#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2021/22 Performances

[Phil1]

He did fine but some of his decision making wasn’t good today like mahrez to Sterling just edged it for the front three.

Are you talking about Sterling when you mention poor decision making? No biggie- thought he was poor but maybe he wasn’t.

 

[Shaffer92]

Can hardly dribble competently anymore, at least consistently.

Jesus looked almost immediately better than him on the LW.

 

[kaz7]

Can hardly dribble competently anymore, at least consistently.

Jesus looked almost immediately better than him on the LW.

Because he is better on the right , that is his side and should be there but we have overloaded our team with right sided players since sane left , should have replaced him properly

 

[FMwkdsoul]

He was the player giving the ball away, trying to see it out and he did it three times in a row in the last 10 mins before being dragged.

He was West Ham's best defender.

Yeah, rightly hooked at that point when they went for it...

 

[ninjamonkey]

Fine. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[MaineDAWG2008]

Improvement i would say.... his issue has always been self confidence.

 

[hilts]

He was okay today don’t remember being overly frustrated with him.

 

[DAGW]

Because he is better on the right , that is his side and should be there but we have overloaded our team with right sided players since sane left , should have replaced him properly

I’ve tried to work out the logic here but I can’t think who other than Mahrez is a pure right wing/right attacking midfielder.

Grealish is left footed***, Foden is left footed (but also the second coming and can play anywhere) and deployed most effectively on the left - just happen to have displaced Sterling.

Jesus has operated anywhere across the front 3, Bernardo operates best as a central attacking midfielder but when KDB is in, finds himself pushed out to the right. If Sterling is good enough he should be beating these 2 to the right wing position, when Mahrez isn’t there.

Ferran is the only player left and he’s played 28 times in 2 years (4 this year due to injury etc) and a huge chunk of that he’s played as a striker.

Aside from anything else, Sterling has to be earning his place on merit, and if he hasn’t been beating these players, performance-wise, in training then why should he be deployed on the right, just because he supposedly plays better there?He never normally plays on the right for the national team for whom he gets most credit.

There was a time I’d have agreed with the Sterling on the right thing, but if that’s where he plays his best football, yet others perform better, why should we shoehorn him in?

He’s improved the past couple of weeks but that shouldn’t result in him displacing others, when they’re offering just as much or more.

***he bloody well isn’t you know, but it still doesn’t effect the point

 

[bluethai]

as usual..........below par

 

[bluegaz13]

Wasn’t terrible today however noticed the contrast when Jesus switched to the left and actually tried to properly close players down and press rather than half heartedly appearing to do so.

Sterling has some deficiencies in his game such as ball control, not being able to properly kick a ball etc but his movement and positional play can be outstanding…….but he seems to be trying to coast at times and making sure he avoids injury.

Although Cole Palmer was far from perfect last week….I think Sterling is taking up a spot that one of our promising youngsters with a far higher ceiling (ability wise) should be taking.