This is what I dont get, Sane is the left side version of Sterling yet Sterling seems to get many many more chances than Sane, if Sane got as many chances as Sterling I'm sure he'd have more goals might even be our leading scorer, not sure why he doesn't maybe his movement and anticipation isnt as good as Sterlings yet.Sane will play there more. Deadly in front of goal and great movements. Just needs to be less yellow with his back to goal
Finishing can improve. His instinctive finishing is brilliant. It's when he has time it becomes a problem. That can't be taughtHis record for a wide player, is spectacular, but his number of misses for an out & out striker, is poor.
If he is to play more in the middle, I would prefer it to be something he earned, because his finishing had visibly improved again next season, rather than something done as an experiment, hoping that his finishing would improve by playing there.
Sané doesn't have an overlapping full back so has to hold his width more, Sterling has Walker covering the right wing giving him freedom to drift into the box.This is what I dont get, Sane is the left side version of Sterling yet Sterling seems to get many many more chances than Sane, if Sane got as many chances as Sterling I'm sure he'd have more goals might even be our leading scorer, not sure why he doesn't maybe his movement and anticipation isnt as good as Sterlings yet.
As for Sterling centrally, if Pep can fix his finishing and who am I to say he can't then yes it's possible, after all Sallah is two years older and who would have seen that imptrovement coming certainly not me.
Would be world class if he could finish better, don't remember it being a problem before coming here though
I wonder how people would feel if we announced we were going to sign a 23 year old wide player who’d played mostly in France, failed in Italy and had a goal scoring record of 31 in 160 appearances? That’s what Arsenal did when they signed Henry and Sterling’s numbers are much better than his at the same stage of his career, so absolutely no reason he can’t hugely improve his finishing (scoring numbers have gone up every season he’s been here) and play through the middle.His record for a wide player, is spectacular, but his number of misses for an out & out striker, is poor.
If he is to play more in the middle, I would prefer it to be something he earned, because his finishing had visibly improved again next season, rather than something done as an experiment, hoping that his finishing would improve by playing there.
Finishing can improve. His instinctive finishing is brilliant. It's when he has time it becomes a problem. That can't be taught
Its interesting that Sane is considered more deadly than Sterling by some.Sane will play there more. Deadly in front of goal and great movements.
It’s actually the opposite, instinctive finishing is very difficult (if not impossible in most cases) to teach—it can improve slowly over time with match experience but, at this level, you either have the natural mental acuity or you don’t. And luckily Raheem has it.Finishing can improve. His instinctive finishing is brilliant. It's when he has time it becomes a problem. That can't be taught
This thread will go well...What’s the view on Pep playing Sterling through the middle more often next season?
I personally think he causes teams all kinds of problems there, and despite his lack of composure at times his consistency to find good positions helps offset that. It also gives Pep the option to then turn to the market for another talent on the Right Wing, instead of spending big on another Striker.
A Sane-Sterling-RW front 3 would be very dangerous - could it work more frequently in the future? I actually prefer him up top to Jesus at times.
It’s actually the opposite, instinctive finishing is very difficult (if not impossible in most cases) to teach—it can improve slowly over time with match experience but, at this level, you either have the natural mental acuity or you don’t. And luckily Raheem has it.
‘Composure finishing’, on the other hand, is something that develops over time through a combination of experience, coaching, and body development (the last being needed to physically execute what the player’s mind is envisioning, which is difficult as a child, but becomes easier as you become an adult, before becoming more difficult again as you age out of your “prime” physical years).
For all his recent misses, you can actually see that Raheem has improved the latter substantially in recent years. And there is no reason to believe that under Pep team tutelage he won’t continue to develop that skill. After all, he is still 3-4 years off the normal peak for his position, at which point he could inhabit that lofty perch for 2-3 years, potentially giving him (and hopefully us) 5-7 years of 25-40 goals per season output.
Forget his football intelligence, pace, movement, tenacity, and hardened mentality— the fact that he could really improve should be absolutely frightening to any opposition defenders and managers.
He has composure in spades almost too much. It's his finishing when composed is the issue. Can't be coached. You either have the ability to slot it or not. The more you are coached the more you have to think about.It’s actually the opposite, instinctive finishing is very difficult (if not impossible in most cases) to teach—it can improve slowly over time with match experience but, at this level, you either have the natural mental acuity or you don’t. And luckily Raheem has it.
‘Composure finishing’, on the other hand, is something that develops over time through a combination of experience, coaching, and body development (the last being needed to physically execute what the player’s mind is envisioning, which is difficult as a child, but becomes easier as you become an adult, before becoming more difficult again as you age out of your “prime” physical years).
For all his recent misses, you can actually see that Raheem has improved the latter substantially in recent years. And there is no reason to believe that under Pep team tutelage he won’t continue to develop that skill. After all, he is still 3-4 years off the normal peak for his position, at which point he could inhabit that lofty perch for 2-3 years, potentially giving him (and hopefully us) 5-7 years of 25-40 goals per season output.
Forget his football intelligence, pace, movement, tenacity, and hardened mentality— the fact that he could really improve his composure should be absolutely frightening to any opposition defenders and managers.