Brendan Rodgers applauded the news that remarkable Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge had picked up a pair of Player of the Month awards for his series of stand-out displays during February. He was remarkable, the Northern Irishman told Liverpoolfc. He is a world-class talent and hell become a world-class player if he can consistently do it now in the next couple of seasons. He has already shown it with his play; hes a wonderful finisher, a really natural finisher. Hes got a great advantage of pace and power - he showed up very well in those games in that month. Hes very deserving and is a young player, at 24, who I feel has still got a lot of improvement in him. Hopefully he can go on and be the player that we think he can. At face value, it may seem hard to fathom how a man who has found the back of the net 32 times in 40 appearances since becoming a Liverpool player in January 2013 can possibly improve. In what areas, then, does Rodgers believe the Englishman can develop and how will the manager implement a strategy to ensure that Sturridge continues to blossom for the Reds? The boss explained: Hell look at his link-up play and the speed of his link-up play. I know he wants to improve on his heading. And then just ensuring that he gets himself out on the training field in order to get into the games. That maturity will help his movement, his touch and that link-up play. Hes a natural born finisher, so hell always get goals. There are many aspects of his game that we can brush up on, but thankfully he wants to get better as well - thats half the battle. Its something we do with all of the players. Your football career can be very short and we ask them to be the very best that they can be. We look to rinse as much out of them as we can, in order for them to maximise how they can play the game. Every player, from Steven Gerrard right the way through to our youngest players, were always looking at ways in which they can improve. Whats important is that you consolidate their strength and reinforce the strong parts of their game - of which there are many, to be at a club like Liverpool. Where there are areas in which they can get better, both on and off the field, we really narrow in on that focus.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 08:34:55 +0000
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