Raheem Sterling MBE

hilts said:
I actually thought he must be older, strangest player ever for me, loads of goals and assists but could fall over his own feet or miss some absolute sitters all in one game.
I actually thought sane and mahrez were better footballers but if you just look at what they contributed overall sterling stands quite a bit ahead.
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When watching him live , I thought he was one of the quickest players running with the ball I have ever see.
Perhaps it was that speed that sometimes did for him, aswell as the fact that the more time he had the less composure he revealed.
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Short story;

When SWP was at City he lived in a humongous house in prestbury, just him, and maybe 6/7 bedrooms, over 3 floors. Huge.
I beleive he rented it off adebayor.

Anyway, did some work there, met shaun briefly, top guy. From memory the job was £350. SWP said he would leave the money the money with his cleaner to collect next day.
Went next day and cleaners all of a fluster, said shaun only left £300 as he said thats all he had, but she managed to scrape the other £50 in change lying about.

She told me dont take it personal, she works for a few players and in the main they are clueless about money. Its not a ‘thing’ for them so him being £50 short may as well be 50p in his head.
She said he never pays his bills, CCJs a plenty, just no idea about finances in the slightest

Came as no surprise when i saw he has money problems when the big contracts ended.

Top guy tho and in my top 10 players
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I met a girl who was friends with Aaron Lennon when at Spurs, same story, he knew nothing about the congestion charge and just thought the fines are what everyone got, had hundreds of parking tickets because he parked where he wanted and just paid the fine as it was nothing to him. Lots have very bad advice and aren’t the smartest tool in the box, no wonder they go broke or bankrupt.
 
Northerndave said:
Absolutely not, be had one great season for us and stole a living for all of the rest of the time he was with us.

His last 18 months with us were terrible.
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His G/A return during our time with us was outstanding. What are you on about?

20 G/A in 47 games
26 G/A in 47 games
37 G/A in 46 games
41 G/A in 51 games
41 G/A in 52 games
26 G/A in 49 games
26 G/A in 47 games

We would kill for those figures now. Even with the season he's having so far, if Doku plays 47 games this season he'll be on track to produce 21 G/A, the equivalent of Sterling's first season with us.
 
GX Blue said:
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Forgot he owned a house. Haha. Happens to us all.

Also left a Porsche at a Spanish train station as he didnt need it anymore.
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They earn way too much money for the ability and intellect they possess.

That's the entertainment industry for you. Only industry in the world where you can have low IQ and poor education and end up a multi-multi millionaire, and in some cases a billionaire.

These footballers must just hand over a chunk of their money to financial advisors at the end of every month and when their career is over they will probably find out they have had a property and investment portfolio bought for them and they haven't had a clue about it or what to do with it once given it.
 
Northerndave said:
Absolutely not, be had one great season for us and stole a living for all of the rest of the time he was with us.

His last 18 months with us were terrible.
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If he stole a living, Savio and Doku must have won a competition.

Sterling was one of the best goal-scoring wingers in world football for a good 3-4 seasons with us and was a big reason why we won so much in Pep's first 4/5 seasons.
 
youngbob said:
Was that season 17/18, 18/19, 19/20?

Or was it all those seasons rolled into one?
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Beat me to it - was a goal every other game for 3 seasons solid and dropped to 1 in 3 in his last two seasons (way ahead of any of our current crop of wide forwards). We sold at the right time but Sterling's output was top class for 5 seasons. The peak in 19/20 overshadowed the last 2 seasons.
 
half & half derby scarf said:
He really wasn't. Fell over his own feet most of the time, along with very easy tap ins.
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His numbers say otherwise though mate.

His finishing was not world class but his movement was.

Many will say he had De Bruyne, but so did all the other attacking mids and wingers during his time and only Mahrez could match or better Sterlings goal numbers.

He pretty much carried England to the finals of the Euros in 2020 as well. Without him they would have been knocked out much earlier on.
 
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