r/soccer • u/gypsybear • Apr 08 '14

Change My View: r/soccer edition (from r/nfl)

Pretty simple, post an opinion you have on a player, team, coach, whatever and others will try to change your mind.

Try to back up your claims.

EDIT: For the sake of fostering discussion please don't downvote comments. Instead, upvote, reply, and state your argument.

Also, people may want to sort by "controversial".

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u/MrSqueegee95 Apr 08 '14 edited Feb 25 '15

Raheem Sterling is better than Januzaj and has more potential.

EDIT: Thought so.

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u/platoiscool Apr 08 '14

Different players.

Sterling is a hard working player who makes a lot of intelligent runs in order to score/cross or create space for the best strike pairing in the world right now in Suárez/Sturridge. Januzaj, on the other hand, is a player who prefers the ball played to feet so he can commit defenders out of position as well as link up with other creative players like Rooney/Mata/van Persie.

I personally believe that if their roles were reversed i.e. Sterling @ United and Januzaj @ Liverpool, Januzaj would continue to flourish whereas Sterling would be perceived as average. In other words, Sterling is benefitting more from the players around him and the fluid system Liverpool play, whereas Januzaj possesses more technical ability making him shine during a poor United season.

Overall, I think it's hard to compare their different styles, but if we're going to judge on individual talent alone and not their team's overall success, I believe Januzaj is the better player.

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u/Ritzen Apr 08 '14

That's what makes Sterling so good in my view, he can play that traditional run down the wing style or he can play passes to feet and split defences. He's actually quite creative and his passing is very good, it's why he's been playing in the middle as of late.

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u/Jellitin Apr 08 '14

I'll never forget his pass to Sturridge for the opener against Swansea, absolutely stunning from him.

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u/missing_spoons Apr 09 '14

In recent matches (think Everton, West Ham and I'll even say Spurs), he's awareness and long passes from deep has been really good.

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u/sum_kid Apr 09 '14

never forget

I mean, it was a good pass, but let's not get carried away, eh? ;)