Total houseboat but if this came off it's mad joyous uncountable willy shaking time

Yes to this rumour. This time no mucking about as we did with Suarez. Give them 30m pounds opening offer and close this deal. Only Hazard is better at taking on multiple guys with the ball at his feet. Still raw as a shooter but I think we can work on that

I'd rather keep Walcott tbh.

why is that? at this stage in their respective careers, what boxes does walcott tick that sterling doesn't?

mdgoonah41 wrote:

why is that? at this stage in their respective careers, what boxes does walcott tick that sterling doesn't?

Getting a goal or assist every 100 minutes or so. It's a skill that's generally appreciated everywhere but this forum apparently.

Walcott is all about making runs in behind and finishing. It is a quality I like. A lot actually. We already have players with the traits that Sterling has. I also don't think he is as good as a lot of posters here do.

I'd take him here for sure. He'd have to work on his finishing to become a real top player - the sort that should grace our left wing moving forward - but he's smart and I think under the right guidance he could maybe become that good.

the last time i've seen him, a few months ago..very raw runner, with zero decision making in the final third- selfish most times , and dives a lot. If he's the same player, no thanks. He gives the impression also that he'd be a punk.

England forward Raheem Sterling, 20, will turn down a £180,00-a-week new deal at Liverpool. (Daily Mail)

haha he must hate brendan

Rex wrote:

Walcott is all about making runs in behind and finishing. It is a quality I like. A lot actually. We already have players with the traits that Sterling has. I also don't think he is as good as a lot of posters here do.

Sterling does make those runs a lot, you probably haven't noticed it because he has far more to his game. Reus is the same, good at making those runs in behind but also quality on the ball.

mdgoonah41 wrote:

England forward Raheem Sterling, 20, will turn down a £180,00-a-week new deal at Liverpool. (Daily Mail)

haha he must hate brendan

Of course he can't stand him, it's Brendan Rodgers, probably the biggest moron in football. Remember this;

I'd take Sterling all day over Theo. I am not blind to Thoe's talents, he is literally one of a kind, but even then i fell we help him more than he helps us.

Plus he's got zero balls

Sterling is too criminally underrated here, like Bale in the past which I can understand with our Arsenal tinted glasses.

He is a top top player in the making, one of the best young players in the world. The things he is doing at his age is nothing short of fantastic.

Sterling is going to be one of the best wingers in PL within a couple of years. He's basically there already.

Cannon wrote:

I'd take Sterling all day over Theo. I am not blind to Thoe's talents, he is literally one of a kind, but even then i fell we help him more than he helps us.

Plus he's got zero balls

Theo? Nonsense.

He's one of the few big game players we have.

John Cross is so full of shit though.

Clrnc wrote:

Sterling is too criminally underrated here, like Bale in the past which I can understand with our Arsenal tinted glasses.

He is a top top player in the making, one of the best young players in the world. The things he is doing at his age is nothing short of fantastic.

I completely agree. He's already a proven PL winger at 20 years old. He's a key player for a team who are direct rivals for us, finished above us last season and are close to us this season. Signing him would be a massive coup, which is why it wont happen.

Theo is not a big game player. This is a guy who had fewer than 10 touches of the ball before being subbed out towards the end of the game recently. We point to one or two instance of his big game (like the Milan run to set up Ade) and turn into a generalisation. Our standards have fallen in the wake of Hleb and Denilson. If we lost Walcott today and didn't replace him, we wouldn't miss him. This team has fought it's way to within a breath of second without him and I wouldn't start him over Welbeck, Sanchez or Giroud in a big game. The only reason to think about keeping Walcott right now is to comply with the more stringent English empowerment rules that were announced last week

Claudius wrote:

Theo is not a big game player. This is a guy who had fewer than 10 touches of the ball before being subbed out towards the end of the game recently. We point to one or two instance of his big game (like the Milan run to set up Ade) and turn into a generalisation. Our standards have fallen in the wake of Hleb and Denilson. If we lost Walcott today and didn't replace him, we wouldn't miss him. This team has fought it's way to within a breath of second without him and I wouldn't start him over Welbeck, Sanchez or Giroud in a big game. The only reason to think about keeping Walcott right now is to comply with the more stringent English empowerment rules that were announced last week

Number of touches mean jack shit. Goals and assists matter in big games and Theo regularly comes up with those. Barca, United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, Milan, Bayern etc. He's come up with the goods against those teams and on more than one occasions against most of them. If that doesn't make him a big game player, then your definition of one seriously differs from mine.