Raheem Sterling (Liverpool > Man City)

Some retards over at the Caf saying "in the long run, he may turn out to be as good as Januzaj".

Lunatics.

There's even a supposed Liverpool fan on their forum saying that Januzaj is better. Can't believe so many Liverpool fans have so many posts on that forum and sucking up to that shower of a sh*t club.

Another superb display from Sterling.

Him and Coutinho as young as they are both stamped their authority all over that match yesterday.

Januzaj better than Sterling??? I've heard it all NOW!!!   

Januzaj better than Sterling??? I've heard it all NOW!!!   

If Januzaj didn't play for the mancs and played for someone like Newcastle no one in the media would say a word about him.

Talented kid but way overhyped simply because of who he plays for and the clamour earlier in the season trying to get him an England call up, which the BBC played a part in with HOdge on MOTD, was embarrassing for them.

Back to our lad and he is a proper talent and his progression this season has been way ahead of my expectations. I was one that thought, given his apparent off field problems earlier this season, that a loan deal might be the best option for him to get him out of the limelight a little and let him play his football.

All credit to him and Brendan as I can't see him out of the side now and surely is a cert to go the the World Cup and even a starter for England.

All credit to him and Brendan as I can't see him out of the side now and surely is a cert to go the the World Cup and even a starter for England.

Roy would be wise to take a page out of Brendan's playbook and play Raheem in the CAM role behind Studge & Rooney in a 4-4-2 diamond.  Put Gerrard as the anchor with 2 box-to-box players like Hendo & Milner to add the energy to the midfield.  This would allow Johno & Baines to get forward on the overlap.  For me, Raheem is definitely in England's best lineup along with 3 other LFC players:

                   Hart
Johno  Cahill  Jagielka  Baines
               Gerrard
      Milner            Hendo
                Sterling
       Rooney      Studge

If Januzaj didn't play for the mancs and played for someone like Newcastle no one in the media would say a word about him.

Talented kid but way overhyped simply because of who he plays for and the clamour earlier in the season trying to get him an England call up, which the BBC played a part in with HOdge on MOTD, was embarrassing for them.

Back to our lad and he is a proper talent and his progression this season has been way ahead of my expectations. I was one that thought, given his apparent off field problems earlier this season, that a loan deal might be the best option for him to get him out of the limelight a little and let him play his football.

All credit to him and Brendan as I can't see him out of the side now and surely is a cert to go the the World Cup and even a starter for England.

That was cringe worthy. As soon as the 'he could be eligible to play for England' talk started, it all got blown out of proportion. He's been elevated to a status above the level he actually is. All bias set aside he is a very good young player but he is technically and physically inferior to Sterling. Sterling is quite clearly a level (or two) above Januzaj and pretty much everyone else his age at the moment.

It was clear from the moment Dalglish put him in against Wigan in that 2-1 defeat at Anfield two years ago that the guy had quality in abundance and he very much continued to show that in the first half of the 2012-2013 season. The criticism he received earlier on in the season was way over the top. I was very lucky and grateful to be in the Kop (first time) in the home fixture against Palace where he had a very tough match and his confidence was clearly at rock bottom. The beauty of being at a live match is that you see things the camera doesn't pick up and after giving the ball away cheaply, allowing Palace to get a corner, there was quite a bit of dialogue Steven was sending to Raheem before the corner was taken. The way he was remonstrating certainly appeared that he was trying to offer the poor lad a pick me up. But I felt so sorry for him because you knew that he wasn't oblivious to the exasperated reactions from the Kop and the rest of the stadium when he made these errors. It must have been a tough period for him.

But I'm so delighted to see him turn it all around. I've said it before that he can become the best English player of the last 25 years but I don't think my faith is overdone when I say that he can become one of the top 3 players in the world such is his strength, versatility, vision, tactical intelligence and technical skill. There are few things that this guy does not have in his locker. With the right coaching (ie stay with Brendan) I have no doubt that he will become one of if not the best.

There were a couple of instances where he found himself surrounded by 2 or 3 city players. The boy just doesn't panic, quick drop of the shoulder, change of pace and he's gone. You can imagine what the opposition players are thinking when that happens... 'F**k sake'

On the subject of Januzai... If he had a manager as good at rearing players as Rodgers then he could become Sterling's level.

Roy would be wise to take a page out of Brendan's playbook and play Raheem in the CAM role behind Studge & Rooney in a 4-4-2 diamond.  Put Gerrard as the anchor with 2 box-to-box players like Hendo & Milner to add the energy to the midfield.  This would allow Johno & Baines to get forward on the overlap.  For me, Raheem is definitely in England's best lineup along with 3 other LFC players:

                   Hart
Johno  Cahill  Jagielka  Baines
               Gerrard
      Milner            Hendo
                Sterling
       Rooney      Studge

Hodgson is obsessed with playing wide players though because he lacks imagination and doesn't know how else to incorporate different personnel into other formations. Brendan Rodgers has numerous upon numerous of formations that he could and has used in the past and different tactics associated with them too. Hodgson just has 4-2-3-1 where everything goes through the wide players who just run down the wing and cross it every time.

Let's hope for the sake of Sterling that Brendan has a quiet word with Hodgson

Hope he plays up top with Suarez tomorrow think he can be deadly up there with his pace and now he's getting better in front of goal think he can get double figures next season, he's a better version of Dirk Kuyt basically apart from the penalty taking which we've not seen yet.

I bet him to score 1st @ 9s; anytime @ 5/2 and two or more @18s... get in wee man. 

You. F***ing. Beauty.

He's brilliant. MOTM by far, great performance again

Keeps improving with every game, easily motm today.

World class footballer!

Another great game by Sterling!

Beautiful first goal!

This kid was special today, there is no Liverpool team that he doesn't play in now IMO, he's absolutely key.

Nice to see the lad is proving my point of him being the most important player on the run in, good lad!

Honestly though that again was a performance that belied his years, so mature, so talented, get the lad signed up and rewarded with a new contract he's earned it.

Well in Raheem.

Nice to see the lad is proving my point of him being the most important player on the run in, good lad!

Honestly though that again was a performance that belied his years, so mature, so talented, get the lad signed up and rewarded with a new contract he's earned it.

Well in Raheem.

Yes indeed. The lad has had a great season and deserves a new contract with a pay hike. It was nice to see how he ran to Brendan today after scoring the opening goal.

What a great little player he has become for us. He's probably been our best player since xmas along with Gerrard.

Reminded me of Digger at times today. Brilliant display

Well can't say I didn't say it.

I've been waiting...to gloat about Raheem now he's finally pushed on enough for me to gloat.

I'll not gloat though, I'll just say he can be as good as Messi if he wants in the years to come.

Amazing performance today by Sterling. Loving this kid to bits more and more lately.

Brendan calling him "the best young talent in European football." Carra agreed with him and I'm going to bow to their much greater knowledge of the European game but that is one hell of a bold statement and has to give Raheem nothing but confidence to hear his manager speak of him like that.

Been so impressed with his composure recently, like all good players appears to have that bit longer on the ball than others and as soon as he's closed down in midfield he ghosts away from people with such minimum fuss.

Let's hope this spurs on those that are pushing for a squad place behind him too.