#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2020/21 Performances

[cleavers]

Clear statement suggesting a mutual parting of the ways as he goes home to London and Harold K heads north.

Other than what you wrote is bullshit, on that showing I'd rather keep Sterling than get Kane, who literally did nothing for 90 minutes other than collide with a post.

 

[cleavers]

How good were England, overall?

BBC/most fans - brilliant.
Most City fans - average at best.

It's a matter of what you are used to watching I guess.

 

[SWP's back]

Why does he have to be either world class or Dogshit with no in between? can he not just be a very good player who had a below par season for his own standards?

No room for sensible posts like that in here.

 

[SWP's back]

Walker was shite, are you joking ?

Walker was excellent.

 

[Gabriel]

Seems to be unanimous praise for Sterling across the English front pages let alone the back. Reeks of hypocrisy but a welcome step, nonetheless.

 

[bluealf]

We are judging him and should be judging him on being a clutch player in the big games and sadly most of us would not want to see him in any of those games.
The stats suggest he is a reliable goalscorer and assister which he has been in 2 seasons however can anyone confidently say he will score a sitter or a 1v1 without doubting that he will. We are at a point where we are not surprised if he misses an open goal 3 yards out aka Lyon or the fact he is so hopeless when he is 1v1 and these are not doubts we should be having for a player of his supposed calibre. Adding to that he has been embarrassing trying to beat a man this season running into them or over running the ball, basic things a “world class” player should be doing.

To clarify I used to be a big Sterling supporter willing him to do well and believe he would go from strength to strength with age instead of regressing. It is just difficult to ever see him reach a level where you can consider him reliable.

in saying all of that, his comments recently suggest something might have been going on behind the scenes which has not helped whatever that may be. I would happily admit i am wrong if he kicks on again this season but at the moment and for the last 2 years he has been disrupting the flow of our team and not fitting in to the style, he just has nowhere near the required level of technical ability.

You're still saying 2 years despite him scoring 31 goals in one of those seasons with a bucket full of assists as well?
This is what makes it bizzare to other people.

Nobody will argue that he hasn't been at his best this season but the 3 previous seasons he has been integral to our success.

A further point being that even during those successful seasons he was still getting slated by idiots, so it is hardly a surprise to see them frothing at the mouth in his first 'poor' season in 5 years.

Has he not earned the right to reclaim his form next season or is it right or even justifiable to label him shite and needing sold asap?

 

[Withnail]

We are judging him and should be judging him on being a clutch player in the big games and sadly most of us would not want to see him in any of those games.
The stats suggest he is a reliable goalscorer and assister which he has been in 2 seasons however can anyone confidently say he will score a sitter or a 1v1 without doubting that he will. We are at a point where we are not surprised if he misses an open goal 3 yards out aka Lyon or the fact he is so hopeless when he is 1v1 and these are not doubts we should be having for a player of his supposed calibre. Adding to that he has been embarrassing trying to beat a man this season running into them or over running the ball, basic things a “world class” player should be doing.

To clarify I used to be a big Sterling supporter willing him to do well and believe he would go from strength to strength with age instead of regressing. It is just difficult to ever see him reach a level where you can consider him reliable.

in saying all of that, his comments recently suggest something might have been going on behind the scenes which has not helped whatever that may be. I would happily admit i am wrong if he kicks on again this season but at the moment and for the last 2 years he has been disrupting the flow of our team and not fitting in to the style, he just has nowhere near the required level of technical ability.

We all know Sterling has had a poor season, but many on here including myself were writing off Stones this time last year after a below average season. Sterling is resilient and will never hide, yes he has faults but his pace and movement off the ball is excellent. I am confident come August Raheem will be keen to prove last season was just a blip.

 

[Keeper!]

Sterling's performance yesterday was much like his performances at the end of the season for us.

Never hides, gives his all, a threat with his pace, some moments of quality, some moments of "are you having a laugh".

A mixed bunch all in all, but as said never goes missing.

 

[Petethemancinleeds]

Other than what you wrote is bullshit, on that showing I'd rather keep Sterling than get Kane, who literally did nothing for 90 minutes other than collide with a post.

Hopefully it is bullshit but if someone says there are many reasons why i under performed at work over the last year id ask what they were and not let it fester.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Hopefully it is bullshit but if someone says there are many reasons why i under performed at work over the last year id ask what they were and not let it fester.

I think a lot of you read too much into every single quote and spend too long wondering what might be the hidden meaning behind a sentence rather than taking it at face value.