#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2020/21 Performances

[peter.evans]

Need to see him back to RW and let Cancelo play LWB, who is impressing more and more as time goes on.

Agree Cancelo was excellent

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Feel sorry for him, should be playing on the right not the left, he only has one foot and this cutting inside into packed defences is doing him no favours. I'd be knocking on the managers door if I were him.

 

[Craig]

Feel sorry for him, should be playing on the right not the left, he only has one foot and this cutting inside into packed defences is doing him no favours. I'd be knocking on the managers door if I were him.

Totally agree but he wants to play on the left. Suppose as it’s easier for him to play on the inside and bag plenty of tap ins. Goal stats look great but as most blues no his all round game is a shadow of where it was 2 years ago.

 

[mccity]

Totally agree but he wants to play on the left. Suppose as it’s easier for him to play on the inside and bag plenty of tap ins. Goal stats look great but as most blues no his all round game is a shadow of where it was 2 years ago.

Do you remember this forum 2 years ago? Constant criticisms that despite the goals he was only a tap in merchant and his all round game was non-existent.
You can say his all-round game is still not good enough, but it's a bit misinforming to suggest he's a shadow of the all round player he was.

 

[Mr HJ]

He plays like this regularly now, against anyone.

The odd good game, gets on the end of good moves and scores, and we all start to get a bit relieved he might be turning a corner. But then he’ll have five stinkers out of seven games on a rotation.

Maybe, for me he's always a 7/10 player - looking over the last year or two he has had spells that have won us many games. My point was he really struggles against Liverpool and perhaps putting Phil on who, like us all, hates them. We still should have won the game so good signs especially given our great start to the CL campaign. We need to hit our peak from xmas onwards -something I think will happen as we are looking strong and solid down the middle now. it could be worse we could be Arsenal or Utd ha!

On a separate note - Very strange Pep moaning about subs yet only making one, curious.

 

[Tevez City]

How many times he did lose the ball ?

It was certain that whenever he gets the ball, our attack will be over.


But he worked really hard tracking back and did well defensively.

 

[Craig]

Do you remember this forum 2 years ago? Constant criticisms that despite the goals he was only a tap in merchant and his all round game was non-existent.
You can say his all-round game is still not good enough, but it's a bit misinforming to suggest he's a shadow of the all round player he was.

He’d always make fuck ups when given time and space to think there’s no disputing that but he had a long spell of playing really well regularly on the right. Him on one side Sané on the other was a joy to watch and he was destroying fullbacks with his pace and dribbling. From the left he can barely use his pace with constantly having to cut back and no confidence in his left foot.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Raheem will be back to his best soon enough, nothing to worry about.

There is plenty to worry about,because while we wait,without any guarantee,for him to suddenly develop the ability to retain possession,beat his man and make the right decisions.....we continue to struggle in an area of the pitch he occupies.

Do yourself a favour and watch Jack Grealish to see what we are missing.

 

[mosssideblue]

I think Raheem still holds a psychological fear when he plays the scousers - he rarely plays at his usual standards when he faces them. Last year it was his spat with Gomez, this year he just seemed tentative as if he was second guessing what to do. I think it's a mental thing but do understand it considering the truly hideous way their fans reacted to him leaving. Look no further than what happened with Pickford - death threats to his family and the like - sums them up. I hope to God we never become such a disgusting fan base as those on Merseyside. Raheem will be back to his best soon enough, nothing to worry about.

It's not just the scousers is it. Recent games have shown the same issues in lack of control, composure and decesion making. Needs to be benched for a while.

 

[merz]

he has been like this forever. he is world class without the ball, getting into spaces but technically limited (with the ball at his feet he looks often too hasty (?)). for me it feels like his brain wants to do something else than his feet. if people say mahrez does not suit the way we play how can they say raheem does? the only thing keeping him in the team is his goal ratio (which is very impressive) but he does not offer a lot besides it (not always but most of the games he does not score he also has almost zero impact on the game but a player of his stature should).