Sterling is over rated. This is just my opinion;
Sterling pros;
Fast and can dribble.
Good deliveries.
Cons;
Useless infront of goal
No ability to tackle.
People claim he can play anywhere along the front 3 or as a play maker, it is absolute rubbish in my opinion because even as a defensive play maker you need to have a better ability to defend. For number 10 role he needs to be more clinical on goal.
I don't think he will ever get that much better infront of goal, but he can be a very good winger as long as he passes and does not take the chances himself. Also he seems to get pushed away from the goal at times and end up closer to the corner flag than the goal.
For England he just kept running into players and I will compare it to Ibe now.
Ibe Pros;
Reasonable at shooting.
Can run down the wing
Cuts inside.
Cons:
Often runs into players
No ability to tackle
Poor marking
Ibe has an end product so he can play on the wing number 10. For a lower side he would even make a decent centre forward, we have Sturidge, Firmino and Origi ahead of him. Ibe is a more handy utility player in my opinion. Regardless of money, would I would I rather have Sterling or Ibe? I think Ibe. I don't think Ibe is brilliant either, but I have never rated Sterling because I think he has no end product. When you say how many he scored, he missed a lot of sitters to get those goals.
Surely you don't actually think this? I'm starting to make this sound like I'm trying to bash Ibe but I'm not. There is clear daylight between the two of them in terms of talent though. Sterling has no end product yet produces far more than Ibe, a bit awkward for your reasoning. There is also only a year between them both.
End product...
Ibe2014/15 - 43 games, 5 goals, 2 assists, 2,536 minutes, 507 mins per goal
2015/16 - 51 games, 4 goals, 4 assists, 2,801 minutes, 700 mins per goal
Sterling2015/16 - 47 games, 11 goals, 10 assists, 2,981 minutes, 271 mins per goal
It's not even close!
Conclusion, they both have a lot of improving to do in certain aspects of their game, one player more than the other.
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