24 Jun 2015 10:35:04
So, is Firmino better than Sterling? Discuss. !
24 Jun 2015 11:11:44
I'm going all out and saying he has a nicer more lovable agent.
He is one of us now, Sterling can't wait to go and has rubbished our name a la Suarez. So of course he is better. Yep that's all it takes they want to be here or they don't.
But jesting aside. He looks a more accomplished player. He is becoming as regular an international as Raheem, but in a better and I would guess more respected National side.
But Sterling is to cost twice the ££s. Don't see him as twice the player though.
24 Jun 2015 11:19:11
I don't know.
is he better than Depay?
24 Jun 2015 11:24:00
Anything would have been better than sterling last year he was woeful to say the least I still can't believe we still may get 50 million for him yet it's crazy to think we sold torres at his finest for that money ridiculous
24 Jun 2015 11:25:59
Yes. And may only end up costing us close to half as much as what we sell sterling for.
24 Jun 2015 11:40:56
10 goals 12 assists last season , 22 goals 13 assists in the season before that and 7 goals each in the two season before that, all playing as CAM/second striker.
for other things you have youtube.
24 Jun 2015 11:44:05
He is now 😀
24 Jun 2015 11:47:22
Completely different from Depay.
24 Jun 2015 11:51:51
Very similar stats last year all be it in a different league!
24 Jun 2015 11:54:38
The first game firmino plays there will be anticipation, and excitement, it raises the crowd which raises the team. Exotic name, big money, I haven't even seen him play more than twice, but I am excited.
Sterling would not have that affect if he played, and of firmino hits the ground running it will raise the belief in the squad and fans.
24 Jun 2015 12:12:58
Based on the matches I saw (on tv) I would say Firmino is marginally better with greater potential and upside. He is more mobile and has a bigger range on the field, than Sterling, so he'll stretch out opposing defenses more. And I think he is tougher and bounces off defenders and tackles far more than Sterling (the second most fouled player this past season). Firmino is also more tenacious in pressing opposing defenders, a la Suarez, and that is crucial in giving the midfield time and space to set up and defend.
24 Jun 2015 13:30:11
Firmy is closer to coutinho than sterling tbh, he has better vision, better tackler and better decision making in the final third than sterling. So based on that yes he is, but he is also three years older so it is to expected. One would imagine that sterling would develop those qualities over the next three years so its not a straight comparison. We have more than made up for the loss of sterling though and he could go to to be a superstar if managed correctly.
24 Jun 2015 18:52:53
From what little I've seen I think Firmino has a quicker football brain and can produce good quality, fast paced link up play and quick one-twos etc (assuming the players around him can work with that of course)- whereas Sterling usually seems to need more time to think about where he will pass, thus allowing the opposition time to gather their wits and close things down.
Sterling might have more pace, but Firmino has a quicker brain and quicker feet, and he seems to have a really great touch (at times), in fact at times his quick passing looks like that of suarez or coutinho.
In terms of end product, last season they both got 7 league goals and a similar number of assists, but all round Firmino looks a better finisher, a sharper player all round, more energetic and more incisive, and a quicker and better passer of the ball.
But you have to also look at the team making a player look good. Everything depends on whether Firmino has a team around him who will make the sort of runs and passes that his hoffenheim teammates make.
If he plays in a team who are as laboured and as lacklustre as lfc played for 2/3 of last season, he might look quite poor, as sterling looked.
That said, personally I think Firmino is the better player of the two at this point in time, and by some way.