Will he be a success at Chelsea?
Raheem Sterling
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
I think he’s a great signing
City create a lot of chances compared to Chelsea so it's hard to say.
However his stats since 17/18 are very similar to that of Mane in the prem.
Quality player that I think gets overlooked because he's missed a few high profile sitters.
However his stats since 17/18 are very similar to that of Mane in the prem.
Quality player that I think gets overlooked because he's missed a few high profile sitters.
Stellar signing, especially at the reported fees.
I think he's a quality signing and may have the best goal scoring contribution at Chelsea since Drogba in his first Chelsea stint.
I think this is it. The numbers are very respectful but he passes up a lot of guilty edged chances, some of them quite costly, and I think that probably sticks in the minds of most.
Our team creates a lot of chances. We just don’t convert them. We never, never should have got rid of Giroud. He was quality. I am hopeful this works out, but there is more needed.
I find the way Sterling dribbles extremely annoying. It looks like he has something stuck up his arse and has no consistency or accuracy with the ball at his feet.
Sterling is a top player he just has played an insane amount of career first team football for someone his age and also plays the position where player performance tends to decline the earliest age wise.
Essentially, you couldn't possibly design a better case for a player more likely to fall off at an early age. I can see him having one more very good year but that he'll quickly turn into an overpaid problem for Chelsea, especially if they give him a five year deal at more than 300k per week as reported.
IMO, City have played a blinder overall with the player - they bought him from a rival who didn't want to lose him, got seven peak years of top level performance, and now are selling him for roughly the same amount to another rival willing to pay him huge money for his likely decline years.
Essentially, you couldn't possibly design a better case for a player more likely to fall off at an early age. I can see him having one more very good year but that he'll quickly turn into an overpaid problem for Chelsea, especially if they give him a five year deal at more than 300k per week as reported.
IMO, City have played a blinder overall with the player - they bought him from a rival who didn't want to lose him, got seven peak years of top level performance, and now are selling him for roughly the same amount to another rival willing to pay him huge money for his likely decline years.
I think you are going to get more since you’re linked with more than a few players. It looks like City,Lfc, and Chelsea are going to be head and shoulders above the rest this season.
Has he really though? The appearances look many but the amount of minutes played under pep can't be too bad. Pep rotates a lot. I saw that Sterling played 47 games last season only 32 were starts. There was a time where he also used to share minutes with sane.
How have Chelsea got Sterling for 45 mil from another premier league club while Ajax are trying to get 60+ for Antony. Normally just being in the same league as someone your buying of automatically puts the price up by a lot.
Last year of his contract, I think
In the last 2 seasons he's been rotated more. First 3-4 seasons, he was definitely up there minutes wise.
I think that his work off the ball is invaluable and his movement off the ball is a big part of the reason they create many chances.
I think he'll be a big success.
He started playing first team football very early, has rarely been injured, and City tends to go deep into most competitions so even with rotation he is playing a lot of minutes each year. Sterling has played about 34000 career minutes of first team club football, which is a huge number for a 27-year-old. Sadio Mane and Heung-Min Son have played about the same number of minutes and both are 30. Jack Grealish is less than a year younger than Sterling and has played about 21000 career minutes of first team football. Sterling is a significant outlier in terms of minutes played for his age.
Great move for him and Chelsea.
For the price I am surprised nobody else is in for him. He's a great player
Interested to see him for Chelsea. I thought at City he just kind of blended in to the team. His numbers were obviously really good, but he never stood out. He could score a hat trick but the focus would be on the 1v1 he missed in the same game.
In PL there was only 2-3 teams who can go for him. City won't sell him to ManUtd or Liverpool, so only left with Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal.
He doesn't half miss a lot of chances. I mean a LOT of chances. But the rest of his game is actually quite dangerous so others will score while he's causing mayhem. Net result is he will improve Chelsea. On the flip side he won't be putting away the crucial one on one chances that decide trophies.
It’s the same as Cavani, who used to have that same criticism levelled against him. Their conversion rates and xG’s are pretty normal in the end, it’s more just their great attacking positioning gets them into more goalscoring positions than others
I think he’ll do well, and once he begins hitting his decline he’ll be moved on to Arsenal
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Shit looking shirt, but excellent player.
That’s last season‘s horrendous shirt. Thankfully never to be seen again.
Good for him. Always seemed a good'un, happy he's gonna get to be more of a 'star' I'd imagine at Chelsea.
Feels like an upgrade on Pulisic et al. Chelsea seem pretty loaded for wide-forwards though, surely someone has to leave?
Feels like an upgrade on Pulisic et al. Chelsea seem pretty loaded for wide-forwards though, surely someone has to leave?
i just checked your new home kit. It looks nice, but can't understand the number design, that reminds me of sonic the hedgehog.
Fantastic price in this market. But have a feeling he’ll go the same way as Torres. Having said that, an upgrade on Ziyech, Pulisic.
Utd fan who's now played for Pool, City and Chelsea 
He's costing 15m more than Mane who's easily a better player.
I would say he's overpriced mainly because he's English and moving to another PL team.
I would say he's overpriced mainly because he's English and moving to another PL team.
Also Mane is in his 30s.
Sterling should be a very good player for Chelsea, great signing for them and good deal for City. He's usually kept himself fit and doesn't seem to have any weight issues. He's played a lot of years despite being 27/28, but not a problem, especially with him being rotated a lot by Pep.
I came to stay the same thing. Couldn't make this shite up.Utd fan who's now played for Pool, City and Chelsea
That said, any other player play for 3 top clubs like that?
I suppose City and Chelsea have only "recently" became top clubs, but in its equivalent over the years in the PL.
Anelka played for Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, City too but that was before their Abu Dhabi era.I came to stay the same thing. Couldn't make this shite up.
That said, any other player play for 3 top clubs like that?
I suppose City and Chelsea have only "recently" became top clubs, but in its equivalent over the years in the PL.
Kolo Toure in recent memory.
Signing of the summer.
I said last season that Chelsea have a lot of good footballers but they just miss a player that can go past a man consistently to really challenge. Chelsea version of Hazard would take this team really far I felt. Looks like they have a player now that can bring that.
The problem was they had a lot of footballers that played in a similar way but nobody to bring the chaos that could supplement that.
I said last season that Chelsea have a lot of good footballers but they just miss a player that can go past a man consistently to really challenge. Chelsea version of Hazard would take this team really far I felt. Looks like they have a player now that can bring that.
The problem was they had a lot of footballers that played in a similar way but nobody to bring the chaos that could supplement that.
Never rated him that highly. Guy cant hit a barn door with a banjo but was consistently served up golden chances in the best team of the decade. To his credit his movement and dribbling has always been good but I’d expect he won’t age particularly well. It’s a great deal for City, just like Jesus. We’ve seen at international level how many of Cities players drop a level outside of such a brilliant team/system.
67.2 xG vs 89 xG for City and Pool, so it's not even close.
Fact of the matter is you play with one extra defensive player and it shows. Maybe this season if you go to a 4-3-3 or a 4-4-2, chance creation will be better but I don't see it.
If Sadio Mané too was 27 years old like Raheem Sterling is, there's literally no chance he'd go for as cheap as he did no matter the contract situation.
Though still has to be said I think Bayern struck themselves a terrific deal and Mané for €40M is a very good price even if the player is already 30 years old. They should get 2-3 world class seasons out of him yet.
Anyways, I think Sterling for £50M is good value as well especially coming from a domestic rival. Really baffles me how City value him and Aké at same prices for Chelsea moves even though Sterling is ten times the player. Sure Aké has a couple more years on his contract left, but still.