Like many young players, talented but still learning, he is often thrilling to watch and sometimes abject and frustrating. He certainly has done nothing to deserve this vitriol, then who has?
I hope the City fans get behind him next season, maybe it will get the boo boys off his back.
There maybe a racial element involved but there must be a lot more to it as there are plenty of other black players around. The Liverpool angle plays a part, they aren't going to apologise as some suggested, they don't do contrition . It would appear him being a City fan is no coincidence. It's a perfect storm for lazy tabloid hacks.
I can imagine the conversation,
England were an embarrassment again, we need a scapegoat and plaster it all over the back pages to whip up a hate campaign. Any candidates?
What about Sterling?
Is he black?
Yes
Does he play at a Sky 4 team?
No, even better he plays for Manchester City, and they have ruined football.
Was he ripped away from a Sky 4 team whom he loved and supported and played for as a kid.
Err well he is actually a QPR lad but he did spend a few years at Liverpool.
Good enough, have we any embarrassing pictures of him spit roasting a teenage girl?
Err no but we have one of a swanky sink.
Brilliant! Let's run with it.
