Raheem Sterling

[Pizy 18,858]

If we don't sign Arda (which seems highly likely now) then Sterling should be a priority.

Griezmann looks impossible now. Sterling would lock down a position in our AM for a decade or more like Hazard. Could be a part of the "dynasty" that José says he wants. A team that can dominate domestically for the next 10 years.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

He's not. Not even top 10, of whom 9 would be cheaper to buy than him.

Would love to see that list you come up with... just for shits and giggles of course.

[Mechromancer 262]

I actually prefer Sterling over Griezmann or Arda. I'm the only who thinks that?

[RhesusReus 219]

Those are your needs not necessarily the team needs.

And correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Hazard score 19 goals last year?

What does that even mean? lol. Did you miss the week where 10 men PSG had 1% more possession than us? As soon as Oscar was yellow carded and substituted for Willian, all our control of the game vanished. It's no fun watching Willian and Ramires pass the ball around awfully.

Hazard scored 15 goals in the EPL. Not good enough. He should be comfortably cracking 20 goals with the amount of times he gets in front of goal.

This is what I'm talking about:

http://giant.gfycat.com/MenacingAppropriateAnnelid.gif

He just doesn't have the natural goal-scoring instincts or ability. Right there is where the finishers of this world slot it home, but Hazard passes it up. I have serious doubts he's ever going to get half-way to Messi and Ronaldo numbers.

Hazard should be proof to anyone wanting Sterling that finishing is the most difficult aspect of the game to master. It's why great strikers are so scarce and each one is worth his weight in gold.

Stay far away from Sterling. He has no affinity to scoring and his finishing is miles away from Hazard, who in 3 years since he joined is yet to get significantly better in that department.

[RhesusReus 219]

Would love to see that list you come up with... just for shits and giggles of course.

Eden Hazard

Sergio Kun Aguero

David Silva

Alexis Sanchez

Diego Costa

Cesc Fabregas

Nemanja Matic

Yaya Toure

Wayne Rooney

Thibaut Courtois/De Gea

That's 10. Have a shit and giggle at that why don't you.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

What does that even mean? lol. Did you miss the week where 10 men PSG had 1% more possession than us? As soon as Oscar was yellow carded and substituted for Willian, all our control of the game vanished. It's no fun watching Willian and Ramires pass the ball around awfully.

Hazard scored 15 goals in the EPL. Not good enough. He should be comfortably cracking 20 goals with the amount of times he gets in front of goal.

This is what I'm talking about:

http://giant.gfycat.com/MenacingAppropriateAnnelid.gif

He just doesn't have the natural goal-scoring instincts or ability. Right there is where the finishers of this world slot it home, but Hazard passes it up. I have serious doubts he's ever going to get half-way to Messi and Ronaldo numbers.

Hazard should be proof to anyone wanting Sterling that finishing is the most difficult aspect of the game to master. It's why great strikers are so scarce and each one is worth his weight in gold.

Stay far away from Sterling. He has no affinity to scoring and his finishing is miles away from Hazard, who in 3 years since he joined is yet to get significantly better in that department.

I'll tell you what it means, to your amateur eye you think we need more goals and ball retention based on a game where none of our players performed to their capabilities( a game we drew)

Can you find me another winger who can score 15+ goals a season? You speak of Reus, his best season to date he yielded 18! 15 goals from a player on the wing is fantastic return no matter how many chance you say he "fluffed" LOL. You're embarrassing yourself with that comment dude.

And why do you keep pulling up these random gif's of missed opportunities? We all know Hazard and Sterling can do better but what they are now are EXCEPTIONAL players who most teams would die for! Are you really trying to tell me you think Hazard goal return this season was poor? hahahahahaha

I think we're done here its been fun.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Shocked that he hasn't moved yet. It's clear as day that he's wanted out. They've spent big by their standards and appear to be getting all or most of their signings locked down as to not piss off their fans by selling Sterling without replacements first.

If City are indeed as desperate for him as has been reported what are they waiting for?

Unless multiple clubs are after him and negotiations are ongoing. Chelsea?

Bare in mind though, players are still on vacation. When they're due back I'm sure we'll be seeing way more activity on the Sterling front.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Eden Hazard

Sergio Kun Aguero

David Silva

Alexis Sanchez

Diego Costa

Cesc Fabregas

Nemanja Matic

Yaya Toure

Wayne Rooney

Thibaut Courtois/De Gea

That's 10. Have a shit and giggle at that why don't you.

The fact you included goalies is eye watering. Anyways... if he's not in the top 10 the fact that he's 20 and knocking on the door of these players

Eden Hazard - 24

Sergio Kun Aguero - 27

David Silva - 29

Alexis Sanchez - 26

Diego Costa - 26

Cesc Fabregas - 28

Nemanja Matic - 25

Yaya Toure - 32

Wayne Rooney - 29

Thibaut Courtois/De Gea - LOL

is an incredible feat in the hardest league world football.

[RhesusReus 219]

I'll tell you what it means, to your amateur eye you think we need more goals and ball retention based on a game where none of our players performed to their capabilities( a game we drew)

Can you find me another winger who can score 15+ goals a season? You speak of Reus, his best season to date he yielded 18! 15 goals from a player on the wing is fantastic return no matter how many chance you say he "fluffed" LOL. You're embarrassing yourself with that comment dude.

And why do you keep pulling up these random gif's of missed opportunities? We all know Hazard and Sterling can do better but what they are now are EXCEPTIONAL players who most teams would die for! Are you really trying to tell me you think Hazard goal return this season was poor? hahahahahaha

I think we're done here its been fun.

Stop trying to belittle, it's not going to work so long as you are spouting vagueness about players not performing to the best and a limited view of what a modern winger should be. Robben gets 20 goals. Ronaldo gets 20+ every season. Hazard is in their category in terms of ability and should be getting 20+.

I never said Hazard goal return was poor. I said he could do far better.

I also said that if we sell Hazard, I'd be OK with Sterling to replace him, but having both Hazard and Sterling is a terrible idea. It's like having a Lampard-Gerrard midfield. It's never going to work.

I'm not pulling random gifs, I'm showing you, with proof, of Hazard's lack of goal scoring instinct/desire. Ronaldo or Messi or Robben, who are at times accused of being selfish, slot that chance home. Hazard doesn't have it in him. He's the best player in the EPL, but there are times where he lets himself down by failing to convert chances. I don't want to have two of those in the starting lineup, especially since Matic and Cesc are not going to score more than 5 goals combined in a season.

We scored 73 goals. The year before 72. City scored 103 the year before and 83 last year, and that was a poor return for them. We lack goal scorers. That should be clear. Sterling isn't that.

[RhesusReus 219]

The fact you included goalies is eye watering. Anyways... if he's not in the top 10 the fact that he's 20 and knocking on the door of these players

Eden Hazard - 24

Sergio Kun Aguero - 27

David Silva - 29

Alexis Sanchez - 26

Diego Costa - 26

Cesc Fabregas - 28

Nemanja Matic - 25

Yaya Toure - 32

Wayne Rooney - 29

Thibaut Courtois/De Gea - LOL

is an incredible feat in the hardest league world football.

Stop condescending. You can make your point without it. And Thibaut Courtois and David De Gea are the #2 and #3 GKs in the world. There are more players better than Sterling, the likes of Ozil and Mata and Terry etc, but I wouldn't swap De Gea and Courtois for them either.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

He's a good player but not £50m worth.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

He's a good player but not £50m worth.

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[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Stop trying to belittle, it's not going to work so long as you are pouting vagueness about players not performing to the best limited view of what a modern winger should be. Robben gets 20 goals. Ronaldo gets 20+ every season. Hazard is in their category in terms of ability and should be getting 20+.

I never said Hazard goal return was poor. I said he could do far better.

I also said that if we sell Hazard, I'd be OK with Sterling to replace him, but having both Hazard and Sterling is a terrible idea. It's like having a Lampard-Gerrard midfield. It's never going to work.

I'm not pulling random gifs, I'm showing you, with proof, of Hazard's lack of goal scoring instinct/desire. Ronaldo or Messi or Robben, who are at times accused of being selfish, slot that chance home. Hazard doesn't have it in him. He's the best player in the EPL, but there are times where he lets himself down by failing to convert chances. I don't want to have two of those in the starting lineup, especially since Matic and Cesc are not going to score more than 5 goals combined in a season.

We scored 73 goals. The year before 72. City scored 103 the year before and 83 last year, and that was a poor return for them. We lack goal scorers. That should be clear. Sterling isn't that.

You should go do some homework... Robben never scored 20 in the league his highest total was 17 and he did that this season... at the age of 31. And Ronaldo is a fucking freak of nature and a natural finisher, you can't assign the same principles to Hazard as you would to Ronaldo that is not only poor but makes me think you have no understanding that human beings possess different qualities.

If you put Hazard and his 19 goals on one flank and you balance it with the speed and trickery of Sterling on the right, you have two guys who command all sorts of attention from the defense and thus gives more space for others to operate. Not to mention he can beat men on his own, like Hazard... and generates loads of scoring chances like Hazard at the age of 20... on Liverpool.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Stop condescending. You can make your point without it. And Thibaut Courtois and David De Gea are the #2 and #3 GKs in the world. There are more players better than Sterling, the likes of Ozil and Mata and Terry etc, but I wouldn't swap De Gea and Courtois for them either.

Keepers have different standards to be judged on than outfield players. And even if you really think Ozil, Mata and whoever else is better than Sterling that fact is all of those players are in their prime years and Sterling is even close to scratching the surface. Is this lost on you? And btw I don't believe Mata or Ozil are better than Sterling... Not in the least.

[RhesusReus 219]

You should go do some homework... Robben never scored 20 in the league his highest total was 17 and he did that this season... at the age of 31. And Ronaldo is a fucking freak of nature and a natural finisher, you can't assign the same principles to Hazard as you would to Ronaldo that is not only poor but makes me think you have no understanding that human beings possess different qualities.

If you put Hazard and his 19 goals on one flank and you balance it with the speed and trickery of Sterling on the right, you have two guys who command all sorts of attention from the defense and thus gives more space for others to operate. Not to mention he can beat men on his own, like Hazard... and generates loads of scoring chances like Hazard at the age of 20... on Liverpool.

what does that have to do with converting chances? Does Hazard 1v1 vs a keeper and failing to convert mean that's because he's not a "fucking freak of nature"? No. Finishing has nothing to do with being a freak of nature. It's simply a skill.

Arjen Robben scored 17 goals in 21 games. On average he plays about 22 games a season at Bayern. But his goals to game ratio is pretty high, much higher than Hazard.

Defenses don't pay attention to players when the park the bus. It's simply that, parking the bus, taking away space.

It sounds really cool in your head to have two tricky players out wide, but that's only fun for a game or two, but soon the actually football starts, where creating clear cut chances and converting them is all that matters.