Raheem Sterling - 2016/17 performances

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OrigamiNinja said:
You've been on the glue my friend. Three times he was put through and the only time he got a shot off was when Walker pushed him into the ball.

First time he got put through dead centre, his 1st touch took him 6 yards wide of goal.

When he got tackled by Rose that was because his 1st touch again took him away from goal, a decent 1st touch and Rose gets nowhere near him.

People keep saying he is young and will become world-class, not a hope in hell. Experience won't give him the attributes he is missing. Is he going to wake up mid-twenties and all of a sudden he's developed a first touch and a footballing brain?

Look at Sane and the 10 min cameo from Jesus, both younger but look at their 1st touch. You don't learn that in your 20s. Sterling is no better (arguably worse) than what he was in 2013/14. He is a hit or miss player with little to no consistency to his game. City fans don't wanna believe it but he's nowhere near the level of his price-tag.
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Thank fook for this, I'm not alone. You are band on the money and he is usually their best defender, I doubt he will be more than a bench warmer with a fit squad. The last person you want put through on goal.
 
domalino said:
He reads the game brilliantly, that's why he keeps popping up with the ball in places where people think he might score.

You don't find yourself in those positions if you don't read the game well.

He's also always been very good at reading it defensively too, seeing danger and getting back to help out, sometimes before the back 4 has cottoned on.

I can understand criticism of his finishing but not this, it's just lazy criticism and completely rubbish.
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Don't know how to do this but I can show you several moments to prove my point. Not lazy. Just watching. And it's not something I blame him for as its typical at his age. Maybe rematch the match? Or are you to lazy?
 
eversince 76 said:
Don't know how to do this but I can show you several moments to prove my point. Not lazy. Just watching. And it's not something I blame him for as its typical at his age. Maybe rematch the match? Or are you to lazy?
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I'm not too lazy, apparently i just see the game better than you.

The ball isn't falling to him by luck, he's reading the game to get opportunities, a child could work that out.
 
OrigamiNinja said:
Disagree. It pains me to say it but the best and most consistent football i have seen from Sterling came when he wore a red shirt that season.
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His first few months this season were miles better than anything he produced that season. Consistency has been a struggle, but then again, what young wide player is actually consistent?
 
I think Sterling like Stones was a bad signing because of what you got for the money spent ...however unlike Stones I think Sterling has the potential to improve.

I've said before he is a "nearly" man - just a little more and he'd be very good. As long as we don't rely on him as a scorer while he tries to improve....The silly thing to do imo would be to have blind faith as it seems we've had to date in too many players.

Maybe with Sané and Gabriel taking some pressure off it'll start to work out for him.

Definitely better than Navas at the very least.
 
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