Raheem Sterling - Done - See main forum

[SWP's back]

Great post and so true our quota should be made up of potential not throwing money at players just because they are English

Oh ffs

 

[Sir Kun Aguero]

Look at the first few pages of this thread and you'll see how highly rated he really is

 

[bluemoon98]

SAGNAS BALD

 

[SWP's back]

Wit personified.

Oscar Wilde, Swift & Juvenal must be threatened by your piffy comebacks :)

Wasn't attempting to be witty.

I thought you needed to wipe your fanny.

 

[super_city_si]

This window so far is like the "pool attendant" sketch from "The Day Today".
June 1st - No one signed
June 2nd - No one signed
etc...etc...

 

[BlueDruid]

SAGNAS BALD

Wipe your fanny.

Glad those two posts didn't get mixed up

 

[porkchopsaplenty]

The trouble is, it completely ignores the requirement for homegrown players. Do we spend £15-30m on players who may sit on the bench and may well do absolutely nothing to improve our side, or do we spend up to £50m on a player that most definitely can get into our starting 11 and potentially get better and better? Would you rather we paid £15m on Danny Rose? He won't improve us and he will sit on the bench a lot, but it's only £15m? English players are generally overrated and their fees higher than players of a similar level in Europe.

From what I've seen of football around Europe over the past couple of years, there aren't many players who are as electric and unstoppable as Sterling when he's on form. He'll be inconsistent because he's young. He will make mistakes and he might not always turn up. But in the past two seasons he's shown a hell of a lot of ability and I don't see an alternative to him out there, of any nationality, that is realistically obtainable. People have mentioned Walcott... give Sterling 6-7 years and see how he gets on, then compare him to Walcott.... that's how young the lad is. He could be shit for 5 years and still become world class, he's that much time left. When the opposition have to deal with Silva and Aguero, they'll leave space for Sterling and he'll reach the levels he did with Sturridge and Suarez.

That is your opinion & i respect that, you make some knowledgable & valid points, however i do not rate him like you do, Isco or Reus in my eyes are superior & a similar price. Football is all about opinions you have yours, i mine, i doubt either of us will change our minds :)

Football is not a science m8, any player talented or not is a gamble- How many top players have flopped in England?!- Veron for example amongst many others.

No one can say definately that a player will be a success, Sterling or any player that is proven in the English league has an advantage over a player who is un-tested in the tough, physicality of the premiership, however i think he is unproven & overated, you don't fair enough, time will tell...

I just used Rose as a quick & cheaper wxample their are others & TBH i think he can defend better than Kolarov, going forward is another argument.

 

[Rolee]

See that's where, for me, there are two separate debates to be had regarding Sterling's valuation.

The first being whether he merits such a fee based on quality (current or potential) alone. If you feel he's worth 50m based on quality alone then so be it. Everyone can have their own opinion. I completely disagree with it based on the fact I don't think he's that good of a player but hey ho, there's no point in arguing about that.

The second debate though is more important. And it's the argument that he's worth that amount of money and that we should pay it 'because he's English'. Such an argument is completely nonsensical. He might be English but if you feel we'd otherwise be getting ripped off then we still are! We can not afford to compromise our stature at a European level by overspending on players we'd otherwise see as average just because of their nationality. That will get us absolutely nowhere.

If (and since I'm Scottish I best put my tin hat on here lol!) England were any good and bursting with world class talent all over the pitch then fine - it'd be worth paying the extra money. But the fee has to be based on talent and talent alone. There's no point (and this is only directed at those who are of the opinion that sterling is worth 50m because of his nationality) in spending such a sum on a player who's one of the best in what's a very poor English bunch of players available.

Do you believe the journalists that awarded him the Golden Boy Award were buying into the English hype too?

This kid is being monitored by the likes of Real and Bayern Munich is that because he's English?

The reason we're willing to pay through the nose is because we want our man now, if we wait 12 months his value drops because he has less time remaining on his contract but that then will see the likes of the two clubs I mentioned above come into the reckoning.

 

[Ray78]

I am not joking here but this kid with the right guidance will become even better than Bale.

 

[kas_tippler]

Yawn

Night night xxx