#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2020/21 Performances

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I think the Club should freeze all the contract talks with Raz until he gains some resemblance of good form - be it the next season or the season after. We can't sell him because of the wages, but offering a new long-term deal now could be suicidal from financial POV.

Right now he looks like a veteran that had started at a pro level too early and already has his best years behind. It's his business to prove otherwise
 
Would be interesting to see how high sterling's stock is in Europe. He still has exceptional numbers and if he has a good euros which is entirely possible his value will probably be at its all time peak.

I think Txiki will have looked at his performances over the last 18 months, seen its too long of a period for it to be a blip and might just be open to using him to bring in others. Fantasy land talk here and Mbappe seems destined for Madrid but with a year left on his contract could we offer sterling to PSG in exchange? That might be a better option to them than vinicius Jr.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
He's on the books at about £7m currently. If we could make £70m profit by selling him for around £80m it'd be good business.And it frees up space for Grealish, who's a much better footballer.
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For City to sell it would probably take Pep telling the board that Sterling is now surplus to requirements. That would be some change in opinion from Pep. I just can’t see it.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
I think you really are living in the past!

His career has stalled and I’m not sure he has a third, fourth, fifth act in him.

He has devolved back to the kid who runs with the ball somewhere in his vicinity, but often not in his control, head down trying to figure something to do, before either running into the player and going down, running out of play, or simply losing control of the ball.

His first touch is non-existent and, while he has the pace to get in behind defenders without the ball, once it gets to him there is too much thought and not enough instinct in the next 2-3 seconds.

Forwards live, breathe and bank their careers in those few seconds.
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He’s either mentally weak and is completely useless without the confidence or he’s believed his own hype over the last couple of years and needs to get his head down and rediscover himself as a footballer.

Either way it’s fucking frustrating watching him play football recently.
 
OrigamiNinja said:
For City to sell it would probably take Pep telling the board that Sterling is now surplus to requirements. That would be some change in opinion from Pep. I just can’t see it.
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Maybe he's already told them and his vote of confidence to Raz is just a smokescreen so nots to disrupt our trophy hunt at this important time of the season.

Peps facial expressions when Raz fucks up are pretty compelling and are happening on a more frequent basis this season
 
ChicagoBlue said:
His first touch is non-existent and, while he has the pace to get in behind defenders without the ball, once it gets to him there is too much thought and not enough instinct in the next 2-3 seconds.

Forwards live, breathe and bank their careers in those few seconds.
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That's exactly what I mean when I said some weeks/months back that I thought he has no footballing brain. He doesn't instinctively know what to do, you can just see it. He's been coached on where to run to and where to be so he can get tap ins. But it's not like it's natural for him.

On the positive side, he obviously is very professional, works hard, trains hard, listens and tries to learn. And he's rarely injured, so reliable in that respect. He's obviously worked on his (previously dog shit) ball-striking so that has improved quite a lot, but still only to a "mediocre" standard at best.

But now with the way we play, he's not getting the tap-ins and because his ball striking is pretty poor, he's hardly going to be banging in 25 yarders every week. We sure as hell won't be letting him take penalties. And if we got to a CL final and it came down to pens, you just KNOW he would miss his.

So he's simply not good enough for a team which wants to be the best in Europe. Would Real, Barca or Bayern have him? Of course not.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
He's on the books at about £7m currently. If we could make £70m profit by selling him for around £80m it'd be good business.And it frees up space for Grealish, who's a much better footballer.
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If anyone offered £80m, we should snatch their hands off, immediately.
 
kaz7 said:
How many goals and assists has grealish inthe last two seasons colin ?

Hope you are well by the way
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I like how you bring up 2 seasons as Sterling is behind in this one.

Sterling last season and this - 29 goals, 7 assists
Sterling the two seasons before last 35 goals, 21 assists.
Just needs 6 goals and 14 assists in the next 6 games I guess. He's contributing less and less every season yet wants a bumper pay rise?. What happens if we refuse him?
 
01cravend said:
I like how you bring up 2 seasons as Sterling is behind in this one.

Sterling last season and this - 29 goals, 7 assists
Sterling the two seasons before last 35 goals, 21 assists.
Just needs 6 goals and 14 assists in the next 6 games I guess. He's contributing less and less every season yet wants a bumper pay rise?. What happens if we refuse him?
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He’ll end up somewhere like Spurs.
 
01cravend said:
I like how you bring up 2 seasons as Sterling is behind in this one.

Sterling last season and this - 29 goals, 7 assists
Sterling the two seasons before last 35 goals, 21 assists.
Just needs 6 goals and 14 assists in the next 6 games I guess. He's contributing less and less every season yet wants a bumper pay rise?. What happens if we refuse him?
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I asked for comparison last two years as he said grealish is a better player , is he ?
 
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