4 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Sources have told Football Insider apparently. So that's real of course.

Agreed that i think he will be moved on at some point, but we're going to get burned badly, undoubtedly

Yeah I don't believe it either.

If however there is any truth to it I don't see him being easy to shift. He will have, what I think 4 years left, on  his deal this summer and reported wages of 320k?

Fee wise we can expect to get most of it back given his age, but his wages present a huge issue.

Realistically we are stuck with him, as we are Koulibaly, Cucurella and Aubameyang. Thought at least the last one we can let go on a free in the summer of 2024 I think.

With the amount of young players coming in we need some form of experience accompanying them. 

4 hours ago, ducavis said:

Not even up for debate; he might start on the bench v Liverpool,

I would start him. An off form team that play a high line with Trent at RB, he couldn't have created more perfect circumstances for his debut if he hand picked it.

City reject. get out little man. 

 

 

5 hours ago, Scott said:

City reject. get out little man. 

 

 

Sheesh @Scott, that's harsh. I think he can do better better when his supply line equally improves. 

Why is he not in match day squads is he still injured?

8 minutes ago, hawkster said:

Why is he not in match day squads is he still injured?

Yes, thigh injury I think.

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2023/01/27/unhappy-chelsea-attacker-not-for-sale-despite-poor-form/

As we suspected he's not for sale

I'll probably be in the minority but I'm happy to give him more time, he can be frustrating but his key strength is his finishing and his ability to be in the right place at the right time. Because we have had no players this season that are good at creating he's not been able to show that, but now we have Mudryk, Felix and Madueke available to create I'm hoping the best is yet to come from him 

Once we have Mudryk and Felix starting I think Sterling could be very useful down the middle.

1 hour ago, timetowaste said:

I'll probably be in the minority but I'm happy to give him more time, he can be frustrating but his key strength is his finishing and his ability to be in the right place at the right time. Because we have had no players this season that are good at creating he's not been able to show that, but now we have Mudryk, Felix and Madueke available to create I'm hoping the best is yet to come from him 

Not to mention if we're really going balls deep on this youth policy under a manager who hasn't yet won at the top level a player with 4 PL title wins under his belt is invaluable. Look at the difference that's made up the road.

Unless/until he gets to the point Auba and Kouli are at we shouldn't even think about letting him go.

Been our best attacker this season, underrated signing. Surprised he isn't appreciated more

2 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

Been our best attacker this season, underrated signing. Surprised he isn't appreciated more

He's always been vastly underrated his entire career.

I have no idea why given how overated most English players are but Sterling has never got the credit his outstanding career has deserved.

Should be starting every week imo. 

I don’t see it personally, I thought he had a really poor game for his standards. From what I’ve seen at City I expect a lot more, and he should be a leader considering his stature now.

Surely there is so much more to come from him.

10 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I don’t see it personally, I thought he had a really poor game for his standards. From what I’ve seen at City I expect a lot more, and he should be a leader considering his stature now.

Surely there is so much more to come from him.

This has been Sterling throughout his career. He's capable of being brilliant but in the same game he can frustrate the life out of you. His goal is the most Sterling goal you will ever see. Miss hits a shot, bounces a ball off a defender and then catches it perfectly to smash it past the keeper. Throughout his whole career I have been pointing out how sh*t he can look at times and he still ends up with a goal to his name. Watching him with England has been a rollercoaster. He misses sitters, has a bad touch, runs into defenders, then he will pick up the ball a score a curler or time his run to perfection and score a tap in from a low cross. This is just how he is as a footballer, I don't think he will ever be anything different from here.

Scored a vital goal and worked hard, so I give him credit for that. 

His technique is just not up to standard imo though.

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Scored a vital goal and worked hard, so I give him credit for that. 

His technique is just not up to standard imo though.

He now has more Champions League G+A than any English player in history, he can't be too bad

15 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

He now has more Champions League G+A than any English player in history, he can't be too bad

He has spent many years in a very special City side.

18 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

He has spent many years in a very special City side.

you've still got to score them and create them though, regardless

6 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Scored a vital goal and worked hard, so I give him credit for that. 

His technique is just not up to standard imo though.

Completely agree. First touch and off-sides. Timo Sterling.

 

As an attacking player all you need is confidence and you can see that he's missing that. He worked very hard yesterday and he deserved to score that goal, he always was a danger to Dortmund's defence. He needs more of this and I believe that he will deliver his quality. 

He's our best attacker in the team, most experienced (there was a reason that Pep gave him the captain few times).

I didn't think he looked that great last night, but he was still pretty effective. He needs to know when to stay onside as that was frustrating as if he could have stayed onside a couple times we may have got another goal. 

Bar the goal I thought he was dreadful tbh. Need to see more sharpness from him. 

4 hours ago, enigma said:

I didn't think he looked that great last night, but he was still pretty effective. He needs to know when to stay onside as that was frustrating as if he could have stayed onside a couple times we may have got another goal. 

They were fairly tight calls in his defence. 

Without playing well I think he showed his value simply through the instrinic qualities / behaviours he has - the desire to make runs behind the defence, and the instinct to get into good goalscoring positions. We don't really have many of those players. Hopefully he stays fit and his confidence and sharpness should improve as a consequence. 

Edited March 8, 20233 yr by g3.7

He is our best goal scorer just now neither Havertz nor Felix score simple goals.

Sterling is the more natural goal scorer even though not clinical.