Liverpool's Raheem Sterling can be one of a rare breed

[Mosiah]

The only thing that would have failed Sterling in Jamaica is a kick and run high school competition. The skill was honed on the dust bowls of Maverley.

And preach it as you all may, I'm not one who believes that you suddenly become intelligent as you step on the MV Windrush, no matter what it's called these days.

[Mosiah]

That is both in defense and in attack. All our players in attacking midfield position slow like molasses especially those that many people rate as the best thing since bulla and cheese, to put him in that position and to get results is just amazing.

Let's keep the discussion local. No need to bring up Fabregas here.

[Mosiah]

And who the hell are those?!

[Sir X]

Raheem Sterling’s Shift To No.10 Role Gives Him Edge For Brazil
By Aakriti Mehrotra on April 15, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Raheem Sterling - Liverpool winger | Liverpool FC - The Rise, Fall And Future Of Raheem Sterling


Raheem Sterling should be no brainer for Hodgson as he finalizes his squad for Brazil as the Liverpool winger is showing his versatility by bossing the No.10 role
There were more watchers for the Liverpool- Manchester City game than there have been for most of Liverpool’s matches. Even people who do not follow football religiously, tuned in, as they heard from their friends that a match which might tell where the title was headed, if it didn’t in fact seal the league down, was taking place on Sunday. And other rival fans also switched on their televisions to see the fate of this heavily awaited encounter which was going to take place at Anfield. The point is that even first time watchers might have seen what the Reds fans have been shouting out most of the season- Raheem Sterling should be on the plane to Brazil in the summer.

http://www.thehardtackle.com/2014/ra...dge-for-brazil

[Sir X]

Shameless...Typical and Xpected (Paul like/5th columnist )

[Gamma]

Kibaki Holloway comes to mind. Speed on a poor field is a liability....

The other thing is this, "the young Englishman" he is being called. When he had his baby mama drama they drew for his Jamaican roots though....shameless

[Sir X]

Ahh yuh see it ,it has been dismissed culturally as a kick and run balla, a one dimensional type of play,now we hear (pace) so valued in the british game.It takes intelligence to use that kick and run style (pace).

I have seen dozens in Jamaica with that style of play ,pure pace nothing else,dismissed in Jamaica as one dimensional...again whats so special about Sterling.''Likkle Jay and Smiley"

They should have been noticed.

[Stonigut]

He should have got noticed his speed alone plus all else marks him as a special talent, however for some reason many here and on the rock don't rate speed in football, as I have heard it said many times that the ball can be passed faster than any one can run, but if we look at the opportunities to get the ball or create an advantage, speed definitely plays an oversized part.

That is both in defense and in attack. All our players in attacking midfield position slow like molasses especially those that many people rate as the best thing since bulla and cheese, to put him in that position and to get results is just amazing.

[Sir X]

How England claimed Sterling

Sterling was the skinny kid with a name for trouble, but Liverpool have turned Raheem into the Red Diamond
By SIMON JONES and SAMI MOKBEL
PUBLISHED: 16:30 EST, 14 April 2014 | UPDATED: 16:56 EST, 14 April 2014
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Kenny Dalglish was shifting uncomfortably as he stood on the touchline at Finch Farm, Everton’s training ground. Trepidation was writ large over his weathered face. The object of his attention was a tiny, fragile-looking 15-year-old swamped in a red shirt.
Raheem Shaquille Sterling was about to make his debut in a Merseyside derby - but against Everton’s Under 18s. Ninety dazzling minutes later, Dalglish nudged Liverpool’s academy director Frank McParland and said with a grin: ‘I think we’ve got a player there.’


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[Sir X]

Talent with intelligence ,talent alone isnt it for Sterling and thats where Jamaica fails all that abundance of talent and no intelligence is failure or preparing them for failure.

[Sir X]

To answer yuh question ..Barnes say im neva get noticed,bluntly stated he wasnt anything special there were others in his age group better in his opinion,maybe he was being gracious.

I doubt it.

[Karl]

Could not have said it better!

...Piero?

...Alessandro Del Piero-style No10 – and in fairness Sterling will never quite have that level of inventive artistry – but a high-energy probing presence, always moving, always playing with his head up, with an ability to beat his man on both sides, to pass or shoot with both feet, and the same easy gliding acceleration from first minute to last?

...and why not?
His talent shows...and this is just the beginning!
Yup! He looks that full of promise!

[Sir X]

2 names come to my mind..likkle jay and a youth name smiley

kissteeth.

[Sir X]

Why should he ,whats so special about sterling in a Jamaican enviroment,is it unusual for 11 to 12 y.o to be playing with bigger boys.How many have you seen in manning,dacosta corner leagues or not even pursuing the leagues.So much talent gets overlooked yuh ear say man migrate,get shot tun shotta etc etc.

Being noticed in that enviroment is a fleeting idea in a hack and chop society,migratioin a di biggest notice,yuh glad fi ear dem leff outta dat.

[Mosiah]

Why would he not have been noticed?