Raheem Sterling - 2016/17 performances

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wolfie1988 said:
His crossing from the right hand side is a revelation. He put in 3 balls in the first half which should have been put into the net. Aguero is going to have to learn to get on the end of some of them as he always seems to be so far behind the play when crosses come into the box
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Comes too far back for the ball at times, our Kun does. Pep will sort this, though.
 
didnt put anything bad on bluemoon about him last year but my god i thought he was terrible and a waste of money.
fuck me he has made me eat my thoughts what a player
 
qatarman said:
Beware. One shaky performance and he will be bit shit again. See Kolorov thread for proof....
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He's going to have games where he isn't setting the world on fire, see Aguero last night, but he will bounce straight back the next game, like Aguero will, now he has Pep unlocking ha potential.
He's scored some goals which lesser players ( or Raheem last season) would fluff, or bottle it, last nights goal, the one against Swansea, and the cheeky one from a tight angle, all top goals only someone oozing in confidence and self belief would attempt.
I thought he was outstanding last night, I didn't think the team played all that badly, we were just undone by flakey goals, which on other days wouldn't have happened, that we stayed resolute and equalised each time, and could've won if the same luck that had visited Celtic 3 times had done so just once at the end for us, but that's football, we will regroup and make sure we're ready for Spurs at the weekend
 
Sterling can go for 20 goals this season, easily. All that's missing from his season now is a hat-trick against Liverpool ;)
 
City_Sean said:
He's been on a par with Dr Bruyne all season for me. He's such a dangerous player and the ominous thing is he'll just get better and better.
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I'd like to see him play more centrally. He'll terrify defenders if he gets in the box
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
Didn't you slate him along with the rest of the team? (:

I've watched the game back this morning, also a worthy note is when he attempts to dribble, should he lose it, he has it back in his possession within seconds.... I counted 4/5 attempts last night that didn't come off but his body was already between the man and the ball to safeguard it after a tackle - that has clearly been coached in!!!
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It's not new though. He's always been incredibly good at winning back possession. This is from July 10th - so before he got under Pep.




I would say though that because the structure of the team is better now and there's more support in the pressing after losing the ball, he seems to be doing it even more frequently.
 
domalino said:
It's not new though. He's always been incredibly good at winning back possession. This is from July 10th - so before he got under Pep.




I would say though that because the structure of the team is better now and there's more support in the pressing after losing the ball, he seems to be doing it even more frequently.
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Good stat, although I was alluding to it being from his attempted dribbles, I'd say his attempts have gone up considerably due to pep encouraging it, for me, there seems to be a coached intention for when he loses it, which is why I feel he looks stronger between man and ball.... I think it's a fair assessment to say he looked lightweight last year when dispossessed...

Just my opinion fella!!!
 
Good interview in the Fail tomorrow with Raheem, by Ollie Holt. Seems that most of last seasons training involved 'two-touch' only and may go some way to explaining his shocking loss of form. Not encouraged to run at people but to play the two-touch way. Says Pep has explained that closing down by running forward 5 yards must be better than running back 50. Sometimes the game sounds absurdly simple.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ester-City-s-leading-light-turned-around.html
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Good interview in the Fail tomorrow with Raheem, by Ollie Holt. Seems that most of last seasons training involved 'two-touch' only and may go some way to explaining his shocking loss of form. Not encouraged to run at people but to play the two-touch way. Says Pep has explained that closing down by running forward 5 yards must be better than running back 50. Sometimes the game sounds absurdly simple.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ester-City-s-leading-light-turned-around.html
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Great interview, I really enjoyed that. No surprise to see bitter Liverpool fans infesting the comments section.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Good interview in the Fail tomorrow with Raheem, by Ollie Holt. Seems that most of last seasons training involved 'two-touch' only and may go some way to explaining his shocking loss of form. Not encouraged to run at people but to play the two-touch way. Says Pep has explained that closing down by running forward 5 yards must be better than running back 50. Sometimes the game sounds absurdly simple.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ester-City-s-leading-light-turned-around.html
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Been saying this for 4 years. :) Happy someone smarter agrees.
 
Good article but oh, the hypocrisy... To be fair I don't know what Holt's line was while Sterling was getting slated but funny how these guys always talk as though the media is something separate from them when rewriting the script.
 
Quality young player who has been back to his best.

It's a breath of fresh air to see him doing so well and it's no less than he deserves, especially after the abuse.

Great to read that he's taking his profession even more serious too, with ice baths, etc, and it can only help him and us.

Long may it continue and I can actually see an award for him this year - probably PFA Young Player.
 
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