Is Raheem Sterling better than Messaldo at 19?
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Topic: Is Raheem Sterling better than Messaldo at 19?
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Subject: Is Raheem Sterling better than Messaldo at 19?
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 12:54pm
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I think he's better than CR7 at 19 but he was a player that needed to gain physical stature before he fulfilled his potential. Messi would be more comparable due to size. I think he is on a par with him at 19. EDIT Sterling (Aged 19) Versus Messi/Ronaldo (Aged 19)
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 12:56pm
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What have you been smoking lad?? |
Posted By: Jackthelad
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 12:57pm
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Sweet Vincent ------------- Oh Poland we loved you..... |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 1:03pm
Kompany? He made a show of him last week 
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Jackthelad wrote:Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 1:11pm
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Here, you're listing to far too much Sky Sports. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 1:12pm
| Messi scored a hat trick against Real Madrid in a 3-3 draw at the age of 19. |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 1:13pm
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 1:17pm
The Ster hasn't played against Real Madrid yet. He can still achieve that feat should they draw Madrid in the UCL next season 
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 1:21pm
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The Ster
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Posted By: JohnnyD87
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 3:37pm
| No way |
Posted By: RKeane
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 3:42pm
f**k sake  I think some people will only realise that Messi is the greatest ever when he's long gone.. Raheem Sterling better than him at 19 ? Liverpool fans ------------- YESSSS! IT'S THERE |
Posted By: tonyjaa
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 4:09pm
| ermmmmmm, no |
Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 5:05pm
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It's far from an outlandish comparison. Sterling has got better and better and has probably been Liverpool's best player since December. He's driving Liverpool to the title for the first time in 24 years. That kind of thing is unheard of for a player who only recently turned 19. ------------- Edited by Trigboy 10 at 10:03pm |
Posted By: WindBag
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 5:43pm
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Hilarious...liverpool fans = funny bastards. Sterling....i see a pan....and a flash...ego warrior going through good form. |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 5:49pm
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Where are these Liverpool fans?
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Posted By: WindBag
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 5:54pm
| The liverpool fans from ireland who supported liverpool as young boys and when utd started winning everything they changed teams and followed utd...now dat utd are muck...the liverpool sympathies appear LANDON. |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:22pm
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Thread was not started by a Liverpool supporter. Anyway I don't think he is as good as Mess I or Ronaldo at that age but they are two of the best footballers ever. Sterling has a massive future though. Suarez and sturidge have not been at their brilliant best the last 4 games but Sterling has stepped up to the plate. Matured remarkably over the last year. So strong for a small bloke too |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:26pm
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You on the beer today Windbag? |
Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:28pm
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The question is not whether Sterling will be as good as Messi or Ronaldo at 26, the question is whether he is as good at 19 as Messi and Ronaldo were at that age. I would say he's currently at least around the same level Messi was at at 19 ie the 2006/07 season and ahead of where Ronaldo was at at 19 ie the calendar year of 2004. ------------- Edited by Trigboy 10 at 10:03pm |
Posted By: Man from Del Monte
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:34pm
------------- say yes |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:36pm
Its very hypothetical. But I think Sterling can aspire to be world class, he is getting better all the time. |
Posted By: PanteirA
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:50pm
this
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Posted By: stuffer
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:52pm
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Posted By: WindBag
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:55pm
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@LANDON....YES....yes i am. I am 7 BSM approved beers into it.. And i think u are too hip to be square... Better question for ya....Rooney or Sterling at 19...who was better?.. Flip that question to the other mugs...... sorry Andy.. Rooney never fulfilled his supposed potential (world class) nor will Raheem 'The Queen' Sterling. . |
Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:56pm
Here mate, in the words of Neil Young, go and ride my llama!  ------------- Edited by Trigboy 10 at 10:03pm |
Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 6:59pm
Here, mate. I've been predicting Liverpool to win the league since August and regularly predicting we'll win matches 5-0. Guess what, we're going to win the league and we're going to score 100 goals! Mugs? Blow into your bag of wind!
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Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 7:06pm
That bit is worth highlighting, because it seems from the responses that people are reading LD's question as '' Is Sterling better than Ronaldo or Messi'' and responding to that, not the question he asked. He is better than Ronaldo was @ 19 (and that does not imply that he will turn out to be anywhere near as good as Ronaldo, just that he is better now than Ronaldo was at the same age, nothing more), Messi probably a harder comparison to make as his main skill is/was dribbling and close control, whereas both Sterling & Ronaldo, while having excellent dribbling ability at 19, are/were probably a shade less accomplished than Messi in that particular skill, but both of them have the searing pace that isn't part of Messi's game. For so many people to rubbish the question is alarming, either they didn't read the question in the first place, or they are looking at some other Raheem Sterling that I'm not aware of, but the one playing for Liverpool has been one of the best in the world in his position (and unlike Ronaldo @ 19, he has shown the maturity to play in more than one position successfully) since Christmas. ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 7:06pm
It is a close one. Rooney was a very good 19 year old, even better than Ronaldo. Looking at Sterling, I think he has a much higher football IQ than Rooney. Plus Rooney was quite physically developed for a 19 year old. |
Posted By: WindBag
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 7:09pm
| Bojan Krkic was also a fookin AWESOME 19 year old....Barca ranked him high and then he did a Rooney...i.e. was not that good |
Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 7:16pm
But Rooney is good WB, I know what you probably mean in the sense that @ 19 Rooney looked better than maybe both Ronaldo or Messi, and has not quite managed to live up to those standards he once looked capable of every week (I'm thinking when I saw him get the hat trick V Fenerbache all those years ago, he looked THE best player in the world that night) but Rooneys head goes more often than Ronaldos or Messis, he is too easily frustrated, which is one of the reasons he is not at their level. I think most Liverpool fans would be happy if Sterling turned out to be as good as Rooney, but at the moment, the way Sterling is going, it seems there is a possibility he could be even better than that. ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: WindBag
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 7:26pm
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@ deise.... 1st...thank you 2nd...COP THE FOOK ON...sterling...Messi is way better..so is Selcuk Tidim...FACT
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Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 10:18pm
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Top fishing by LD ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: Del-Piero
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 11:08pm
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 11:23pm
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2014 at 11:34pm
I really dont think people can mentally comprehend the question Yeah, I think he may be superior to Ronaldo. People forget that a lot of questions hung over Ronaldo's actual potential until the 06-07 season. TBH when him and Rooney had their little World Cup spat, I would have probably chose Rooney if Fergie had to chuck one out. Messi is a bit similar to Sterling but I actually think Sterling may have a better allround game compared to a 19 year old Messi. |
Posted By: athlonecelt
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 1:28am
| Rooney at every age > Sterling at any age |
Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 4:34am
Eh, Sterling is 19 chief, and I think it is safe to assume he is currently at his best, meaning like he hasn't disimproved since he was, say, 14 or 15. If you are comparing a 26 yr old Sterling to a 26 year old Rooney, I'll have a go of your DeLorean when yer done with it. ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 4:46am
Me bollix, a perfectly valid and topical comparison by LD, for all those who responded with 'fcuk off' or a load of ' ' , tell us exactly why ya think this isn't the case ?? Even allowing for club/personal bias, here is a BBC link to Brendan Rogers' (the manager of the year) opinion, he states that Sterling is arguably the best young player in Europe at the moment. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27096737" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27096737 If Tribal Army comes on here and nominates some 18 yr old in the Romanian 3rd division, I will defer to his superior knowledge, other than that, start shouting some names of other 19 year old footballers producing better football and on a more consistent basis than Sterling. ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 9:45am
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Cortois who is 21 possibly. But Sterling is on some form at the moment. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Jackthelad
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 9:56am
I am guilty of skimming the question originally so heartfelt apologies to LD who asked a perfectly legitimate question bar his use of the word messaldo In response I think he's possibly better than Ronaldo was at that age, hard to call. But not messi. ------------- Oh Poland we loved you..... |
Posted By: PanteirA
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 11:38am
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 11:42am
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 11:43am
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Posted By: Clonbhoy
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 12:06pm
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Ronaldo was quite poor at that age, I remember him being referred to riverdance due to the number of unnecessary stepovers and lack of end product. Sterling has been a very influential force in this team, Rodgers has curbed his lifestyle traits and made him a player who can play many different roles, so he clearly is adaptable and has a footballing brain to go with his pace and deceptive strength. Messi at 19 was on a different level though and it was pretty obvious he was going to be the world's best. Oh and I am not sure what was meant by the 'Rooney' comparisons,but give me Sterling now over the brainless lad running around Goodison Park yesterday. ------------- A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends. @withgodlygrace |
Posted By: The GerK
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 12:09pm
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Good question this. Exceptional talent is sterling. Better than ronaldo at 19, not messi |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 12:19pm
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Just read back my opening post. I really should have clarified Sterling aged 19 V Messi/CR7 aged 19
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 12:20pm
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Posted By: Jackthelad
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 1:08pm
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Ya your right actually LD, I take back my earlier apology, ya gobsh*te ------------- Oh Poland we loved you..... |
Posted By: Boban
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 1:17pm
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Ronaldo was awfully inconsistent at that age and infuriating to watch alot of the time.I don't think it's laughable to compare him at that age and Sterling,as some on here seem to.I would question whether Ronaldo at 19 would have performed as well as Sterling did last week against City in such a huge game.He had a habit of going missing in those type of games earlier in his career. Messi at 19?I don't think Ronaldo or Sterling at that age even come close.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 9:39pm
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Messi was 19 for the first half of 2007. That's the first year he came in the top 3 for the Balon D'Or(he won it the next year). I don't think Sterling has shown yet that he's close to being as good as Messi was at 19. |
Posted By: Ludwig von Drake
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 9:56pm
Messi was sensational in 2007, this was his goal against Getafe.  |
Posted By: Max Power
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 10:10pm
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Neither. People forgetting Ronaldo was one of the players of the tournament in Euro 2004 at the age of 19 when Portugal got the the final. Sterling has 2 England caps and isn't even guaranteed a starting place this years World Cup in a very average England team. ------------- Co-Founder of The Paul McShane Fan Club, Portmarnock Branch |
Posted By: PanteirA
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 10:10pm
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amazing
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Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2014 at 10:33am
In fairness there is no way Sterling (who hasn't even played in the CL, nor made a big impression for England) could be mentioned in the same breath as Ronaldo or Messi at 19. ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: Shamrock
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2014 at 11:08am
| I think he is better than Ronaldo was at 19. When you look at Sterling's end product compared to Ronaldo at that age - Sterling wins out for me. However, will he be better than Ronaldo is? Only time will tell. |
Posted By: whitesideOnside
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2014 at 11:15am
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Slightly off topic, but what club did he come from? I heard recently Liverpool paid a record fee for him as a 15 year old but didn't hear from who they got him? Also how much is a record fee for a 15 year old these days?
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Posted By: Shamrock
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2014 at 11:18am
| QPR |
Posted By: whitesideOnside
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2014 at 11:19am
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Posted By: RogerMilla
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2014 at 11:21am
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he is a brilliant player , surely a starter for england.
i dont think i saw messi or ronaldo when they were 19 but i would hazard a guess messi was better, i think fergie made ronaldo what he is.
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Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2014 at 11:38am
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Ronaldo was named in the team of the tournament in Euro 2004 at 19. If Sterling plays a big part in Englands world cup campaign, then maybe but Ronaldo provided 2 goals and 2 assists en route to getting Portugal to the final of that tournament. ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2014 at 11:41am
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And we accuse the Brits of bigging up their players !!!!
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2014 at 1:26am
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Top top player
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Posted By: Clonbhoy
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2014 at 10:15am
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Agreed. England's stand out last night. Needs to get Rooney's agent! ------------- A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends. @withgodlygrace |
Posted By: RogerMilla
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2014 at 10:20am
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Yup brilliant ------------- The first time the Devil made me do it. The second time I did it on my own. |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2014 at 3:31pm
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9 league goals for Sterling so far as a 19 year old. Messi score 14 league goals as a 19 year old. Sterling turns 20 on the 8th of december. ------------- Irish Times Fantasy 6 Nations League Name: YBIG League Password: YBIG |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2014 at 3:26pm
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Another MOTM. 4 more goals to match Messi's total as a 19 year old. ------------- Irish Times Fantasy 6 Nations League Name: YBIG League Password: YBIG |
Posted By: Mr.Mojo Risin'
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2014 at 3:29pm
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2014 at 4:16pm
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He should have scored 2 more goals. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: Mr.Mojo Risin'
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2014 at 4:18pm
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Horsebox, have a beer, touch yourself and enjoy life a little. ------------- Ahh heya! |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 9:26pm
| Incredible improvement under Guardiola |
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Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 9:27pm
| *Southgate |
Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2019 at 1:10pm
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49333642" rel="nofollow - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49333642 I think he has it in him to have a 40+ goals in a season (all competitions) He gets into fantastic positions. ------------- |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2019 at 3:48pm
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Geeat shout from myself picking him to be top goalscorer
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