I think his one legged-ness is being highly overrated here. He uses it almost as much as Messi and Giggs do. Let's check the goals he's scored for us.
This season, he's scored one left footed, one headed and one right footed goal.
In pre season, he scored three, he scored two(against rangers and kitchee) with his right foot. Last season while still at Chelsea, i remember his two Champions league goals to have come from either foot, the right footed one being at home against MSK Zilina. His FA Cup goals were both right footed too and his first goal for Bolton was right footed too.
I can't really remember that many clear cut chances he's had to score for us where using his left foot let him down. If anyone can, i'll be glad to hear it. Before this season, i know he had scored three left footed FA cup goals and one in the league, but to me it balances out. Considering his stronger foot is his left, the numbers for his right foot are quite impressive. Not sure what all the fuss is about. Thoughts?
Sturridge's One Foot - Myth???
posted on 2/10/11
But Sturridge can't cut inside riding challenge after challenge like Messi can. Sturridge makes it easy for defenders to show him outside when he's out wide, Evra done it all game when we played you, makes him quite easy to mark compared with someone like Nani
posted on 2/10/11
I've watched messi's first hundred goals and i can assure you that not more than 8 of that hundred were right footed. 8 being the maximum. Check his goal against arsenal last season. He could have tried with his right but he first chipped the keeper and still scored both with his left foot. Giggs famous FA Cup goal against arsenal was all left footed too. Don't see the problem here.
posted on 2/10/11
Giggs goal was down the left, try doing that down the right with your left foot, makes a defenders job easy
posted on 2/10/11
Thunder, you make a decent point about riding challenges but then with his goal record so far, i think i'm okay if he ends up as a tevez or villa. If he gets to the level of ronaldo and messi, i'd be glad but i'm quite happy with what i'm seeing right now with regards his alleged one footedness.
posted on 2/10/11
His scoring record is quite good and as i said, even if he doesn't get to the WPOTY level i'd be happy with him being a forlan, villa or tevez.
posted on 2/10/11
He's a very good player but he needs to put some trust in his right foot. To be honest I don't know how players can train every day for good knows how many years and still be one footed. Giggs and Valencia both frustrate me for United.
posted on 2/10/11
Its all about confidence. Most of them have trusted their stronger foot all their life, they find it hard to trust their weaker foot now. It seems to be especially bad with left footed ones probably because they haven't had problems succeeding with it before getting to the very top of the game.
posted on 2/10/11
2 goals today. 1 with his head. Don't know if it was the left hand side or right of the forehead
posted on 2/10/11
comment by TheChameleonProject (U1847)
posted 5 minutes ago
2 goals today. 1 with his head. Don't know if it was the left hand side or right of the forehead
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posted on 2/10/11
He had a chance late on when we lost to Birmingham where using his right would have created a better angle and more options to pick his spot