#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2020/21 Performances

[sky_blue]

Christ

Jesus

 

[WallyA]

Foden will keep starting over him unless he can pick his form up to last seasons levels.

Pep will keep giving him games, but Foden will get the important ones.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Jesus

Superstar

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Without his goals we would not even be second

Look , he is not playing well, this season, to say he was shit last season is stupid and getting rid is just as , he will be staying

Whatever the reason people dont like or accept him says more about them

Nobody played well but the pile on was here from half time and notthe others who were equally as poor

Says a lot

What does it say about them? You and a few others have concocted some narrative that doesn’t exist.

Everyone on this players forum comes on to critique players. Some get universally praised like Dias. Some get a mixed bag like Walker. Some get heavily criticised like Sterling. There’s nothing underhand going on, no agendas etc. Just fans of the club, giving their opinion on how a player is performing.

Those defending Sterling week in week out, have gone from “well he scored 30 goals last season” to “well Pep picks him every week and he knows more than you” to “There’s something sinister going on”. I am fucking dreading what comes next.

 

[Sibierskii]

The amount of racist abuse he’s getting on his recent post is disgraceful

 

[Segga]

You genuinely don't think he's a world class level player?

You are deluded if you think he is anywhere near world class

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Sterling scored 20 goals in the league last season. He scored 5 goals in the first 3 matches (1.6 pG), then 6 goals in the next 21 matches (0.28 pG) and finally 9 goals in 9 games (1 pG) after restart.

His goal drought in the middle of the season where he just scored 6 goals encompassed gameweeks 4 through 29. City dropped 25 points in this period.

I don't need to say this, but all goals are not created equal. Scoring the 3rd goal in a 3-0 rout is different from banging in a 90th minute match winner. Calvert-Lewin has scored 14 goals this season, Lacazette has scored 11. If the only things that matters is the absolute number, then would you say that they have had an equivalent season?

To be honest, I don't even need to compare Sterling with other players, I'll compare him with himself. He scored 17 league goals in 18/19 and 18 goals in 17/18. Would you agree that he was more influential in those two former seasons, even though he scored less compared to the 19/20 season?

I find this gotcha argument of "he scored 20 goals last season" really grating. As if football doesn't need context, goals scored is the only thing that matter, not when and how. It's even funnier because when people criticise Sterling for last season, they say 20 goals, and then when people point out the pitiful 9 league goals that he has scored this season, they say "look at other things that Sterling does, not just goals". Well which one is it? Does context matter along with goals, or is it whichever fits the narrative better?

He is expected to score goals and the fact that he isn't and doesn't look like doing is creating the issue and resulting in the criticism of him.

Whatever goals he has scored in other seasons is irrelevent , but he isn't doing it now and that is what matters .

If he was scoring nobody would give a fuck how clumsy, greedy or all the other complaints made about his performances .

 

[kaz7]

What does it say about them? You and a few others have concocted some narrative that doesn’t exist.

Everyone on this players forum comes on to critique players. Some get universally praised like Dias. Some get a mixed bag like Walker. Some get heavily criticised like Sterling. There’s nothing underhand going on, no agendas etc. Just fans of the club, giving their opinion on how a player is performing.

Those defending Sterling week in week out, have gone from “well he scored 30 goals last season” to “well Pep picks him every week and he knows more than you” to “There’s something sinister going on”. I am fucking dreading what comes next.

You have to counter the lies on here , keep it calm

 

[simon23]

been way off it most of the season.....he has the quality however but he needs to start showing it again regularly....Looks like he hasnt got all his pace at present..I wonder if he is carrying some minor injury

 

[doobyedoobye]

You are deluded if you think he is anywhere near world class

Staggering