I'd take the comments with a pinch of salt, it's all the other stuff I like.
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Swap the sides of Sturridge and Sterling and i'd agree.
you cannot leave Super Stu out
Fox, Super Stu is a vastly improved player over the last few weeks. His improvement is surprising and welcomed. Now add a few goals to it.
Mystic, our wingers and forwards if you will are expected to interchange.......😉
Reading Rodgers interview, I like the way he has challenged Sturridge. The lad has the tools to make an impact and I hope that he rises to the challenge. Last chance saloon.
I wouldn't agree with either of you. That position is exactly where Sturridge doesn't want to play. The formation's going to have to change - I don't know precisely how yet, but it is.
Sturridge will play wherever he is required to as determined by BR although he prefers the centre. Thats not going to happen.
We'll see about that. He says he didn't demand to play centrally and I believe him, but the subject is bound to have been raised in discussions and Sturridge was obviously satisfied by what heard.
BR wanted him for a while now and is the first manager to actually pay for him. He will get opportunity but has to do his bit. Do you honestly believe that a young upstart is going to dictate to BR where he wants to play. As Rodgers politely put it, this is Sturridge's last chance saloon so I expect the lad to grasp the opportunity with both hands and do the business. Failure is not an option or Stoke or Sunderland beckons.
This is exactly what I was saying in my last post.
In a perfect world you have a front 3 in a 4-3-3 who are constantly interchanging in a fluid formation with all 3, or at least 2 of the 3, occupying the central position at different points in the game. Suarez frequently drops a bit deeper too at points in a game and it then becomes the responsibility of one of the other 2 to lead the line (Sterling's goal last night...). In other words in our system it matters not whether Sturridge is starting on the left, right, or centre- he should be playing through the middle frequently throughout the game. The formation is perfect for Sturridge and Suarez to combine IMHO.
We saw a bit of this when Borini was starting, but it didn't have a chance to flourish.
We saw a bit of this when Borini was starting, but it didn't have a chance to flourish.
Did you see it from upside or downside?? 😉
Even if he is positoned on the flank he should occupy the box when we attack. You dont score from the corner flag, and we dont score too many.
Ha. I think Sterling should play on the right and Sturridge on the left. The idea i'd have is they'd both cut in diagonally and attack the box on there stronger foot, the full backs will the run past them to provide width.
I don't think Sturridge will dictate anything, but that's not going to change the way he feels about playing anywhere but centrally. I wouldn't want us paying £12 mill.or even 12 pence for any player who's going to be dissatisfied right from the start, and after the way we've wasted money recently I'm sure BR wouldn't either. To me it follows from all that that Sturridge is predominantly going to play down the middle, not either right or left.
Exactamundo, we have the hottest striker in Europe, why on earth would any sane manager want to risk disrupting his amazing form?
Ha, I think you're right. Damnit.
I'd imagine it would be
Suarez-------------------Sterling
-------------Sturridge-------------
His assist and first goal started out wide right for Suarez.
Suarez-------------------Sterling
-------------Sturridge-------------
His assist and first goal started out wide right for Suarez.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxbkvG9lleA
Watch how many times Sturridge is getting into the 6 yard box from a right-central position to find easy tap-ins. With Suarez's, Sterling's and, recently, Downing's ability to get the ball into that area, I hope he'll get a few easy ones for us. He seems to have more of a poachers instinct that I've noticed before.
I also like how he can cut in and use his left, but also go the other way. The ability to go either way will lessen the pressure on Johnson down that side.
The only person we should be moving Suarez for right now is Lionel Messi, and even that's debatable.
DS -- LS -- FB
Is that a good front 3 in a 4-3-3?
Is that a good front 3 in a 4-3-3?
Yep, yet people keep wanting him put out wide, beggars belief.
Yes.
Some very rigid thinking going on here, boys. I don't think we have to move Suarez in order for Sturridge to play centrally. He switches around with Sturridge while Sterling or whoever swaps wings during the game and the fullbacks continue to attack as they have been doing.
This guy is going to get us goals. Given what we paid for other "young English talent" this is a bargain
100% correct. Just hope Sturridge pick up something and add to his play by learning from Luis. Not that Sturridge is bad or anything, but everyone can learn from Luis!!
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