I am not a fan of sterling, mainly based on his previous England form , but no doubt he has stepped up massively in this tournament so fair play. He is still frustrating at times, gives the ball away cheaply at times, lucky for us muller missed a sitter! And his final ball lets him down, for me he's nowhere near an elite player but he's contributed a lot to England getting to the final.
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He’s a slightly younger son that can’t shoot nearly as well and is a slightly better passer.
He’s on the decline.
He’s on the decline.
And Mutu, although I can't really blame the chavs on that oneChris Sutton
Sterling & Parris win writers' awards
Manchester City's Raheem Sterling and Nikita Parris win the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards.
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Been brilliant this seasom and spoken words of wisdom.
Gone from a good player to one who would walk into every club team in the world at present.
What a slimy piece of work you are.Why don't you go ahead and suck his dick, whilst you're at it
I do like it when a clown like you confirms that he cant put a literate sentence together without three obscenities.
The man in the waistcoat has dropped prima Donna Sterling after a training ground bust up with Joe Gomez, apparently Sterling shouted “who’s the big man now” and grabbed Gomez around the throat. All after some expected banter from last weekends game.
Southgate acted swiftly.
About time that little runt got put back in his box.
Southgate acted swiftly.
About time that little runt got put back in his box.
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He is truly elite. His stats for Man City show that. As do his stats for England over the last 2-3 years. In his position he's as good as there is in world football.
Elite players raise the level of their team, put him in a lower calibre team and his output would drop to their level not vice versa.
He's got s good instinct for getting on the end of the good build up play of others, so ok maybe he has elite instinct.
Put him in a team that can't lay it on a plate for him and he'd be useless.
There's absolutely no evidence of that. Plus if you put De Bruyne in a poorer team his stats obviously wouldn't be as good. Doesn't that apply to just about anyone?
I have been watching the England games.
He hasn't been any batter than Kane or Grealish up front for sure.
I think Maguire, Stones, Shaw, Phillips and Rice have been no doubt better than him as well.
No chance he has been the best player for England. There is no rational argument that he has been better than the players mentioned above.
There is for anyone that has eyes. Without Sterling, England wouldn't be in the final.
Most, if not all players' output would drop in a weaker side, De Bruyne and other elite players would still improve said weaker team though, and still impact the game.
Sterling wouldn't, the proof of that, as far as it can be proven, is that his sole output is tapping it in from 4 yards, he can barely kick the ball 12 yards, just like Lennon.
Doesn't take much thinking to deduce that such a player would be rendered useless in a team that wasn't creating sitters for him all the time.
Actually not to Harry last season
I both think this is ridiculous and also think it's somewhat fair play to give the guys who have made this team so difficult to create chances against a lot of the credit. Even Pickford has been really good.
Southgate deserves a world of credit for making Phillips an ever-present alongside Rice. That took guts and has been pitch-perfect. I totally underappreciated Phillips before the tournament, what a player.
As an attacking force though, England have been built on Sterling's pace and aggression. That's what makes the rest of it go.
I have grown to Sterling in This tournament , Has scored some important goals, and saying he only scores tap ins makes Us sound like salty fans who say Kane only scores tap in, any way on his best day I still wouldn’t have him over Son.
Are we seeing that modern EPL football played by bigger faster guys every season...is so brutally attrition that you can decline overnight? That the body simply calls time quicker?
Chris Sutton