Daniel Sturridge has been the outstanding English striker in the Premier League this season and is even giving his Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez a run for his money in the goals department.
Confidence
Sterling has really benefited from his time under Brendan Rodgers and I think that backs up the point I made on Sky Sports earlier this week about managers being given time to build their side.
I
proposed the idea that clubs should be banned from sacking their manager during a season and that whoever is in charge in August should remain that way until things have finished in May,
That would give managers confidence as they wouldn't be constantly looking over their shoulder after every bad result and I think it would help the players, too, as they could keep their minds on football and not on what's going on above them.
I wouldn't tinker with the transfer window system, though, as I think it gives players a chance to get out and play in January if they have not had too much over the first half of the season - and it is great for fans watching
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And I am also not in favour of changing things up and having dugouts on either side of the pitch, which is something I heard suggested after the Alan Pardew incident at Hull over the weekend.
I can see why people think it is a good idea to have one coaching team on one side of the field and one on the other as it might stop tensions spilling over on the touchline, but it is always good to see managers standing close together and trying to get their tactics across to players.
It would be a shame if we lost that.
