25 Feb 2016 09:43:58
Ed 01, you said in reply to kk7 that sturridge is desperate to play at the euros. Surely klopp hasn't been holding him back and getting him fit so that he can go to France and possibly injure himself again. Fingers crossed he won't be taken but my guess is that he'll be there. I'd love to see him next season with a pre season and some fitness training under his belt and not just being involved in hodgdons last throw of the dice.

{Ed001's Note - I don't see your point. I am saying he wants to play and prove himself so he can be in the squad, not sure what you are on about. The experience is a good thing, if he gets in the squad. He could get injured at home, so why worry about that?}

1.) 25 Feb 2016
25 Feb 2016 10:35:29
Ok sure he could be hurt at home but he'd have a better chance while being built up and monitored rather than involved in a hell for leather tournament and then not being needed for a few months. Anyhow it was only an opinion and I do agree the experience would be good for him, I just thought that game time and training in a less demanding environment would have been better, cheers for your reply.

{Ed001's Note - I think you should want your players playing international footie, it shows how strong your team is, it gives the player themself experience and it raises the club's profile.}

2.) 25 Feb 2016
25 Feb 2016 10:47:50
Hopefully he will have built up his strength and match fitness enough to cope by then.

3.) 25 Feb 2016
25 Feb 2016 10:54:11
Agree with Doohamlet : After every international break where our players are involved we have some casualties.

Though it is a little selfish on my part to not want Sturridge to play for England, but I still hope for it.

One of the main reasons is my utter dislike for Roy and the incompetency of the FA who appointed him.

I really wanted England to do well for past so many years with the great players they had ( and still have ) but when you appoint Hodgson as manager your statement is clear : " We don't want to succeed and this is the man who will help us achieve that"

PS : Few months back Roy told Arsenal to get Wilshire fit so he can participate in the international matches!

4.) 25 Feb 2016
25 Feb 2016 11:22:42
Sturridge has gotten injured before while at international duty as have a lot of players. In this particular situation though, my opinion, the people in charge of team selection don't seem to care much about the footballers, as they showed in the case of Rossiter. Also, I am not sure how he will learn anything useful with Hodgson's tactics.

I'm a non-English Liverpool supporter who in all honestly doesn't believe England is going to achieve much in the Euros, so I wouldn't want him to play. I would rather we send him on an early vacation somewhere warm and then begin his training earlier so that he is in top-form for next season.

{Ed001's Note - I really do not care about England in the slightest, but it is for the player and club's benefit that players play for their countries.}