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Players like Willian are able to do this, this guy has never been good enough to warrant it. He is not good enough to be a starter in his prime, he has no chance of being a starter for Fulham or Palace. West Ham are stupid enough to do it, possibly.

For me, we fell into a trap, overpaying for a player that was only ever a one trick pony and was waning at even doing that. No football IQ whatsoever and limited ability. The guy has technically retired now and fair play to him for rinsing mugs like us for all he can get. Also from what little i have seem he is actually a humble, quiet, well rooted guy, so a career in punditry won't even beckon where bellends seem to be in abundance, such as Carragher, Redknapp, Nicol and Burley.
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Sorry - are you suggesting that prime Sterling isn't good enough for Fulham or Palace?

 
Sorry - are you suggesting that prime Sterling isn't good enough for Fulham or Palace?
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No. I was stating that in his prime i never rated him as a starter for us, nor is he a starter for Arsenal on loan, nor indeed was he for Man City, hence why he ended up moving to us. Being of a certain generation i still class players being in their prime being the age range of 27-30, unlike the current pre-pubescent model we all seem to be moving towards.

My point is also that once he has bled his way through the remaining years of our contract, having effectively retired on full pay, he then won't be good enough to start for Fulham or Palace either, being what 32 by then and having played no football.

EDIT: I will happily confess though that i have never rated Sterling, before, during and after us, so my comments could easily be clouded. For me a one trick pony that rarely fits the model and has minimal football IQ. Actually a nice guy i suspect away from the pitch, but i've never been a fan.

 
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Fulham interested in KDH

Loan or buy

Prime KDH for the avoidance of doubt😐

 
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No. I was stating that in his prime i never rated him as a starter for us, nor is he a starter for Arsenal on loan, nor indeed was he for Man City, hence why he ended up moving to us. Being of a certain generation i still class players being in their prime being the age range of 27-30, unlike the current pre-pubescent model we all seem to be moving towards.

My point is also that once he has bled his way through the remaining years of our contract, having effectively retired on full pay, he then won't be good enough to start for Fulham or Palace either, being what 32 by then and having played no football.

EDIT: I will happily confess though that i have never rated Sterling, before, during and after us, so my comments could easily be clouded. For me a one trick pony that rarely fits the model and has minimal football IQ. Actually a nice guy i suspect away from the pitch, but i've never been a fan.
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Can't agree here. One of the smartest players England has ever produced. His ability to read the game is what made him adaptable to so many different systems and players since his teenage years, and made him such a lethal goalscorer in his peak years. I can't help feel that the actual issue for Sterling has been attitude, and I think it shifted and crystallised somewhere in his last years with City. Sterling should be competing with Salah and Hazard in that debate and yet he is no where near the conversation.

Sterling has been blessed with game sense and athleticism beyond compare and it's what made him very successful despite relatively limited technical ability for a player in his position. And yet he was discontent with Guardiola because for some reason he thought he needed to be something more than a goalscorer, to the point he was happy to blow up his very successful role and look elsewhere.

He came to Chelsea with the opportunity to be a leader for an inexperienced team in turmoil, and he proved to be as much of a shrinking violet as the rest. The missed 1v1s, ignoring team-mates in better positions, the farces with free kicks and penalties were all things that you can excuse from a rash teenage prodigy but not from someone who was brought in to make this team his own. He is more obsessed with an imaginary chip on his shoulder instead of maturing as a player and leader.

 
No. I was stating that in his prime i never rated him as a starter for us, nor is he a starter for Arsenal on loan, nor indeed was he for Man City, hence why he ended up moving to us. Being of a certain generation i still class players being in their prime being the age range of 27-30, unlike the current pre-pubescent model we all seem to be moving towards.

My point is also that once he has bled his way through the remaining years of our contract, having effectively retired on full pay, he then won't be good enough to start for Fulham or Palace either, being what 32 by then and having played no football.

EDIT: I will happily confess though that i have never rated Sterling, before, during and after us, so my comments could easily be clouded. For me a one trick pony that rarely fits the model and has minimal football IQ. Actually a nice guy i suspect away from the pitch, but i've never been a fan.
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Sterling was legit wc player. Two level above our current winger.

The problem is he started his career at 18. Player who started his career early tend to have big drop off earlier.

 
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Indeed. Primarily midfielders and defenders who are up to Amorim's demands. He inherited a poisoned chalice but it was, ultimately, his choice. He wanted to wait till the end of the season to take the job. Offshore Jim and his mates said the job wouldn't be available at the end of the season. Who the fark were they going to appoint in the meantime? Amorim fell for it.
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I said last season that I have never seen team doing what Amorim did last season. Amorim basically try to copy his sporting system to united and of course it was a complete disaster.

I saw his team play high press with

Casemiro-Ugarte

De Light - Maguire - Mazraoui

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  • Madueke to Arsenal
  • Fernandez to Real Madrid
  • Nkunku to Bayern Munich
  • Jackson to Aston Villa
  • Rogers to Chelsea
I'll be turning cart wheels if all of that happens LOL
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My wish list includes Rogers to play the Fernandez role as I'm convinced he has the attributes to match Enzo's contribution plus better all round technique and finishing. This would have to be funded by the sale of Fernandez but I'd do it without hesitation.

Yildiz is my preferred left wing target but nearly impossible to get I imagine.

Hato to round off the summer incomings would be nice if that can be afforded after the other two moves.

 
Sterling was legit wc player. Two level above our current winger.

The problem is he started his career at 18. Player who started his career early tend to have big drop off earlier.
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There was never a time I thought Sterling was world class. The one thing in his game he was always good at was reading the game and getting on the end of a cross, similar to Lampard. But outside of that, I thought almost every other part of his game was average. The way he runs, shoots, passes, always looks so awkward, it's probably why he has more misses from like 3 yard out than I have ever seen. His decision making was often sh*t too.

 
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Most people threw absolute daggers at Sterling last year, and yet his winger replacements Neto and Sancho didn't even match his 23/24 PL goal output between them, despite playing more than double his minutes ...

I'd bet he'd still be our best goal-scoring winger in 25/26 if he was given the chance, which he won't be.

I'd also bet he'd be our most frustrating winger too. Rough with the smooth as the old saying goes ...

 
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Sterling's overall game just isn't worth the additional goals he'd likely contribute. (If he'd even)

Judging from his stint at Arsenal, he looks done.

 
Sterling's overall game just isn't worth the additional goals he'd likely contribute. (If he'd even)

Judging from his stint at Arsenal, he looks done.
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I wouldn't hold anything against him for last season at Arsenal LOL. Can you imagine how depressing it must have been to go from being a respected (in the dressing room) senior player/mentor at Chelsea to having to play for Arteta ?

 
I wouldn't hold anything against him for last season at Arsenal LOL. Can you imagine how depressing it must have been to go from being a respected (in the dressing room) senior player/mentor at Chelsea to having to play for Arteta ?
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Yeah but there were signs under Poch. We could see his decline in real time.

From March until the end of the season virtually every player was improving and looked comfortable bar Sterling.

 
So Donnarumma really is going to leave then? I thought that was all bullsh*t 😆 This new guy isn't coming in to play as number 2. Donnarumma is only 26, one of the best keepers in the world, why do PSG want to sell him? I would love for us to go for him, but I think we have our eyes on developing Penders and we are already pretty busy working on other signings and selling players. I feel like a lot of top clubs will be looking for a keeper though. Neuer is 39 and well passed his best at Bayern. Ederson the same at City. Courtois is 33 now, so maybe Real Madrid will be interested. Barcelona's keepers aren't exactly top tier either, but I'm not sure they can afford him. United........yeah, no chance that is happening.

 
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