Raheem Sterling | Arsenal Player (on loan)

Not his biggest fan especially for his last two years here but looking back, he was truly world class in the calendar year of 2019. Not many players reach those levels
 
BridgyDids said:
I always thought he was best on the right wing, as he could use his burst of pace to get a cross in which Haaland would have benefited from in todays team.

On the left, he had to check on to his right foot, which gave defences time to get back in place as he didn’t really have a left foot!

I know inverse wingers are en-vogue at the moment, but I think if a team utilises his pace (if he still has that acceleration) then he’ll come good again.

Needs to have a think what is most important to him. If he wants to play, or be a top earner?
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we can also achieve that if we buy a right back with a good cross next summer. We can get Trent for free next summer. Won't it be the best slap on Liverpool face since we got Raz?
 
I wouldn't call him one of our legends but can't deny he has had made a significant contribution in winning our domestic trophies. I wouldn't want Sterling back even with Bobb's injury and Alavarez's departure. Italy would be not a bad choice to wind down his career.
 
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uwerosler28 said:
Only 1 player in the history of the club has scored more gaols for us than him , we should beView attachment 128967 showing him a bit more respect.
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That simply isn't true. Sergio Aguero didn't break Francis Lee's record did he?

In fact - 10 players in the history of the club have scored more goals than him.
 
RayCTID said:
I wouldn't call him one of our legends but can't deny he has had made a significant contribution in winning our domestic trophies. I wouldn't want Sterling back even with Bobb's injury and Alavarez's departure. Italy would be not a bad choice to wind down his career.
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He's been winding down his career for 4.5 years.

Left City, shunned by England, abandoned by Chavski.

He rarely showed much passion for City or the game generally.

Wonderful business to flog him out for £47.5 million & save £30 million + on wages.
 
Gone for a Burton said:
He's been winding down his career for 4.5 years.

Left City, shunned by England, abandoned by Chavski.

He rarely showed much passion for City or the game generally.

Wonderful business to flog him out for £47.5 million & save £30 million + on wages.
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Still had a decent record in his final year at City.
 
Why can't we just see BOTH sides of a medal? Generally speaking.

All of us have been celebrating so many goals and winning moments with Raheem and also been shouting at him in despair when he has bottled sitters and free counters.

I for my part was happy to see him leave for top dollars when he was in decline and sadly manouvered himself into some kind of victim for many reasons
but still I'm grateful for many superb moments with him in sky blue.
 
Gone for a Burton said:
He's been winding down his career for 4.5 years.

Left City, shunned by England, abandoned by Chavski.

He rarely showed much passion for City or the game generally.

Wonderful business to flog him out for £47.5 million & save £30 million + on wages.
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"Rarely showed much passion"

PFA Young Player of the Year
FWA Player of the Year
4 x League Titles
5 x League Cup
1 x FA Cup
82 England caps.

All achieved with only rare expressions of passion apparently. I'd argue his absolutely incredible achievements show the opposite.

Honestly the level of disrespect Sterling gets is once in a generation.
 
Sterling had a purple patch over 2/3 years with us. His early years were shockers then his latter years drifted a bit.

His world class attribute was positioning as well as his pace. I will always remain adamant though his actual footballing ability left a lot to be desired. Of course there are examples of great goals like Southampton last minute and you would like to think after many years with us he would have moments like that. I have never seen such a "top" player be so clumsy with a football. The best way to prove this is he has a catalogue of open net/ horror misses over the years which proves his positioning was world class to be in them positions, but on occasions too he then simply couldn't do something very basic. I am sure on more than one occasion he actually kicked the floor instead of the ball and winning a penalty for it. He certainly benefited being in our side but he contributed a lot too.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
I wonder is this anything to do with their City days?
Sterling, Lukaku and Chalobah training with the youngsters cannot be good for morale.
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I said this on another thread on here, It could have been something from their days at City. Maresca obviously knows Raheem really well and it's clear that he doesn't rate him and it's not the type of player he wants.

Personally I don't see a problem with that, I don't know why there's a big fuss about it, It's football and these things happen all the time.

Maresca isn't stringing him along, No bullshit he's not wanted. End of. He's gone in there and trying to sort out an absolute mess and try pick 21 players out of 42, If he doesn't get it right it's himself that gets the chop.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Maresca isn't stringing him along, No bullshit he's not wanted. End of. He's gone in there and trying to sort out an absolute mess and try pick 21 players out of 42, If he doesn't get it right it's himself that gets the chop.
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Will be interesting to see how Maresca gets on.
He's someone who may be on our list of Pep's replacement.
 
Think Maresca has made a tit of himself, personally. Look at the way Pep conducts himself with regards to players we want to get rid of - Phillips, Cancelo etc. You can be ruthless without being disrespectful.

There's a way to treat players, and the young guys in that squad will take notice. I see they got Cole to sign his extension before they threw his 'big brother' under the bus. Smart move.

We all know it's not a decision based solely on his quality or level of performance - they've got Mudryk who's done fuck all in 18 months and they've just signed Felix who flattered to deceive on loan. It's based on their own financial mismanagement.

We can sit here and say that he should have known better, but let's be honest. When he signed for them, Tuchel was still in charge, the new owners had been there 5 minutes and nobody could have forseen their ridiculous behaviour.

Going to a club that had just finished 3rd in the league, the season after winning the Champions League, because a top manager wants you to be his star player? Not a crazy decision at the time.

Hard to see where he goes from here. He's a player that needs to feel wanted, so maybe a step down would be good for him. But he's also got an ego, so maybe not. Somewhere like Palace on loan? Newcastle need a new right winger, they should be all over it.
 
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