Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

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Berts Neck said:
I do not understand all you Raheem haters. He has provided great service for City. I will not argue he has missed some sitters,poor one on one with the goalkeeper, and perhaps not the greatest dribbler. You can not however argue with 91 goals in 225 appearances in the position he plays.
My one concern is that some players who start their careers at a young age,18yo at Liverpool(forget QPR), peak earlier and drop off earlier.Yes there are notable exceptions, but not many.His form had dropped. Was he unhappy, did he peak early, who knows, time will tell ?
Either way, Raheem, not quite a legend, but a great player for the club.
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Not a sterling hater myself but I've seen him miss sitters, trip up over the ball, trip up over his own feet even! And I've seen him do that countless times, literally too many times.

What I dont doubt is how hard he works and how integral he is to our success. How his intelligence allows and creates spaces, his pace is something I dont want us to lose too.

But if we could get someone with all of that but can also score the easy ones, the sitters, the 1-1s etc then it's an improvement.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Not a sterling hater myself but I've seen him miss sitters, trip up over the ball, trip up over his own feet even! And I've seen him do that countless times, literally too many times.

What I dont doubt is how hard he works and how integral he is to our success. How his intelligence allows and creates spaces, his pace is something I dont want us to lose too.

But if we could get someone with all of that but can also score the easy ones, the sitters, the 1-1s etc then it's an improvement.
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Get it, frustrating as hell no doubt he can be, however, where do you find a winger with despite those flaws you mentioned, plays 225 games in 7 seasons and scored 91 goals??? With 30+ assist to boot….. Peps level of football has elevated what is not only presented to us but now overly criticises these imperfections, the reality is his numbers are elite level, despite the ‘imperfections’ which isn’t easily replaced, the mean average is about as much of a guarantee as you can get, and as a player for city he is marginalised far to much for my liking…

Be careful what we wish for!!
 
If Sterling wants to leave, let him. He's been banging on about moving and yet every season after his agent stirs the pot we get no offers. This season we might get one derisory offer from Chelsea, and we should take it. We have new players and young players that need space in front of them to develop into the first team. Sterling has been a good squad player for us and he goes with our thanks. I'm not in the least bit sad about his departure as I think he'll be replaced with a better player.
 
Anybody read that supposed latest bs by Melissa Reddy on the sky football website. Pure made up shit, just guessing what Sterling wants and how he feels about City. Raheem must've spilled all the beans to her in a heart to heart, lol
 
Fordyboy46 said:
Anybody read that supposed latest bs by Melissa Reddy on the sky football website. Pure made up shit, just guessing what Sterling wants and how he feels about City. Raheem must've spilled all the beans to her in a heart to heart, lol
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Trying to find an insider role after her hero (that Liverpool diving cheat) left.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Not a sterling hater myself but I've seen him miss sitters, trip up over the ball, trip up over his own feet even! And I've seen him do that countless times, literally too many times.

What I dont doubt is how hard he works and how integral he is to our success. How his intelligence allows and creates spaces, his pace is something I dont want us to lose too.

But if we could get someone with all of that but can also score the easy ones, the sitters, the 1-1s etc then it's an improvement.
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That’s exactly how I see Raheem. Good post.
 
malg said:
I genuinely don't get the hate. He can be frustrating but so can every player. We've always had players who fans like to dislike......Sterling is one, we've also had Kolarov and Dzeko who both took bucket loads of it. The one that always sticks in mind is Edgehill - that bloke to this day speaks well of City but a large section of our support gave him dog's abuse.
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The abuse of Edgehill was appalling, was shameful.
He had balls like fucking spacehoppers to take that pen against Gillingham
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Not a sterling hater myself but I've seen him miss sitters, trip up over the ball, trip up over his own feet even! And I've seen him do that countless times, literally too many times.

What I dont doubt is how hard he works and how integral he is to our success. How his intelligence allows and creates spaces, his pace is something I dont want us to lose too.

But if we could get someone with all of that but can also score the easy ones, the sitters, the 1-1s etc then it's an improvement.
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Sums up the situation perfectly
 
CityBlu said:
If Sterling wants to leave, let him. He's been banging on about moving and yet every season after his agent stirs the pot we get no offers. This season we might get one derisory offer from Chelsea, and we should take it. We have new players and young players that need space in front of them to develop into the first team. Sterling has been a good squad player for us and he goes with our thanks. I'm not in the least bit sad about his departure as I think he'll be replaced with a better player.
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He doesn’t have an agent.

He‘s not agitated for a move at any point.
 
CityBlu said:
If Sterling wants to leave, let him. He's been banging on about moving and yet every season after his agent stirs the pot we get no offers. This season we might get one derisory offer from Chelsea, and we should take it. We have new players and young players that need space in front of them to develop into the first team. Sterling has been a good squad player for us and he goes with our thanks. I'm not in the least bit sad about his departure as I think he'll be replaced with a better player.
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I find it so bizarre how Bernardo has wanted to leave for the past two years yet is treated completely differently by blues. Sterling is one of our longest servants, has been integral yet is talked about as if he's Scott Sinclair.

I think it would be a massive mistake to let him go. An even bigger mistake not to replace him.
 
How can anybody hate sterling ? Won us loads of things and on his day unplayable,
I think the hate comes from him playing as a striker and pep wanting more goals and less missed tap ins ?

Sterling is not and never will be a 20 plus seasoned striker simple
for me, he is a winger, and you get the best out of sterling when he's got a striker to find or play off, just like Kane with England

I think under pep, the pressure to deliver the goods and wanting to please pep does get to him, he never looks settled because of the pressure and sometimes comes out trying too hard instead of playing his normal game,

is it time for a new move, maybe ? But may i add its 5 subs next season so plenty of game time would be available and Manchester city still going places and top dog in the Premier League so a move would be a step-down
 
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