Sterling is one snapped hamstring away from obscurity. His asset is pace, poking it beyond the defender and legging it. That's his game. And losing the ball.
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It's not.
He's a very intelligent footballer. He find space, his touch is better than 99% of others, he loses opponents, and the all-round game-intelligence is as good as you'll see in a youngster. People look at the pace and lack of goals, and make lazy assumptions. This kid is real.
I don't think his attitude is shit. Sure his agent's a bellend, but on pitch - he doesn't come across as an egotistical prick to me.
That's assuming he'd have the season of his life, Ryan. He could easily have another 12 months of being a mixed bag and go for less. Suarez was already established, banging them in for a few clubs and at International level. He was at the peak of his game which put him in the top 5 footballers in the World. Sterling has a couple of purple patches then goes back to being all silky touch and zero end product. I know alot of that's down to inexperience, but lets not get ahead of ourselves about what he could be capable of doing next season. It'd be a massive ask for him to put in a season that would expand his value higher than one that's already inflated.
I don't disagree with much you say here, but his attitude was clearly a problem at the end of last season, he started to sulk like Torres did, that was after he was given a special break to get the best out of him, the least he could have done is give his all, but it seemed at that point he'd decided he was too good for this Liverpool team. In the long run I can see this attitude only being a hindrance to his development as a top top player if he's with the wrong manager. Brendan and Pellegrini are the wrong managers, Mourinho would be perfect for him.
I compare it to Ronaldo, I don't think Ronaldo would be one of the worlds best two players now if it wasn't for Ferguson, he had attitude problems back at United and was prone to sulking, but Ferguson knew how to deal with it (by being a cunt), and how to keep him focused, Sterling needs that to become the player he already thinks he is.
Nope.
No offence intended Ryan, but isn't this like Dreamy saying, "he doesn't come across as daft to me"?
It sounds meaner when you say it like that. I'm sure Ryan is fully aware that he is abnormally blessed when it comes to the faculty of self admiration and thus I don't feel he should take offence.
BTW, nice Like piracy there.
Can I just say as well that Sterling thought it was OK to turn up to training with a bunch of hairy arsed lads donning this hairdo:
Get thee fucking gone.
Get thee fucking gone.
Can I just say as well that Sterling thought it was OK to turn up to training with a bunch of hairy arsed lads donning this hairdo:
Get thee fucking gone.
The fucking state of it. He'll fit right in at city with that on his head.
Yeah I guess. Takes one to know one etc etc...
Yes. I know it's a horrible thing to think but, whenever we sell a good player, I can't help hoping they snap their hammy in their first game for the buying club.
It is horrible, but you're not alone. Just remember the amount of glee we all felt when Daniel Agger smashed his forearm into Torres face on his first match for Chelsea. It's one of my favourite modern day football pictures.
Maybe we'll sell the Sterling with the bad haircut?
Maybe we'll sell the Sterling with the bad haircut?
Is that a real advert? Are we so shit that they couldn't find three marketable Liverpool players, so they used two of Sterling? Or was the advertising guy so badly clued that he found the images and thought they were different players?
Advertising boss: How you getting on with the Subway promotion? Have you chosen the players that will sell the brand?
Advertising Guy: Yeah chief. I've found 3 young exciting players that speak to their target demographic. We've got Coutinho, Raheem and Sterling.
Advertising boss: Perfect.
Liverpool news and transfers: Chelsea to enter Raheem Sterling race by 'tabling £40m bid'
PLUS: New striker Danny Ings is prepared to go to some length to impress at Anfield AND Steven Gerrard believes it was "mission impossible" to replace Luis Suarez
Andrew Powell
Wantaway: Sterling could be on his way to Chelsea
Here are all the latest Reds stories from today's Daily Mirror...
Liverpool seal Firmino deal
Liverpool have confirmed sensational the £28m signing of Roberto Firmino, with the Brazilian becoming the second most expensive signing in the club's history.
The 23-year-old will undergo a medical after Brazil's Copa America involvement is concluded when the deal will be sealed.
Reds' chief executive Ian Ayre flew to Chile to personally oversee negotiations with the Brazilian star and close out a deal that will make him the club’s second most expensive player.
REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
It could also signal the departure of Raheem Sterling, with Firmino seen as his ideal replacement and Manchester City preparing a third offer for the England winger.
Liverpool made an 11th hour attempt to hijack a Manchester United move for Firmino, and agreed a deal with the player’s German club Hoffenheim.
Full story here.
Gerrard: That slip will hurt me forever
Steven Gerrard has opened up about the day that elusive Premier League title slipped from his grasp and admitted: ‘It will hurt me until the day I die.’
And he believes Liverpool got it tactically wrong and paid the price for their naivety in the match that cost him the prize he wanted more than any other.
Gerrard’s explanation for what happened in their painful defeat to Chelsea in April 2014 further highlights just how big a void he is leaving behind at Anfield.
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He told BT Sport: “I’ve got memories - good memories that will live with me for ever, but that is one moment that will always hurt me until the day I go and it’s because if I’d have gotthat moment, I’d have achieved every dream with Liverpool.
"As a man, it hurts.”
Bernabeu bench made my mind up, admits Gerrard
Steven Gerrard has revealed he knew his Liverpool career was over the night Brendan Rodgers left him on the bench at Real Madrid.
Anfield legend Gerrard opened up about the shock decision that left him “devastated” and effectively signalled the end of his Reds career after 17 years at his boyhood club.
“When I was told I wasn’t playing, for the sake of the team and the squad and my relationship with Brendan, I took it and I accepted it," said Gerrard, who played only the final 20 minutes of last November's Champions League defeat in the Bernabeu.
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“But I sat on that bench devastated because I wanted to play so, it is one of those situations.
“It sort of pushed me, making a decision to move on and try something different.”
Replacing Suarez was "mission impossible"
Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard reckons it was "mission impossible" to replace Luis Suarez when the striker left Anfield to join Barcelona last summer.
The Reds received £75m for their star player but reinvested that money poorly and dropped out of the top four last term just a season after coming within inches of winning the title.
Suarez scored 31 goals in 2013-14, a joint-record for a 38-game Premier League campaign, as Brendan Rodgers' side fell agonisingly short of their first top flight success since 1990.
To put that into context, Gerrard was the club's top scorer in the league last season, netting a paltry nine goals.
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"It was mission impossible for me," said Gerrard. "I think even initially after Fernando Torres it was difficult to go and replace him straight away.
"Suarez came out of the blue. I didn’t really know much about him but he was a phenomenal player."
PLUS: New striker Danny Ings is prepared to go to some length to impress at Anfield AND Steven Gerrard believes it was "mission impossible" to replace Luis Suarez
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Andrew Powell
Wantaway: Sterling could be on his way to Chelsea
Here are all the latest Reds stories from today's Daily Mirror...
Liverpool seal Firmino deal
Liverpool have confirmed sensational the £28m signing of Roberto Firmino, with the Brazilian becoming the second most expensive signing in the club's history.
The 23-year-old will undergo a medical after Brazil's Copa America involvement is concluded when the deal will be sealed.
Reds' chief executive Ian Ayre flew to Chile to personally oversee negotiations with the Brazilian star and close out a deal that will make him the club’s second most expensive player.
REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
It could also signal the departure of Raheem Sterling, with Firmino seen as his ideal replacement and Manchester City preparing a third offer for the England winger.
Liverpool made an 11th hour attempt to hijack a Manchester United move for Firmino, and agreed a deal with the player’s German club Hoffenheim.
Full story here.
Gerrard: That slip will hurt me forever
Steven Gerrard has opened up about the day that elusive Premier League title slipped from his grasp and admitted: ‘It will hurt me until the day I die.’
And he believes Liverpool got it tactically wrong and paid the price for their naivety in the match that cost him the prize he wanted more than any other.
Gerrard’s explanation for what happened in their painful defeat to Chelsea in April 2014 further highlights just how big a void he is leaving behind at Anfield.
Getty
He told BT Sport: “I’ve got memories - good memories that will live with me for ever, but that is one moment that will always hurt me until the day I go and it’s because if I’d have gotthat moment, I’d have achieved every dream with Liverpool.
"As a man, it hurts.”
Bernabeu bench made my mind up, admits Gerrard
Steven Gerrard has revealed he knew his Liverpool career was over the night Brendan Rodgers left him on the bench at Real Madrid.
Anfield legend Gerrard opened up about the shock decision that left him “devastated” and effectively signalled the end of his Reds career after 17 years at his boyhood club.
“When I was told I wasn’t playing, for the sake of the team and the squad and my relationship with Brendan, I took it and I accepted it," said Gerrard, who played only the final 20 minutes of last November's Champions League defeat in the Bernabeu.
Action Images
“But I sat on that bench devastated because I wanted to play so, it is one of those situations.
“It sort of pushed me, making a decision to move on and try something different.”
Replacing Suarez was "mission impossible"
Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard reckons it was "mission impossible" to replace Luis Suarez when the striker left Anfield to join Barcelona last summer.
The Reds received £75m for their star player but reinvested that money poorly and dropped out of the top four last term just a season after coming within inches of winning the title.
Suarez scored 31 goals in 2013-14, a joint-record for a 38-game Premier League campaign, as Brendan Rodgers' side fell agonisingly short of their first top flight success since 1990.
To put that into context, Gerrard was the club's top scorer in the league last season, netting a paltry nine goals.
Getty
"It was mission impossible for me," said Gerrard. "I think even initially after Fernando Torres it was difficult to go and replace him straight away.
"Suarez came out of the blue. I didn’t really know much about him but he was a phenomenal player."
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