Sterling and the hate he gets

[mosssideblue]

Of course St. Marcus gets a free pass for not being able to hit a barn door
Nowt to do with being a rag of course

His run up makes him look a right dick.
If your going to ballet dance approaching the ball, make sure you hit the target.

 

[Legal Alien]

It's pretty straight forward regards last night.
The shit house element of the country who have been digging him out for years will try and paint him as a coward etc for not stepping up whilst the Sane amongst us will appreciate he had a fantastic overall tournament but wasn't one of the managers picks to take one of the first 5 pens.

I agree.
It just seemed to me that everyone, the media, fans etc even some of my non-City supporting mates, were dying for Sterling or Stones to fuck up, so they could pile on and blame them for something.

 

[OB1]

I'd be surprised if Sterling didn't want to step up and take a penalty last night.

Given his recent track record though, you can see why Southgate may have decided against him being in the first five.

None of the players should be abused for taking one and missing or for not taking one.

 

[OB1]

His run up makes him look a right dick.
If your going to ballet dance approaching the ball, make sure you hit the target.

I would question why he didn't just leather it but he did send the keeper the wrong way and could have just rolled it in.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

This is the elephant in the room.

Thanks to the Premier League academies (not the FA and St George's Park) we now have an emerging generation of players that rival any team in the world. But Gareth Southgate is not the man to mould that group into a winning team.

The silver lining from this tournament could be that Southgate and the FA realise that and we hand the job to any competent English manager (Eddie Howe, Graham Potter, whoever). But I suspect we will need to wait for after the next World Cup to see the back of Gareth.

This is so true. It's worse than Martinez managing Belgium which is saying something

 

[Northerndave]

I'm glad Razza didn't take a pen. If he had any time to think about it, he would have put his foot through the ball and it would have rolled to the 6 yard line and stopped. Keeper could have nipped off for a ciggie and he wouldn't have scored. He's no Penalty taker.

How unusual though that the media is talking shit on a s

 

[Phil1]

I'm glad Razza didn't take a pen. If he had any time to think about it, he would have put his foot through the ball and it would have rolled to the 6 yard line and stopped. Keeper could have nipped off for a ciggie and he wouldn't have scored. He's no Penalty taker.

How unusual though that the media is talking shit on a s

I mean, the media are the media but that first paragraph was hardly a ringing endorsement or defence of the lad was it.

 

[Hoghead]

I expected Sterling to be taken off with the tactical change penalty takers coming on. Was surprised and said to Mrs Hoghead at the time that I hope Sterling doesn't take a penalty 'cos he'll miss.

 

[kaz7]

He didnt choose not to , southgate chose , he should never have picked saka though , it is a lot of pressure for a kid

 

[decmancity]

I expected Sterling to be taken off with the tactical change penalty takers coming on. Was surprised and said to Mrs Hoghead at the time that I hope Sterling doesn't take a penalty 'cos he'll miss.

Forget the one he smashed into the top corner to win the Carabao at Wembley?