Raheem Sterling - 2017/18 performances

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balotellishaircut said:
No but he should of buried it and that's what he has to do, not just for England but for City in this coming season, or else he will find himself behind Mahrez.
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You think he "should have" a 100% conversion rate? That's not just what he's there to do. You are getting confused with Kane.
 
mosssideblue said:
He had two chances, but no doubt the one where he was ruled offside after the event doesn't count for you
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As it happens, no, as it appeared to me he briefly looked over to the line as he was running through, before hitting it at the keeper, so imo he was expecting to be called offside & not trying 100% to score. Linos are told not to flag.

You could argue he should have gone for it 100% & scored first but imo he knew what was coming & was wondering where the flag was.

In the Prem, players are conditioned not to shoot in those circumstances & get yellow cards for it.

But that is completely irrelevant anyway, as I was referring to the other instance, not this one.

Imo, he did nothing wrong in the onside incident, was just unlucky how the ball fell & we have seen Aguero do the same on numerous occasions, including the blocked 2nd shot.
 
Neville Kneville said:
As it happens, no, as it appeared to me he briefly looked over to the line as he was running through, before hitting it at the keeper, so imo he was expecting to be called offside & not trying 100% to score. Linos are told not to flag.

You could argue he should have gone for it 100% & scored first but imo he knew what was coming & was wondering where the flag was.

In the Prem, players are conditioned not to shoot in those circumstances & get yellow cards for it.

But that is completely irrelevant anyway, as I was referring to the other instance, not this one.

Imo, he did nothing wrong in the onside incident, was just unlucky how the ball fell & we have seen Aguero do the same on numerous occasions, including the blocked 2nd shot.
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The problem for Sterling is he has a tendency to make a meal of things when he should score and that is the monkey on his back. I dont think that will ever be coached out of him
 
Neville Kneville said:
Probably not, but he has improved a lot & if his goal tally keeps up, will be one of the regular top scorers in the league.
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His improvement for me is obvious in terms of positional sense and movement. His finishing remains hit and miss with the misses appearing to be very simple opportunities. Despite his young years he is long in the tooth for a pro footballer hence me saying I dont think he will overcome that side of his game.
 
mosssideblue said:
His improvement for me is obvious in terms of positional sense and movement. His finishing remains hit and miss with the misses appearing to be very simple opportunities. Despite his young years he is long in the tooth for a pro footballer hence me saying I dont think he will overcome that side of his game.
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His finishing has improved a lot.

He will never be Gary Lineker but he has scored a lot of decent finishes. He will miss some 'easy' ones as well, but if he continues scoring at last season's level then he will have to be considered a goalscorer, irrespective of how he does it.
 
Neville Kneville said:
His finishing has improved a lot.

He will never be Gary Lineker but he has scored a lot of decent finishes. He will miss some 'easy' ones as well, but if he continues scoring at last season's level then he will have to be considered a goalscorer, irrespective of how he does it.
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He has had some decent finishes I agree, but when 1 on 1 (or with time to think), something seems to go terribly wrong. He has that monkey on his back which will take some time to shift IMO.
 
mosssideblue said:
He has had some decent finishes I agree, but when 1 on 1 (or with time to think), something seems to go terribly wrong. He has that monkey on his back which will take some time to shift IMO.
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Regardless of the booing he's shit etc I bet any premier side would take him in a heartbeat and that includes back to the dippers and most of Europe
 
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