Raheem Sterling - 2017/18 performances

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You need a high football intelligence to keep getting in scoring positions and I think his finishing will come, However his instinct to fall over at the slightest contact gets on my tits.
 
Without any shadow of a doubt, the most infuriating footballer I've ever watched.
 
Where are the doubters now? This lad is already world class and is going to get even better. Twenty one goals and thirty one goal involvements is absolutely mad when you consider he's twenty three.
 
Love the little fella.

He could do with not leaning back when he strikes the ball. Needs to get his knee and body over the ball - but, who the fuck am I to tell him that! It's a weird technique he has at times.

He's fucking brilliant though and never stops running and creating a headache for the opposition.
 
oldhamblue said:
You need a high football intelligence to keep getting in scoring positions and I think his finishing will come, However his instinct to fall over at the slightest contact gets on my tits.
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I know, Lloris barely touched him!
 
One of the worst finishers I’ve ever seen. Utterly abysmal striking technique. Yet also one of the guys with the best movement I’ve ever seen. As a combo, that makes for endless frustration. He’s always in the right place, which means he’s always missing. But he gets so many chances that law of averages dictates some will go in. He’s amazingly awful and awfully amazing. A constant threat, and a constant frustration. Not many players like him, one of a kind.
 
Once again his posture when setting to strike the ball is more suited to Limbo Dancing because he's so back on his heels. Cannot fault his ability to cause mayhem when he runs at the opposition though and he creates so much but just lacks that finishing touch & not sure if he'll ever get it ,hope he does because its holding him back from being world class.
 
He couldnt finish a good dinner , but his approach play , hunger , workrate makes him one of the most dangerous forwards in the country , but he is a one in five player , if Jesus had been in the same situations as Sterling this season the golden boot would be in the bag , not sure you can coach finishing i think its a natural thing your born with. You can certainly improve but he will never be a 30 goals a season player like Kun , Dzeko and others , but he has so many attributes he causes chaos for the opposition , if he hasnt extended his contract then we should get it done asap.
 
BlueMoonz1977 said:
Pep just said it on NBC Sports....Raheem starts to convert his chances and he starts to become one of the best in the world. This is the missing ingredient now. Pep has taught him the movement and how to create space for himself. Needs to start becoming more ruthless in front if goal and the world is his oyster.

Still only 23, if he focuses on finishing technique now at the end of every training session he will be immense when at the peak of his career, and possibly before

Raheem Sterling...he’s going to win the league
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Pep hasn't taught sterling movement.

I don't know if this is just the latest thing where people try to detract from Sterling by crediting everyone else for his good parts, but Sterling has had incredible movement since he broke into Liverpool's first team at 17. It has always been his biggest asset and Pep has made a few tweaks, encouraged him to get in the box to use that movement more effectively, but he's always had it.
 
domalino said:
Pep hasn't taught sterling movement.

I don't know if this is just the latest thing where people try to detract from Sterling by crediting everyone else for his good parts, but Sterling has had incredible movement since he broke into Liverpool's first team at 17. It has always been his biggest asset and Pep has made a few tweaks, encouraged him to get in the box to use that movement more effectively, but he's always had it.
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Please elaborate on how he's always had it?
If he's always had it he would've gotten around Sanchez on 79 min, and perhaps shot one over the bar, instead he gets clumsily dispossessed

Scores on the rebound courtesy of Jesus. Very rarely have I seen him score on his own created chances. Again if he had stayed with the dippers he would've struggled to score 5 in a single season, all competitions
 
toddluvzgta said:
Please elaborate on how he's always had it?
If he's always had it he would've gotten around Sanchez on 79 min, and perhaps shot one over the bar, instead he gets clumsily dispossessed

Scores on the rebound courtesy of Jesus. Very rarely have I seen him score on his own created chances. Again if he had stayed with the dippers he would've struggled to score 5 in a single season, all competitions
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What a f*cking load of crap. Maybe start watching the games would be good for you.
 
The boy is amazing. I can't think of another footballer to compare him to. His movement and awareness of space are messiesque. His control sometimes and finishing just bloody messy.
I remember as a youngun, you perfected your striking of the ball playing rebound against the garage door for hours on end. Right foot, left foot, side foot, volley, full shot. Again and again and again, so the time you were 12, bloody hell you might not be a worldbeater but you could kick a football properly. Sadly in Raheems case this stage seems to be missing. The poor lad looked completely gutted after the game and in his interview. the constant missing of good chances must really be undermining his confidence. I wonder if he is using a sports psychologist. If he isn't he should.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
The boy is amazing. I can't think of another footballer to compare him to. His movement and awareness of space are messiesque. His control sometimes and finishing just bloody messy.
I remember as a youngun, you perfected your striking of the ball playing rebound against the garage door for hours on end. Right foot, left foot, side foot, volley, full shot. Again and again and again, so the time you were 12, bloody hell you might not be a worldbeater but you could kick a football properly. Sadly in Raheems case this stage seems to be missing. The poor lad looked completely gutted after the game and in his interview. the constant missing of good chances must really be undermining his confidence. I wonder if he is using a sports psychologist. If he isn't he should.
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4th highest goal scorer in the league with a better goals per minute ratio than Ferminio, Vardy, Mane, Hazard, Sánchez, Morata and Lukaku. Just think that puts a few things into perspective. If he continues to improve imagine the even greater threat he’ll be!
 
taleofbluehalves said:
4th highest goal scorer in the league with a better goals per minute ratio than Ferminio, Vardy, Mane, Hazard, Sánchez, Morata and Lukaku. Just think that puts a few things into perspective. If he continues to improve imagine the even greater threat he’ll be!
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Yeah, i'm not dissing him mate. Raheem is one of my favourite players. The positions he gets himself in and his movement are exceptional and if his coolness in front of goal matched, he would be scoring more than bloody Mane. I think his confidence in front of goal has taken a knock which is why he seems to be missing more chances than he did in the first half of the season. I hope he can resolve it.

Would love to see him turn from very good into one of the worlds greats after all the shit he has taken.
 
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