Does anyone else think he might play a bit better if he played less?
34 games already this season, played more minutes than anyone (inc Ederson) last season, he's playing basically 50+ games a season.
So I think if you're expecting him to play at his best now, you're going to be disappointed, he's probably just grinding through at 75% trying to arrive at the big games in April/May in good condition.
I actually fear for him this summer. I might not like everything he does in a City shirt, but ultimately I want the best for him and the club. If he plays for England the way he has for us this season, the fans/media will rip him to shreds. Can you imagine the reaction to a Lyon type miss in a Euros QF/SF/F?Agreed. Bear in mind that he will probably also have half an eye on the Euros. There's a lot expected of him in an England shirt these days and good performances will raise his profile nationally - He'll want to be in peak condition for the tournament.
Or refuses to pass square to a better placed Harry Kane to tap in.........mmmm!I actually fear for him this summer. I might not like everything he does in a City shirt, but ultimately I want the best for him and the club. If he plays for England the way he has for us this season, the fans/media will rip him to shreds. Can you imagine the reaction to a Lyon type miss in a Euros QF/SF/F?
We City fans can question his performances...he is ours. I won't be impressed if fans of other clubs/the media are.
Kev made it into the whoscored team of the week on the back of his performance against West ham:
Funny
Surely with Kev being back we could try Foden and Bernie as the wide players. Not saying it’s ideal, and I agree that Sterling is the most direct of our wingers, but we have this issue of shoehorning Kev, Bernie and Gundo into our best 11 now so maybe let Bernie play from the right.I wasn't implying anything re Torres, other than we shouldn't expect him to all of a sudden play instead of Sterling and produce the goods. Torres is a young kid, very early in his development and is doing just fine. I only put his name in there to emphasise the fact that we/I can moan about Sterling but actually, I don't believe that we currently have someone to consistently replace him with...
I don't trust Mahrez.
I love Jesus but playing him wide potentially introduces other issues up front, unless as you say, Aguero can get fit and stay fit.
Torres as above.
Foden is fantastic but him playing wide left, still gives us an issue wide right, which I would prefer Sterling to solve over Mahrez, and that doesn't address the issue of him playing too many games.
Absolute nonsense.
Some City fans think he is doing ok/well, some think otherwise. No sane City fan thinks he was the POTM at City, never mind in the whole league.
At City alone, the following have had a better month:
Ederson
Cancelo
Stones
Dias
Zinchenko
Rodri
Gundogan
Bernardo
Mahrez
Jesus
Foden
Are people actually earning GBP coming up with this garbage?
Meanwhile, WhoGoverned named Stalin as the most empathetic leader in history.