#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2021/22 Performances

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Not gonna hold back, I don't dislike him, but hell he frustrates the fuck out of me, give me 1/2 of a Bernado all day, considering Sterling's assets he is only 1/2as effective as he should be, and I bet he will show us if he leaves. Hands up, just what do you do?
 
Match Fixer said:
Not gonna hold back, I don't dislike him, but hell he frustrates the fuck out of me, give me 1/2 of a Bernado all day, considering Sterling's assets he is only 1/2as effective as he should be, and I bet he will show us if he leaves. Hands up, just what do you do?
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Pretty sure Sterling has been one of the most 'effective' players in our history.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
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.
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Yeah it's kind of a pattern with some here. The same ones always trying to discredit and erase Yaya toure from City' history.
 
Match Fixer said:
Not gonna hold back, I don't dislike him, but hell he frustrates the fuck out of me, give me 1/2 of a Bernado all day, considering Sterling's assets he is only 1/2as effective as he should be, and I bet he will show us if he leaves. Hands up, just what do you do?
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For fuck sake , look up his stats or shall i do it for you
 
kaz7 said:
No service , should have left him on the wing
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Pep played him for 10min on the left wing and he caught offsite twice in a row. Then he was moved to the middle.

However - part of the blame is on Gundugan IMO. He did not pass the ball quick enough to Sterling which was very critical to be onsite.

In all - it is not our day. :(
 
not read all the thread but how the fuck has racism got into the debate about whether sterling is great or shit?
 
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