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

[Sir X]

Raheem Sterling Post Man City interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIt7jbHvwfI

[Sir X]

Im lucky dem migrate,get lock up,tun weed ead,shotta or murdered every day in JA.Thats why man can say no talent abounds,or ganja is not a human rights issue,only di white man know its value.

Truth is Sterling would probably not even have been noticed in Jamaica,in T&F or football.

[Mosiah]

Can somebody explain this for me please:

There will no doubt be the usual concerns that simply noticing Sterling's improvement in the scuttling-trequartista role is likely to bring about the build-em-up-to-knock-em-down dynamic that tends to attach itself to young English talent. In this case, though, it is as much about celebrating the rarity of Sterling's excellence in his current role.

The No10 may be a staple from schoolboy levels in other countries. But English football does not often produce this kind of player, just as it is almost unheard of for teenagers to be given such creative responsibility in a title-chasing team.

[Sir X]

Liverpool's Raheem Sterling can be one of a rare breed of England No10s
English football does not often produce this kind of player but Brendan Rodgers' managerial tinkering has uncovered a raw talent – which is good news for both club and country
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Barney Ronay
Barney Ronay

The Guardian, Monday 14 April 2014 15.19 EDT
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Raheem Sterling, right, celebrates with Luis Suárez after the young Englishman had scored Liverpool's first goal against Manchester City. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images
Brendan Rodgers has had a knack of making good decisions this season, often by stealth. One of his more recent, light-touch tactical manoeuvres was spotlit six minutes into the defeat of Manchester City.

Liverpool's opening goal at Anfield was a fine piece of execution and interplay all round, from the wiggle of Luis Suárez's hips that left Gaël Clichy in a heap, to the turn and timing of Suárez's pass to put Raheem Sterling in on goal. After which: the outstanding single moment of Sunday's game.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...g-england-no10