#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2021/22 Performances

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Some serious straw clutching on this thread relating to today's game. I'd agree his movement and work-rate are good but that's the very least you'd expect at this level against a seriously mediocre opposition. There was no significant end-product and I get the impression that even his own teammates don't have a great deal of confidence in him.

There was one attack in the first half where he was the obvious outlet but was ignored. I saw him hold his arms out, effectively asking "Why didn't you give it to me?" I think many of us know the answer to that.
 
How has he become so ineffective in the box?

Movement is excellent but the end product is terrible.

He's been vital to many titles we've won but for me it's time to move on.
 
Got to the point where I don’t even expect him to do anything with the ball in front of goal. Such a poor finisher this season and seems to be getting worse, time to leave me thinks
 
He makes all the wrong decisions and play breaks down more with him than any other player, i'll be pleased if we sell abroad, if he stays he is a RW full stop when we have Gabby, Alvarez, Mahrez & Phil also Bernie can play there
 
Firstly let me start with this, i believe that raheem will sign a new contract keeping him at the club till hes 30+. Now my point, The scary thing about Raheem is this, in 10 years there will be people doing all time PL xi, and because they will look at the trophies he's won with us, and how he always gets praise by pundits for doing the bare minimum ( his friends) They will include him in an All time PL XI ahead of truly great players like Salah, Hazard, Kane and Mane, when he should be nowhere near them. I feel history will be extremely kind to this guy. He had 2 and a half great seasons in his 7 year City career. The rest he's been average in a hugely successful team.
 
If we have genuine centre forwards and Sterling was played as a right winger then I believe he’d get 15 assists a season and worth keeping -
 
If we get a traditional 9, I'd keep Raz. His best statistical years have been when playing with a true CF, also one of the reasons he is one of the better national team performers when playing next to Kane.
 
I am one of sterling’s biggest critics but I have to admit IF Haaland comes he might greatly benefit from having a proper 9 next to him.
 
Good article by Micah on the BBC today. Maybe he doesn't articulate it quite as well as Nedum has done but he does a good job of highlighting the discrepancy between what many City fans claim Sterling is and what the reality is.

I fully expect him to leave because I just think he would have renewed by now otherwise. But I'll wish him the best as someone who has played as much as he has, scored as many as he has, won as many trophies as he has and conducted himself as well as he has.

He might rarely get the recognition he deserves and I've given up trying to understand exactly how he's gotten so far under the skin of a certain section of our fan base but, as far as I'm concerned, he'll go down as a legend of the club.
 
Enjoyed the article, but honestly I think the disconnect between sterling and the city fans has more to do with his business like demeanor and displaying less than zero affection or connection to City as a club despite being here for 7 years. If you compare him to Kompany, Zaba or even de Bruyne. There just isn't a sense he cares about City. Which is fine, not every player is like that or can be like that and if they deliver goals and points for City that's fantastic. But when there's no connection, it's purely about doing it on the pitch, when you have bad form like sterling has had in recent years then there's no sympathy or desire for you to get good again, people just want you gone instead.

But man is running down his deal so he can walk over the road to one of our rivals right now, and no legend of the club would be doing that. I think his Legacy will be a bit like Tevez or something in the end. Appreciated and important but with asterisks. No statue for him.
 
kaz7 said:
Raheem Sterling on his #ManCity future: "At the minute, I'm happy to be playing, to contribute. That’s the most important thing. It would be selfish to speak of any contract situation." [via
@MikeMinay
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So, not exactly an unequivocal declaration of love for his club or commitment to stay. He's clearly laying the ground for a possible move in the summer. High time we called Sterling's bluff by setting a deadline for signing a new contract after which we thank the lad for his service and bid him farewell. On current form, it would be unforgivable if he was allowed to run down his contract and leave for nothing.
 
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So, not exactly an unequivocal declaration of love for his club or commitment to stay. He's clearly laying the ground for a possible move in the summer. High time we called Sterling's bluff by setting a deadline for signing a new contract after which we thank the lad for his service and bid him farewell. On current form, it would be unforgivable if he was allowed to run down his contract and leave for nothing.
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If he had talked about negotiations or the like he would have got slagged off for inappropriate ahead of tomorrows game , haters are just going to hate whatever he does or says
 
I think he will be gone in the summer but if he doesn't it no drama he's always ready to play never injured plus English he's definitely paid us back with the goals he's scored
 
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