#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2021/22 Performances

[jimharri]

I will speak my mind and how I feel based on what I see. My thoughts and opinions will not be silenced simply because they make you and others uncomfortable. But nice attempt to make it seem I called the entire club and fanbase racist. When I was speaking on a select few who most definitely are.

You have no authority to tell me when I should see or feel prejudice. Even Raheem and many others have spoken about the unjust treatment he receives for obvious reasons.

If you keep making serious accusations about this forum with no substantial evidence to back it up, it's your choice. By all means, criticise the wider media.

 

[mosssideblue]

I would rather not sit at your table sir. And I have a right to my opinion as much as everyone else.

You do not have a monopoly on who can and cannot comment based on what they see. Fortunately the days of you giving orders we had to obey are long behind us.

I for one am glad your dislike irks you so. Raheem and myself are not going anywhere no matter how much you protest.

Good god

 

[MarsLlama]

Thank you sir keep feeding them that bitter pill they refuse to swallow.

Do not let them silence you because you speak your truth.

Just to be clear, I don't agree with you either

 

[knuckles]

Not mine, but awesome!

 

[didactic]

If you keep making serious accusations about this forum with no substantial evidence to back it up, it's your choice. By all means, criticise the wider media.

Stop threatening me. Where have I accused the entire forum of anything? I am speaking of a very select few who no matter what Sterling does or his contribution find any excuse to attack him. When all else is eliminated what remains is the truth.

My opinion is not my own and I was actually responding to others who made similar comments. Yet suddenly,

“I am accusing the club, the forum and every man and his dog!”

No I am accusing the racists of being racist. If you are not one then no need to get defensive and resort to silencing tactics.

People are entitled to their opinions based on what they see.

 

[didactic]

Just to be clear, I don't agree with you either

That is fine but you listed why and how some others opinions may have been formed and on that we agree.

 

[mosssideblue]

Stop threatening me. Where have I accused the entire forum of anything? I am speaking of a very select few who no matter what Sterling does or his contribution find any excuse to attack him. When all else is eliminated what remains is the truth.

My opinion is not my own and I was actually responding to others who made similar comments. Yet suddenly,

“I am accusing the club, the forum and every man and his dog!”

No I am accusing the racists of being racist. If you are not one then no need to get defensive and resort to silencing tactics.

People are entitled to their opinions based on what they see.

Oh do fuck off with your small mindedness. Deal with the fact that others have a different view to you and because your brain cell cannot understand why, conclude it has to be racism.

 

[Dax777]

Then you would be wrong in your thinking. I can and do appreciate the contribution to the team, but I can also not rate him as a top player.

For me, he has poor touch, control and decision making evidenced in most games he plays . He is the epitome of Jeckyll and Hyde in that you never know at any moment in a game which one is getting the ball or opportunity.

Furthermore, he is already up there as one of our highest earners and reputedly, wants compatibility with the top, and frankly, imo, he doesn't justify that.

It's good that he is improving with his contributions once again, but for what I say above, I don't rate him as highly as others.

Hope that clears things up for you.

Fair description

 

[Dax777]

It does read like some of our fans would prefer a player with immaculate technique who almost never scores goals over one who has poor technique, scores some and misses some. I can't say I understand why.

Does it really matter if his technique's not great as long as he's scoring?

It does. Coz sometimes ( quite often to be honest) our intricate weaving dies when it goes to him. Coz it took him too long to get the ball under control. Then he leisurely passes it back for a reset.

It can be frustrating.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

It does. Coz sometimes ( quite often to be honest) our intricate weaving dies when it goes to him. Coz it took him too long to get the ball under control. Then he leisurely passes it back for a reset.

It can be frustrating.

Of course it can be, especially when he goes through a patch of shit form.

But, from my point of view, it's equally frustrating to watch some of the more aesthetically pleasing players not have any killer instinct in the box whatsoever.

For as much as Raheem's touch might often let him down, his positional sense is on a whole other level to any of our other attackers. Gabby, as much as I love him, drives me fucking mad every time he pulls back onto the penalty spot when a cross is about to come in. Grealish has a pretty shitty scoring record and I don't see any reason to believe he will ever get to Sterling levels. Foden's finishing seems to have dropped a few levels but I'd expect his composure to return. Mahrez might actually be out second best player at making late runs into goalscoring positions.

But it's also doing Sterling a bit of an injustice to focus solely on his movement. Lately he's been taking on his man successfully and somehow developed a left foot, which previously was absolutely shocking and suited to nothing other than standing on. Again, without wanting to focus too much on our summer signing, I genuinely think if Grealish had put together a string of performances like Raheem has just done then we'd never hear the end of it because some of Sterling's biggest critics are diehard Grealish fanboys.

Like I said, I'm not trying to be negative about Jack and I'm sure he'll come good or at least improve aspects of his game but the way both players are perceived makes for a pretty stark contrast and I think the reason for that is the way they look on the ball rather than the actual influence they have over games.