Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

[CPPSC]

The fact people are hard on numbers says it all. Grealish had quite a few good games towards the end without adding to a goal or an assist tally. Does that mean he didn’t contribute or play well? Stats will tell half a story, Sterling’s had many stinkers and might have tapped one in at the end. Wolves away springs to mind. I think Sterling benefited massively to being in this city side due to his one world class asset, movement and positioning. It allows him to get good numbers whilst fluffing many chances, it will be interesting to see how he does at Chelsea. Grealish is a different player, technically light years ahead of Sterling but doesn’t have his awareness yet. Time will tell on both fronts but mad you’re bashing a current player to defend one heading out the door. There can be an in between with sterling, many hate him weirdly and he also has many obsessed fan boys who won’t say a bad word about him. Never known a player have that perception ever.

Yet? Not a junior he cost £100m

 

[CPPSC]

The fact people are hard on numbers says it all. Grealish had quite a few good games towards the end without adding to a goal or an assist tally. Does that mean he didn’t contribute or play well? Stats will tell half a story, Sterling’s had many stinkers and might have tapped one in at the end. Wolves away springs to mind. I think Sterling benefited massively to being in this city side due to his one world class asset, movement and positioning. It allows him to get good numbers whilst fluffing many chances, it will be interesting to see how he does at Chelsea. Grealish is a different player, technically light years ahead of Sterling but doesn’t have his awareness yet. Time will tell on both fronts but mad you’re bashing a current player to defend one heading out the door. There can be an in between with sterling, many hate him weirdly and he also has many obsessed fan boys who won’t say a bad word about him. Never known a player have that perception ever.

Think again you live up to your username

 

[Agueroooo9320]

The fact people are hard on numbers says it all. Grealish had quite a few good games towards the end without adding to a goal or an assist tally. Does that mean he didn’t contribute or play well? Stats will tell half a story, Sterling’s had many stinkers and might have tapped one in at the end. Wolves away springs to mind. I think Sterling benefited massively to being in this city side due to his one world class asset, movement and positioning. It allows him to get good numbers whilst fluffing many chances, it will be interesting to see how he does at Chelsea. Grealish is a different player, technically light years ahead of Sterling but doesn’t have his awareness yet. Time will tell on both fronts but mad you’re bashing a current player to defend one heading out the door. There can be an in between with sterling, many hate him weirdly and he also has many obsessed fan boys who won’t say a bad word about him. Never known a player have that perception ever.

yep in many of those games he has tapped in a goal and inflated his goal numbers. he actually had a shit match and tapped one in for 4-0. that is why it is bad to just look at stats and need to look at his overall game. maybe for 2 or 3 seasons his overall game was high level the rest rest he has been average.

 

[Agueroooo9320]

Some may be biased, but I believe that most of those who aren't nuts about Sterling feel the way they do because they are comparing him to other players in his role such as Mbappe, Vinicius Jr., Salah and such and imagining what a player of that ilk could do playing in this squad...his lack of technical skill, poor decision making with the ball, etc. stands out among his teammates and not in a good way especially when playing against a low block...this idea that he's some extraordinary player off the ball is a bit of a myth fabricated by his most fervent supporters to offset his aforementioned shortcomings...if your playing up top on this squad, are not a primary distributor and don't know to move to the vacant spots no matter how tight the windows are when KDB, Foden, Bernardo, etc. are on the ball then honestly what else are you doing? The reality is he does miss more sitters than the rest of the squad combined...131 goals in all comps over 7 years on its own is a very good return (18.7/year)...some think he's a superstar...others think he's massively flawed and over-rated...the truth is he's probably somewhere in between...while everyone notes how much he'll be missed let's ask him in January how much he misses KDB, Bernardo, Foden and the rest of our guys...

Like I said before the reason sterling is gone is because he is technically limited in a pep side and that is a big no no. his pace and goals did not make up for that except for a few seasons some years ago.

 

[Pollocksheader]

yep in many of those games he has tapped in a goal and inflated his goal numbers. he actually had a shit match and tapped one in for 4-0. that is why it is bad to just look at stats and look at his overall game. maybe for 2 or 3 seasons his overall game was high level the rest rest he has been average.

Yep one of the first names on the team sheet them years which couldn’t be argued. His years before that and last couple suggest it was more a purple patch or just very consistent form. Even his cult like followers can see his presence has been less and less in the bigger games, they’ll probably claim he was rested

 

[CPPSC]

Like I said before the reason sterling is gone is because he is technically limited in a pep side and that is a big no no. his pace and goals did not make up for that except for a few seasons some years ago.

He played for us for 7 years and we offered him a new contract so you are probably incorrect again

 

[Semper aggressus]

The worst part about this is I just know that some people are never going to let it go. There will be a game week where Sterling scores a couple and we get a draw or something and the usual lot will be on here saying we shouldn’t have sold him, the whole team is shit, what a mistake it is blah blah blah.

We’ll never hear the end of it.

Damn. You’ve called me out already.

 

[Pollocksheader]

He played for us for 7 years and we offered him a new contract so you are probably incorrect again

He played less and less when it mattered. Do you think we’d let a player of value run their contract down without offering an extension? When have you know a player of his age and value not get offered a new contract? Ever? That reason has been peddled too many times on here without even thinking logically about it.

We offered Sane a new deal, didn’t accept and was sold. Many believe we sold due to his attitude and issues with pep etc. We was probably happy to sell in the end despite the contract extension, same here

 

[PragueBlue]

Like I said before the reason sterling is gone is because he is technically limited in a pep side and that is a big no no. his pace and goals did not make up for that except for a few seasons some years ago.

Not sure that's correct. He was offered a new deal but didn't want to sign it. He could have gone on a free next year but instead of that we've managed to get a good fee for him. It looks to be a good deal for all parties.

Whatever people think of him as a player, he has been a part of our success and I wish him well.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

He has had a good run but everything comes to an end. Frustrating player particularly the misses.