. Carry on.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Didn’t Gerrard also say he had to beg and plead with Sturridge to play against Utd when Suarez was suspended

 

[dmishra]

Gloriously talented footballer. But for injuries, he would have been an all-time great.

 

[peekay]

He also scored a load of goals in next to no time and was part of one of our most exciting and prolific strike forces. When he was playing alongside Suarez he wasn't "crying off", he was largely available and brilliant.

People love rewriting history and some of the players who end up on the sore end of it, really don't deserve it.

Some fans are idiots.

Suarez inspired title challenge could also be framed as Sturridge driven title challenge. He may have been less explosive than Suarez but he kept critical goals coming at the right time. Initiated our title challenge in the first seven games when Suarez was banned. Over winter, he scored in 7 consecutive games, a premier league record for us. Incredible footballer and loved watching him play.

 

[keniget]

He was incredible for that 18 months - in terms of natural talent, he's up there.

But yeah, he was very well looked after for a number of years whilst he was effectively on the sidelines.

If he wants to come back and contribute positively in some way then can't hurt.

 

[Judge Jules]

I was in the Do Not Want camp when we went in for the Studge, but he soon won me over. WHAT a player at his best, and - though I'm not in a position to comment on how fans in the city thought of him - from a distance I never got the impression that he didn't care. Delighted that, for a while at least, we were the club with whom he finally fulfilled all that talent, and if a man genuinely feels the way he says he does about the club he's welcome in it AFAIC.

Daniel Sturridge YNWA..

 

[gkmacca]

And let's not forget that, with grim inevitability, he was basically broken by Hodgson because of one of the most scandalously and misguidedly arrogant, stupidly counter-productive and shamelessly irresponsible acts by any top flight manager:

England manager Roy Hodgson has admitted putting Daniel Sturridge's "resolve to the test" by playing him through injury during the nation's recent loss to Germany.

The former Liverpool boss—whose doomed Anfield reign lasted a little over six months between 2010-11—has risked the anger of his former club by indicating he opted to play Sturridge, despite the striker not being 100 percent fit:

'It was important for me to, if you like, test his resolve a little bit.

I might have been guilty of putting that resolve to the test but I don’t apologise for it.

And I am delighted he did get out there, even though he maybe didn’t feel 100 per cent'.

The guy was limping around the field for about forty minutes and Hodgson simply would not take him off. His injury problems got way worse after that and he was never really the same player. Incredible Hodgson didn't get the flak he deserved for that madness.