Karius' Injury Gives Mignolet a Stay of Execution
Since Jurgen Klopp was appointed as Liverpool manager he's been up against it. Before he even got chance to take charge of his first match he lost both Joe Gomez and Danny Ings to ACL injuries, he then had to navigate his way through the remainder of the season without Mamadou Sakho, Dejan Lovren, Jordan Henderson, Divock Origi, Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Emre Can and Daniel Sturridge for large chunks of the season.
The bad luck didn't end there. The …
Daniel Sturridge: Keep or Sell?
With the summer drawing ever closer, rumours have been circulating about a number of Liverpool players, including the future of Daniel Sturridge. The England striker has struggled with injury in the last few seasons, causing many fans to want the club to wipe their hands with the 26 year old, who could command a sizeable fee to help fund Jurgen Klopp’s transfers.
Undoubted Ability
There is no doubting that on his day Daniel Sturridge is a world class centre forward …
Daniel Sturridge - The Phantom Menace
Liverpool 3-3 Arsenal: a pulsating match; end to end, with chances galore; a "great advert for the Premier League". All these English football cliches, and more, could've been, and were, used to reflect on Liverpool's latest home match, under the floodlights at Anfield on Wednesday evening.
A crackling pre-game atmosphere was pitched up several notches when Roberto Firmino pounced on Cech's parry to slam the Reds into an early lead. Three goals followed in what was a thunderous first half, …
Liverpool Hamstrung by Injuries
Another day goes by and another player is struck down with an injury. This time it is Jordan Ibe, and surprise surprise, yet another hamstring injury. Latest timescale for Ibe is a month on the sidelines.
Liverpool currently have 13 first team players on the sidelines, seven of those with hamstring-related injuries, Jurgen Klopp has stated to the media that he may need to tone down the current training demands to try to eradicate some of these injuries, but should …
Inter's Ranocchia to Shore Up the Liverpool Defence?
With the injury crisis the club are currently involved in it's not a surprise that many media outlets all over the world linking any player with functional legs with the club. Liverpool are currently without all four of their senior centre-backs for the trip to Exeter and links to different centre-backs are appearing daily.
One such rumour has seen Inter Milan centre-back Andrea Ranocchia linked with a 10 million Euro move to Anfield within the next week. Reports suggest a …
Remember-Ings: A Case for the Forgotten Danny
As the party raged in Merseyside and around the world in the week leading up to Klopp’s first game, one small, bearded balloon silently wandered from the festivities, slowly deflated and then popped, lost to obscurity. Danny Ings, filled with confidence and swagger coming off his first English cap, limped back to the locker room at Melwood after just his first day of training with the German maestro, only to find out later that his ACL was torn and his season lost. …
Desperately Keeping Sturridge - Why Liverpool Shouldn't Sell
Daniel Sturridge is a bit of an enigma. Potentially world class but rarely available. The main man when he plays but that's not much use when you've missed more games than you've started for the previous 18 months. His quality is unquestionable. His reliability is undesirable.
This is a recurring debate. Should Liverpool keep Daniel Sturridge or should they cut their losses and look to replace him? Mass hysteria follows any news of a Sturridge injury and if you check …
What to Do With Danny - The Striker Contingency
Sturridge: 42 goals in 68 games.
It’s a phenomenal record that outranks some of the most prolific and proficient strikers to ever spearhead a Liverpool attack.
However, 73 games in which Daniel Sturridge was sat, frustratingly, on the sidelines, not simply due to one key weakness in his frame either. Suffering from two ankle injuries, one knee injury, one hip injury (admittedly a misdiagnosis prolonging his time on the sidelines), two hamstring injuries and a groin injury, Sturridge is not …
Klopp-mania Begins When Everyone's Fit
A goalless draw at Tottenham Hotspur is not a bad start to the Jurgen Klopp era, but it is not exactly a spectacular beginning.
It means that Gerard Houllier remains the only Liverpool manager to win his first game in charge and, more importantly, Liverpool fans will have to wait for the full throttle Kloppmania.
And as the injury list mounts, supporters might have to wait longer than expected.
Key names on the sidelines:
Jordan Henderson, Danny Ings, Christian Benteke, …
ACL Injuries, Physical Recuperation and Mental Rebuilding
There's been a feel good factor around Liverpool for the past 10 days. The appointment of Jurgen Klopp have given new fans a new sense of belief and hope. However, like everything in life all good things must come to an end and Liverpool fans have been brought back down to earth with a bump this week with the news that both Joe Gomez and Danny Ings are ruled out for the rest of the season with Anterior Cruciate Ligament …