Raheem Sterling

[dom9]

...this is a great point. You don't know what you have until it's gone. Never more so than in this case. Ironically, completely the opposite situation we have with Downing, Cole, Carroll and Henderson

You never do no what you have until it's gone. Sterling might be the next Owen / Fowler / Torres the minute he leaves us. Then again, he might not.

**** knows.

[saj]

I'd say he has been better than average and at times has even been a standout performer in matches. I think he's at about 4 assists now but don't quote me on that. I see what your saying but I'd say he is in the team on merit and his current level is a higher standard than Downing. I think he needs to be rotated more with the likes of Assaidi but I still think with the current squad we have, Sterling is one of our better performers.

He has 2 assists in the league and 1 goal. I can't recall a single game where he has even come close to winning man of the match. If you took his age out of the equation, he has been average at best but obviously if you put his age into the equation that is acceptable. Every tiny thing he does well gets magnified to king kong like proportions. He is almost 18 I can recall many wingers/striker who at that age were far better than him. The only reason why he is playing is we have nobody else - he has hardly any competition. And there has to be a reason why a Left Back (Enrique) is now playing in his normal position.

I agree with the rotating out comment.

[The_weatherman]

You never do no what you have until it's gone. Sterling might be the next Owen / Fowler / Torres the minute he leaves us. Then again, he might not.

**** knows.

All the signs are that this is a very, very talented player and a star in the making, of course there are if's and but's but everything points towards us sitting on a lottery ticket, if we decide not pay for the ticket, well I believe we might regret it, as usually.

[Tribute]

You never do no what you have until it's gone. Sterling might be the next Owen / Fowler / Torres the minute he leaves us. Then again, he might not.

**** knows.

So do we either let him wander off for nothing to a club willing to pay a bucket load of cash, or do we secure him to a deal on decent money and hope he's worth it in the long-run...?

[dom9]

So do we either let him wander off for nothing to a club willing to pay a bucket load of cash, or do we secure him to a deal on decent money and hope he's worth it in the long-run...?

Don't ask me. I'm not in charge.

Everyone else on here know best though, so I'll bow to their expert opinions.

[Fredo]

Don't ask me. I'm not in charge.

Everyone else on here know best though, so I'll bow to their expert opinions.

Do you think he's got his feet firmly on the ground?

[The_weatherman]

Don't ask me. I'm not in charge.

Everyone else on here know best though, so I'll bow to their expert opinions.

I'm fairly sure no-one is intending his opinion to be taken in that manner, for me, Liverpool FC has ****ed up time and again since the turn of the millenium and nothing indicates any change in that, we are chronic **** ups who lack leadership, balls and direction. If Sterling will be a top player, we will invariably **** this up.

[dom9]

Do you think he's got his feet firmly on the ground?

I have no idea. I have honestly never met him.

Have you?

[McDermotX]

Do you think he's got his feet firmly on the ground?

[saj]

All the signs are that this is a very, very talented player and a star in the making, of course there are if's and but's but everything points towards us sitting on a lottery ticket, if we decide not pay for the ticket, well I believe we might regret it, as usually.

The majority of players at that age with that much talent still don't make it. Look at Jermaine Pennant - at 15 he was an immense player and was a much bigger talent than Sterling. I have a feeling we will not regret it if he was to leave. IMO we have let a better winger go in Tom Ince. I had a feeling we would regret losing Tom Ince and I think more could have been done to have kept him but he made the right choice in leaving.

[The_weatherman]

The majority of players at that age with that much talent still don't make it. Look at Jermaine Pennant - at 15 he was an immense player and was a much bigger talent than Sterling. I have a feeling we will not regret it if he was to leave. IMO we have let a better winger go in Tom Ince. I had a feeling we would regret losing Tom Ince and I think more could have been done to have kept him but he made the right choice in leaving.

Possibly, only time will tell, and I'm far too grumpy and irritated now to take part in rational discussion

[Rich]

Does TOM INCE always need to be named TOM INCE for the rest of his career for fear of getting him confused with his dad PAUL INCE?

[Tee]

You can call him the 'Guvnor' if you want to avoid confusion.

[The_weatherman]

You can call him the 'Guvnor' if you want to avoid confusion.

No, that's Paul Ince, you are confusing them two.

[Fredo]

I have no idea. I have honestly never met him.

Have you?

No but I was thinking that maybe that use of straight forward cliché would piss you off even further.