no, it isn't. That's why his Lyon miss costs more than, for example, a tap-in at Burnley. Because it does. Same way nobody really gives a fuck if Mahrez scores a hat-trick v Burnley when he shits the bed in games like Sunday, people want our front men to deliver in the key games and big moments, that's why they're paid the bigger bucks and given our shirt.
Even then, Raz is also famous for missing a sitter at Burnley which costs us points, so he can't even get that right.
Deliver at the level required for a club of our ambitions in the key moments or go down to a level you're comfortable at
You don’t decide any of those things the club do. As a supporter of you take that kind if attitude you’re really not my cup of tea at all. Raz is the most unfairly maligned player in our squad and lazy assessments which have no baring on reality from Blues is as bad as anything that people cry about in the media thread.
He was poor last season and went months barely making a contribution, a key reason why we didn't win anything.If you want to judge a player solely on the misses he's made and ignore all of the 113 goals he's scored for us then that's on you. If you want to ignore the 31 goals he scored last season for the sake of 1 miss in the final game then that's also you prerogative.
But when you're saying things like
Then you're doing yourself, the player, the club and everything it's achieved a disservice.
Again, if you want to ignore what we've won for the sake of the couple of things we didn't then that's on you but I can't imagine it's a very happy existence.
the club sets the target and fans judge against them, or we have nothing to talk about and may as well close the forum because the club will always be fine. Club sets the goals and last summer in particular Raz cost us the chance to meet them. He's paid to do a job and those are the club's stated objectives.
Raz gets judged against Raz. He gets judged on the first half of 17/18 Raz who went up a level and delivered and he's now regressed, so he'll get criticised because he's proven he can do better and there's no reason for him not to consistently play at that level. He gets criticised now for Sunday's miss, for the miss at Lyon, maybe the Burnley miss, why? because they were result changing misses and people remember them. They don't remember the one at 4-0 in a game no-one can remember because it doesn't matter. When you blot your copybook people remember and they point to it when you do it again and again.
In a thread about Sterling on a football forum where you support a club where the only jeopardy is against meeting the club's goals, the above is fair. In the real world, nobody gives a shit and I'm more arsed about work and getting a vaccine, but here we are in a thread discussing Raz's performances so what do you expect?
just don't be surprised when Pep walks away without a CL then, unless someone shows the balls in front of goal Raz is lacking.To coin your own phrase. Knock yourself out. Just don’t be surprised when Raz signs a new long term deal at the club in the summer.
just don't be surprised when Pep walks away without a CL then, unless someone shows the balls in front of goal Raz is lacking.
My support and enjoyment of the club isn’t predicated on winning everything and being the best at everything all the time. I also am not so arrogant as to assume I know more and better than the people currently running the club.
It helps a bit though (winning trophies) and as mentioned if Pep was to leave without the CL for us,it would be disappointing I'm sure you'd agree.
Are you for real? Disappointing?
Fuck me, I do despair with what we've become as a supporter base.