#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2021/22 Performances

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city warrior said:
I agree, but if you don’t play well when your team is winning 3-0 then… Palmer gave a great pass and a good goal. Should he be a starter then? No manager cares what you do when the match is done(unless you are a youngster). If Sterling ever wanna become a starter again, he has to play well when it matters
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He did play well.
 
The commentator, on Raheem open to play abroad if given the chance. Is there a direct quote to that?

I don't know with Raheem. How can someone who has been lethal for us, especially when Sane was around to do that left-right switch, is now looking shattered in confidence.

It's plain to see even he himself is desperate to score to get himself out of this rut he shouldn't be in. It's just not working for him at the moment. The chances he should score he hasn't been taking them. The chances when others can tap in he takes the option to score himself.

I feel it has been brewing for a while. First there was Mahrez who took half a season but eventually looked comparable and at times better than Raheem. Then we have Foden, who now looks to be the main man. And now we have Grealish. Every single addition Raheem has fallen the pecking order.

He's still capable of what he does. Just that he is in between two minds.
 
journolud said:
Felt for him tonight. Looked useful but can’t buy a goal
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He got himself chances and didn't take them, sure, but he still got an assist and created a good chance. If you look at Grealish for example- he's not getting any criticism for missing his chances... because he didn't get any chances. I suspect if Raheem hadn't got himself into the position to miss those few chances everyone would be calling it a good showing from him.

This game at least reinforced one thing: play Sterling on the wing, not at striker. He's clearly not cut out for the middle.

Can't understand the negative reaction to a game where everything but the finish was missing. Personally I watched Sterling tonight and thought it was a hugely encouraging step in the right direction. Recently he's been shite at everything, today he looked like his old self minus the clinical finishing, which will come to him if he keeps playing like he was today.
 
MarsLlama said:
He got himself chances and didn't take them, sure, but he still got an assist and created a good chance. If you look at Grealish for example- he's not getting any criticism for missing his chances... because he didn't get any chances. I suspect if Raheem hadn't got himself into the position to miss those few chances everyone would be calling it a good showing from him.

This game at least reinforced one thing: play Sterling on the wing, not at striker. He's clearly not cut out for the middle.

Can't understand the negative reaction to a game where everything but the finish was missing. Personally I watched Sterling tonight and thought it was a hugely encouraging step in the right direction. Recently he's been shite at everything, today he looked like his old self minus the clinical finishing, which will come to him if he keeps playing like he was today.
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The negative reaction is because some of his fans are waiting for anything to say he had a great or good game. The bottom line is Mahrez, Foden, Jesus, Grealish all deserve a spot on the wings before Sterling.

It’s like they are waiting for a good match to say: we toldnyou he is world-class.
 
MarsLlama said:
He got himself chances and didn't take them, sure, but he still got an assist and created a good chance. If you look at Grealish for example- he's not getting any criticism for missing his chances... because he didn't get any chances. I suspect if Raheem hadn't got himself into the position to miss those few chances everyone would be calling it a good showing from him.

This game at least reinforced one thing: play Sterling on the wing, not at striker. He's clearly not cut out for the middle.

Can't understand the negative reaction to a game where everything but the finish was missing. Personally I watched Sterling tonight and thought it was a hugely encouraging step in the right direction. Recently he's been shite at everything, today he looked like his old self minus the clinical finishing, which will come to him if he keeps playing like he was today.
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Was loads of space because they were shit, dead on their feet and already 3 behind when he came on. It’s very rare for there to be that kind of space for us. He looked more lively because he could use his pace in behind. His finishing was still absolutely shocking.
 
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MarsLlama said:
He got himself chances and didn't take them, sure, but he still got an assist and created a good chance. If you look at Grealish for example- he's not getting any criticism for missing his chances... because he didn't get any chances. I suspect if Raheem hadn't got himself into the position to miss those few chances everyone would be calling it a good showing from him.

This game at least reinforced one thing: play Sterling on the wing, not at striker. He's clearly not cut out for the middle.

Can't understand the negative reaction to a game where everything but the finish was missing. Personally I watched Sterling tonight and thought it was a hugely encouraging step in the right direction. Recently he's been shite at everything, today he looked like his old self minus the clinical finishing, which will come to him if he keeps playing like he was today.
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He has never been a clinical finisher he has periods where things come off for him but it has been with him all his career. It won't change now. I said last season he has the yips now and mentally its hard.

Same with golfers they will try everything a new putter a new technique putting a smile on your face(you can see raz trying that at the moment)

Long term a bad putter is a bad putter. With the yips they become awful, painful to watch.

Every now and then they will sink a couple but it's fleeting and doesn't last.
 
You have to feel for him at this point. Poor lad had a brilliant came although in ideal circumstances for him. But his average finishing ability combined with his lack of confidence and this is what you get.
 
MarsLlama said:
Came on, got an assist and got himself a few chances.

Any other player in our squad does that and we're all calling it a nice cameo. People are acting like he was somehow bad because they just plain don't like the guy.

That Cole Palmer goal everyone is rightly going on about wouldn't happen if not for Raheem.
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He missed 4 big chances. If the game was actually tight and he missed those chances, it would've been a whole lot worse than 'good effort'
 
itisrising said:
He missed 4 big chances. If the game was actually tight and he missed those chances, it would've been a whole lot worse than 'good effort'
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And that's it in a nutshell.
His pass was not even meant for Palmer.
Great effort,18 months ago Raheem and many thanks.
And it's not hate,just time to move on.
 
Looked dangerous tonight. We can say what we want but his movement is fantastic, not sure I’ve seen one player consistently get into so many promising situations as he does, just a shame his finishing doesn’t match it but hopefully that’ll come back.

One thing I’ve noticed too is that he always seems close to the younger players. Looked buzzing for Palmer tonight after picking him out over Mahrez for the pass.
 
samuelyeboah said:
but.. that's the problem that you "expect" him to score more than not, but he *doesn't* score them. ever, in fact! which renders everything you said meaningless.

if he had 3 opportunities like that a game and scored 1, he'd still be incredibly wasteful, but would score a ton and be a great player.

but he scores like, 0.1 of those.
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I'm not arguing against him consistently missing the kind of opportunities he should be regularly scoring. I'm not going to slate him again tonight for previous misses though, I'm analysing his opportunities tonight in isolation.

There was two chances where he has to score or assist tonight and it doesn't read well he had so many chances and failed to score once more but he was much better in that cameo than he has been of late, assisted Palmers goal, could have had another assist which wasn't his fault and looked threatening. You want your subs to make an impact, he did tonight.
 
doots said:
And that's it in a nutshell.
His pass was not even meant for Palmer.
Great effort,18 months ago Raheem and many thanks.
And it's not hate,just time to move on.
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This initially struck a chord with my thinking at the time, I think because it’s what I expected to see, but having watched it back I think it’s doing Raheem a bit of a disservice. I do actually think he picked him out, maybe not a ball rolled into Palmer’s path, but I think he found his man. Credit should be given where due - unfortunately that’s where it ended for me.

86th minute. That's Sterling in a nutshell, movement and timing, then THAT. When you need a goal, trying a dink over the keeper, especially when it isn’t in your locker, is a worry - you get a good clean contact on that, stick it on target and make the keeper make a save.
 
doots said:
And that's it in a nutshell.
His pass was not even meant for Palmer.
Great effort,18 months ago Raheem and many thanks.
And it's not hate,just time to move on.
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Seriously? What are you talking about?

Rewatch the goal and you'll see Raheem picks his head up a second before the pass and spots Palmer.

I can't believe anyone thinks that pass wasn't intended for Palmer.
 
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