🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Raheem Sterling

[NikkiCFC 8,319]

On 10/07/2022 at 17:39, NikkiCFC said:

Diver, never rated him. His goals in City are just tap ins so his numbers don't show anything. What is he good at exactly? Put him in Palace, would not score 5 goals in a season. Zaha is for example way superior player. Would say I even prefer Pulisic and Ziyech over him. Not to mention his antics. 

I can already see what kind of comments are we going to see because Sterling is not creative player and cannot create for himself either. 

Hah! 

[MoroccanBlue 5,381]

Really just goes to show how good peak Eden Hazard was. 

The ability to carry this team full of passengers for years. 

[DDA 9,938]

I get he has been shit but he is better than what he has shown so far. He needs to get back to where he was when banging em in for City.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

How is he meant to affect games when he’s playing as a wingback though? He wasn't amazing under TT but he wasn't this poor or detached from the game. He has more goal and assists contributions under Tuchel than Potter too. Go figure.

Plus even look at him for England - play him in offensive positions, he will get chances, score goals or make assists. 

Blaming Sterling for not doing much when he’s being played totally out of position is typical Chelsea. 

And Zaha superior? Are your eyes painted on @NikkiCFC?

Edited November 2, 2022 by OneMoSalah

[robsblubot 3,595]

On 02/11/2022 at 12:56, OneMoSalah said:

How is he meant to affect games when he’s playing as a wingback though? He wasn't amazing under TT but he wasn't this poor or detached from the game. He has more goal and assists contributions under Tuchel than Potter too. Go figure.

Plus even look at him for England - play him in offensive positions, he will get chances, score goals or make assists. 

Blaming Sterling for not doing much when he’s being played totally out of position is typical Chelsea. 

And Zaha superior? Are your eyes painted on @NikkiCFC?

Personally I think the Zaha thing should be case study here. 😆 laughing

Sterling is a good player and has always been a good player. We are not clicking atm, and much is down to tactical and personnel choices by the manager -- also my opinion of course.

I'm far more concerned about the new signings who never ever reached Sterling's level wherever they played before. 

Edited November 4, 2022 by robsblubot

[Blue Armour 4,439]

9 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Really just goes to show how good peak Eden Hazard was. 

The ability to carry this team full of passengers for years. 

Our only WC attacker since Drogba. 

Ever since their departures we haven't challenged for the league 

[Fulham Broadway 17,312]

Up for sale some media reporting

[nyikolajevics 2,698]

4 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Up for sale some media reporting

 

I would keep him.. Even though the team has been clueless, he still delivered some goals and assists. I feel if our style improves and we would be more attacking side his numbers will be increased aswell. He is at good age. Has been in PL for fair long time, I think we all know his strenghts and limits. He is no Hazard but a dangerous weapon. Rather sell Pulisic and Ziyech than him, much more consistent. 

[Vesper 30,172]

14 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

Rather sell Pulisic and Ziyech than him, much more consistent. 

absolutely agree with this

that said

I never wanted Sterling off those massive Citeh teams

I would have always taken Sane or Mahrez over him, other than that one insane year he had, but he never kept it up

I think he is a wonderful human being though, for his right for racial justice, so I cut him some slack

[Fulham Broadway 17,312]

Weird but I would sell Pulisic and Sterling and keep Ziyech. Reckon he is invaluable when hes on song -his crossing and left foot, so he needs to be motivated either by getting another Moroccan ? or a manager that can get the best out of him. I realise Sterling can deliver but can be 100% frustrating too, (reminds me of Wright Phillips), missing chances and passes astray. Suppose it all depends on how Mudryk performs. Maybe against the dippers at the weekend...

[Johnnyeye 7,509]

fuck off

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Jesus Christ what happened to him? Was genuinely excited about this move, but hes awful.

[LAM09 7,051]

2 hours ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

Jesus Christ what happened to him? Was genuinely excited about this move, but hes awful.

He's always been this sort of player. Pep's team helped mask his flaws, which many seemed to be oblivious to.

As stated multiple times, he's the definition of a system player.

Edited May 2, 2023 by LAM09

[NikkiCFC 8,319]

Yeah, I got laughed previous summer when I said he is horrific and Zaha is way superior player. 

[NikkiCFC 8,319]

On 10/07/2022 at 17:39, NikkiCFC said:

Diver, never rated him. His goals in City are just tap ins so his numbers don't show anything. What is he good at exactly? Put him in Palace, would not score 5 goals in a season. Zaha is for example way superior player. Would say I even prefer Pulisic and Ziyech over him. Not to mention his antics. 

I can already see what kind of comments are we going to see because Sterling is not creative player and cannot create for himself either. 

 

On 10/07/2022 at 20:37, Jype said:

Watched the full video linked by @Vesper. Of the 100 goals shown on the video I'd classify 35-40 as tap-ins, almost all of the others were actually quite well taken goals.

And the thing with tap-ins is that more often than not the goal is just as much a result of an intelligent and well-timed run being made by the forward as it is about the quality of the final pass. Can't even begin to count the number of times I've been frustrated over the last few seasons when for example James has played a really high quality horizontal pass to the five yard line but there's not a blue shirted player in sight who could put it in because the likes of Pulisic, Werner, Mount etc. are still just making their way inside the box.

While our chance creation may not be as high as City's it's by no means bad. Sterling should get plenty of chances and he will score plenty more than the likes of Pulisic and Ziyech at the very fucking least.

How that ended?

Reading first page of this thread unfortunately I was only one right. 

[Mário César 1,252]

yeah I didn't expect that

very awful 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

Well he doesn't really have anything to play for in the PL, won everything here with City. Basically just collecting a nice paycheck now.

[Special Juan 28,141]

Complete headless chicken.

[Jype 6,398]

13 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

How that ended?

Reading first page of this thread unfortunately I was only one right. 

How often has Sterling received a horizontal pass inside the box? Like I said in the post you quoted his off the ball movement has always been his best asset and if there's even the slightest amount of creativity in the team he'll score goals but right now he's being asked to do something he's never been good at which is making things happen all by himself so no wonder he's shit.

The team's been a mess all season and it looks like a collective of players who've never played a game of football together in their lives. Nobody seems to know where they should play the ball and nobody knows where they should make runs to receive the ball. The attacks stop 30 meters away from the goal and the ball just gets shuffled between players until they lose it over and over again. Whenever the ball gets played out wide the full-backs or wingers just spam hopeless crosses high into the box despite there being nobody there who can even head the ball.

Sterling's not been doing anything to raise his stock but the rest of the team aren't doing anything to help him either. I still think in a functioning team he could be a useful asset to have but being utilized in the way he has this season he's a pointless player. 

[Fernando 6,585]

On 21/08/2022 at 10:48, Fernando said:

Sterling not going to have the impact many thought. 

He is good but not world class to take us to the next level. 

 

Yes was right. 

So not surprise really, was expected of me.