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I think he did it on purpose.
Because he kicked the ground?Little cheat.
Yet when you combine goals/assists in the Premier League, only Aguero & Hazard can match him this season.He’s stealing a living. He’s surrounded by world class players so he thrives on tap ins and the odd piece of skill. I watch alot of football and he usually wastes 2-3 great chances a game before he gets his goal. His performances at the WC in his favourite position showed you what he’s like playing with average players.
I fully understand opposition fans not liking and underrating players of rival teams (and vice versa - we all tend to overrate our own players) but if you really believe that Sterling is 'stealing a living' your football knowledge is pretty limited.He’s stealing a living. He’s surrounded by world class players so he thrives on tap ins and the odd piece of skill. I watch alot of football and he usually wastes 2-3 great chances a game before he gets his goal. His performances at the WC in his favourite position showed you what he’s like playing with average players.
With Guardiola as manager he probably knew if he did that he'd never play again.Shit sportsmanship by him. He could have said to the ref it wasn’t a penalty.
Good point.With Guardiola as manager he probably knew if he did that he'd never play again.
Stealing a living, no. But I largely agree with the rest.He’s stealing a living. He’s surrounded by world class players so he thrives on tap ins and the odd piece of skill. I watch alot of football and he usually wastes 2-3 great chances a game before he gets his goal. His performances at the WC in his favourite position showed you what he’s like playing with average players.
What a load of nonsense. He is clearly one of the most important players in City's team.He’s stealing a living. He’s surrounded by world class players so he thrives on tap ins and the odd piece of skill. I watch alot of football and he usually wastes 2-3 great chances a game before he gets his goal. His performances at the WC in his favourite position showed you what he’s like playing with average players.
17/18 + 18/19What a load of nonsense. He is clearly one of the most important players in City's team.
He said he watches a lot of football though, so there must be something in it.What a load of nonsense. He is clearly one of the most important players in City's team.
All well and good acting righteous after the penalty has been given.Good point.
Except Guardiolla pointed out to the fourth official that it shouldn't have been a penalty.
He could have hardly pointed out it shouldn't have been a penalty before a penalty had been awarded.All well and good acting righteous after the penalty has been given.
He could have run on the pitch, after the pen was awarded, but before the pen was taken, waving his hands & screaming to grab the ref's attention, in the hope the ref would reverse his decision based on the opinion of a coach on the sideline having a better view of what happened than the ref himself & his assistant who were just yards away.He could have hardly pointed out it shouldn't have been a penalty before a penalty had been awarded.
People should be given warnings for crappy or non-factual posts. Sterling has what... 44 goals and assists in as many games in the league? I’d rather have that and «2-3» missed chances every game than a striker that doesn’t get any chances. Sterling is a very good playerHe’s stealing a living. He’s surrounded by world class players so he thrives on tap ins and the odd piece of skill. I watch alot of football and he usually wastes 2-3 great chances a game before he gets his goal. His performances at the WC in his favourite position showed you what he’s like playing with average players.
Suarez, Lewandowski, Kane etc all miss thousands of chances a game. They eventually get goals but strikers who score frequently tend to have low conversion rates for shots taken, its ok though because Sterling is getting in to these positions to impact the game. Its exactly what he should do.People should be given warnings for crappy or non-factual posts. Sterling has what... 44 goals and assists in as many games in the league? I’d rather have that and «2-3» missed chances every game than a striker that doesn’t get any chances. Sterling is a very good player
correct. On top of that, his decision making is getting much better, mainly I'm sure through confidence. He's a little greedier (in a good way), but is still a very unselfish player. Just as he needs good players around him to be effective, I'm sure his team mates love what he does for themPeople should be given warnings for crappy or non-factual posts. Sterling has what... 44 goals and assists in as many games in the league? I’d rather have that and «2-3» missed chances every game than a striker that doesn’t get any chances. Sterling is a very good player
Should Ashley Young have told the referee that he nearly snapped Aguero's ankle last season when you beat us in the derby?Shit sportsmanship by him. He could have said to the ref it wasn’t a penalty.
Interesting stats as I don't think his finishing is particularly great, not to the eye at least. He's not someone I would think of as clinical.This is perhaps a situation where one can look at XG (expected goals) and find a use for it. It's not my favourite stat, but I think here it has some validity.He's a terrific player for City.
22% conversion rate in the PL if you combine this and last seasons stats together. That's higher than Aguero, Kane, Salah, Hazard, Mane etc
He also takes less shots than most averaging a shot every 30.3mins and yet scored 24 goals combined. That's a goal every 140.2mins, Aguero on 99.2mins, Salah on 104.5mins, Kane on 113.0mins, Hazard 164.5mins. One of the best players in the Premier League when playing for City imo.
How do they calculate XG and XA?Interesting stats as I don't think his finishing is particularly great, not to the eye at least. He's not someone I would think of as clinical.This is perhaps a situation where one can look at XG (expected goals) and find a use for it. It's not my favourite stat, but I think here it has some validity.
In general, up until this season he's apparently been a little less clinical than the average sort of player would be, presented with the kind of chances he's had. This season he's actually above the curve so far - https://understat.com/player/618
So if you were to take a slightly below average XG rate but with an impressive overall conversion rate like you mentioned that may suggest the quality of his chances are high when he has a shot. Now that doesn't tell you why, and I'm sure different people will have different theories on that, and more than one of them may be in play at the same time. He might only shoot when he has a very good chance because he's unselfish, his movement might mean he's particularly adept at finding himself excellent chances to score, his teammates might be good at dishing up excellent chances for him and more.
His expected assists are a little lower than his actual number of assists across his career too, which means that the players he's been creating chances for are particularly clinical themselves, slightly outstripping the actual quality of the chances he's made.
Impotantly, he's never been miles behind on XG or miles ahead on XA, neither set of figures would really lead one to think he's a total myth or anything, but those little trends are there and could well mean something.
Back to chances, and XG over the past 5 seasons vs. goals scored with the players you mentioned we have:
Sterling +3.60 was expected to score 3.6 more goals than he has based off chances
Aguero -3.04 has scored 3.04 more goals than expected
Kane -17.44 an immense finisher, that's insane
Salah -12.82 another particularly clinical player, perhaps skewed a little by last year's outstanding season but that's still quality
Hazard -15.04 Yet another really good finisher, teammates notably letting him down on the assists too
Mane -4.23 Better than average
So Sterling is the only player of that lot who according to XG should have scored more goals than he has based off his chances. Of course, the old esponse to a lot of this is that it doesn't matter, all that matters is how many times a team or player actually does score. He can miss chances, or in the case of XG good quality chances but still score other chances and that's ok, and at least the player is getting into the right positions etc. That has validity and merit too.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46157225Read that this guy signed a new contract and was looking for what fee the paper would write then find nothing, which got me thinking, had he been a United player his salary would have been written in the titles of all reports, not to mention it would have been exaggerated.
How do they calculate XG and XA?
And included wages, agents fees, potential sponsorship earnings, potential bonuses then add the number you first thought of.Read that this guy signed a new contract and was looking for what fee the paper would write then find nothing, which got me thinking, had he been a United player his salary would have been written in the titles of all reports, not to mention it would have been exaggerated.
To be fair, his WC ratio/performances were lower than with City? (different players, different chances/difficulty) and I'd agree with that part of his post, though not that he's stealing a living but that's just a turn of phrase, exaggerated because he's a City player and this is a UNITED forum? Like "Pep is hugely overrated".People should be given warnings for crappy or non-factual posts. Sterling has what... 44 goals and assists in as many games in the league? I’d rather have that and «2-3» missed chances every game than a striker that doesn’t get any chances. Sterling is a very good player
I read it on sky page.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46157225
Was the feature article on the BBC Sport page yesterday.
He has been fantastic for you this season , superb attitude and desire . Pep has certainly got the best out of him .Unreal consistency from Raheem. He's possibly player of the year thus far.
11 games, 7 goals, 6 assists.
Amazing, when there is a black Chelsea fan literally 3 seats from him.Regardless of any racist comment, why would grown people behave like this?
I have enormous respect for footballers.
What other profession is regularly taking abuse while working accepted?
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