Wilfried Zaha - Sold to Crystal Palace

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Drainy said:
Yes, when I saw him play against Huddersfield (another game Crystal Palace lost) he did moan quite a bit but you could tell it was because he hates to lose. He also worked a lot harder when they were losing, I was impressed with his determination.
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I like the sound of that. Players that dig deep and try to up their game when we go behind are always a good thing.

The bitching and moaning we can easily cut out if it becomes a problem. What will be telling is how he reacts from going from the star player to someone who has to fight to even get into the team. Sounds like he should push on and work hard once he joins.
 
Dargonk said:
I like the sound of that. Players that dig deep and try to up their game when we go behind are always a good thing.

The bitching and moaning we can easily cut out if it becomes a problem. What will be telling is how he reacts from going from the star player to someone who has to fight to even get into the team. Sounds like he should push on and work hard once he joins.
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I don't understand if he wants to bitch and moan let him bitch and moan. Aslong as it doesn't affect his football so be it. Not every player is the same... Some people just like moaning.
 
How would you lot compare bid technical ability with Raheem Sterling's?
 
He looks bigger then sterling and I think he looks to have better technique. What's impressed me is when he gets 1 on 1 or even 2 on 1, he's seem to be good at finding a yard to get the ball across.
 
I think Zaha looks a bit more tricky than Sterling. Sterling's been made to look better than he is due to getting first team action and to how bad Liverpool's wingers (aka Downing) have been previous to him.
 
Sterling is 3/4 years younger, tbf. Liverpool have another young winger in Jordan Ibe coming through as well who looks a talent.

Zaha is certainly stronger and bigger in general, and stronger in ball control right now. His decision making and workrate/stamina is more advanced as well.
 
Yeah, fair enough. 2 years actually. Dunno, why i thought Sterling was a year younger.

Still at that age 2 years is a lot in terms of development.
 
We can't make too much comparisons or contrasts between Sterling and Zaha at the moment, one's playing at a lower level to the other.
 
Zaha looks stronger, faster and more technical from what I've seen - and has a better shot on him. Not sure what Sterling offers that Zaha don't. Imo, Sterling is an exciting prospect, but just ever so slightly hyped up a bit.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
How would you lot compare bid technical ability with Raheem Sterling's?
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Zaha is bigger and more powerful. Seems to have more in his locker re trickery too.

That said, 2 years is long time at that age and Sterling is already better than Zaha at getting his head up and picking out a pass.
 
Sterling is a decent player but has been overhyped and found out somewhat since he burst onto the scene at the start of the season.

I would wait to see how Zaha does in his first season before talking up Sterling as the better prospect
 
TheReligion said:
Sterling is a decent player but has been overhyped and found out somewhat since he burst onto the scene at the start of the season.

I would wait to see how Zaha does in his first season before talking up Sterling as the better prospect
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Would hardly say that tbh.

He is young and was played too much too early due to them having lack of options. He just fatigued out a little as the intensity is not something he has dealt with before regularly.

It's similar to Will Hughes at Derby for example. Happens with young players all the time, if you overplay them.
 
I think Sterling looks like your average English winger - where as Zaha isn't. Sterling is a good prospect but I think overrated. He's very quick and could be a good player in time. It's not bias, just think he's a lennon type player
 
#Carl said:
Zaha is bigger and more powerful. Seems to have more in his locker re trickery too.

That said, 2 years is long time at that age and Sterling is already better than Zaha at getting his head up and picking out a pass.
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Like this. Sterling is more than a decent young footballer. His maturity and composure on the ball are beyond his age.

Let just say, I won't be disappointed to get Sterling instead of Zaha. Although the former look like a girl.
 
Striker10 said:
I think Sterling looks like your average English winger - where as Zaha isn't. Sterling is a good prospect but I think overrated. He's very quick and could be a good player in time. It's not bias, just think he's a lennon type player
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Sterling is nowhere near as quick as Lennon (was properly outpaced by Kolo Toure I think), so that comparison is a bit strange, imo. I think he would be better served as a winger that cuts inside than one who sprints up and down the wing like a young Giggs.

Sterling is an exciting player though and has great vision for such a young player. He also manages to find space and good goal scoring opportunities - not yet a good finisher though.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
How would you lot compare bid technical ability with Raheem Sterling's?
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Reckon he has more ability than sterling having watched a fair bit of both.
Not sure what the sterling fuss is about yet really.
Quick, young, English. So were Lennon and swp once upon a time.
With his pretty outrageous trickery/feet, assists/crossing ability along with the pace reckon Zaha has more to his game.
 
Zaha looks to have way more power than Sterling. As this season has gone on people have found out that if you lean on Sterling pretty heavily he crumbles under it.
 
From what I've seen Sterling certainly has better technique than Zaha who still looks raw. Having said that in Sterling's dip in form in recent months his control doesnt look quite as good as it did earlier in the season.

Ordinarily I'd say Sterling has a more mature passing game because thats one of the outstanding parts about him. However last time I saw highlights of Zaha and they were posted in this thread, it showed some impressive passing of Zaha's own. So he may have that too
 
I don't get the Sterling hype. Zaha seems much more promising and will probably turn into an exceptional buy after a year or two at United.
 
I'd rather Zaha than Sterling. Zaha to me has qualities that make him a better winger. He's lightning quick and built like a tank so even when his technique fails he's got his pure athleticism. He is a deadly crosser by the looks of things as well, which is perfect for United and he has a bite about his game that I don't think Sterling does. Zaha just seems like a player that will get stuck in and keep on trying.
 
I dont think theres a single thing Zaha has done yet to suggest hes as good as Sterling. Wait till he plays in the premier league first, because for now it just looks like the typical underrating of a Liverpool player who has done more for them than several of our highly rated young players have done for us this season.
 
Zaha will have the benefit of a better footballing education at United, than Sterling will have at Liverpool. Training and playing with top class players day in day out will certainly help him, as will competing year in year out for top honours. I'm pretty sure he'll turn out the better of the two.
 
Ekeke said:
I dont think theres a single thing Zaha has done yet to suggest hes as good as Sterling. Wait till he plays in the premier league first, because for now it just looks like the typical underrating of a Liverpool player who has done more for them than several of our highly rated young players have done for us this season.
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Precisely. Sterling has shown significant promise playing regularly in the PL at 18. He's a composed finisher, very strong technically, can beat his man and generally looks to have a dynamic spark in him. He's fatigued at this point which was inevitable to everyone but Rodgers seemingly, but that shouldn't negate a season of immense progress.
 
AKDevil said:
Reckon he has more ability than sterling having watched a fair bit of both.
Not sure what the sterling fuss is about yet really.
Quick, young, English. So were Lennon and swp once upon a time.
With his pretty outrageous trickery/feet, assists/crossing ability along with the pace reckon Zaha has more to his game.
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Sterling looks quality to me. He's not about pace. I'd say what's impressed me most is his technical ability and decision making. He seems to have a great understanding of what to do when on the ball for a player of his age and unlike the likes of Lennon, he has the close control to actually dribble past players rather than kick and run.
 
I've hardly seen anything of either of them really, so I'm going to judge them based on that in true Caf style.

Zaha looks to have more skills and tricks to beat a man in his locker whilst Sterling is a very quick and agile head down sort of player.
 
Ekeke said:
I dont think theres a single thing Zaha has done yet to suggest hes as good as Sterling. Wait till he plays in the premier league first, because for now it just looks like the typical underrating of a Liverpool player who has done more for them than several of our highly rated young players have done for us this season.
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I agree. Sterling is ahead of Zaha at the moment, he's playing in the premier league for a bigger club. Until we see Zaha in the premiership it's hard to say he's better.
 
The only thing that worries me about Zaha is that I think he has a clumsy look about him, as if he's not fully in control of what he's doing. He might get away with it in the Championship but I'm worried that he'll struggle at first when he comes here. His game definitely needs a lot of work, but he does seem to have all the tools.
 
Sterling hasn't really played regularly as he stopped playing at Christmas. Liverpool have been far better without him also.

Like I said, let's see how both do next season before making all these claims.
 
Phil said:
I've hardly seen anything of either of them really, so I'm going to judge them based on that in true Caf style.

Zaha looks to have more skills and tricks to beat a man in his locker whilst Sterling is a very quick and agile head down sort of player.
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Sterling doesn't look a head down kind of player to me. He actually reminds me a little of Joe Cole strangely enough
 
:lol: why is this Sterling vs Zaha by the way? anyway... I personally think its far too early to tell but honestly, if I could choose between the two of what I have seen it would be very close; but at this moment in time I would opt for Sterling, merely for the fact that Zaha hasn't come up against top teams/players yet.. but time will tell and I'm excited for the future!
 
Sterling seems a bit more naturally gifted to me. On a far smaller scale, it is sort of similar to the Ronaldo/Messi comparison, especially when they were both younger. Both used to go past players with ease, but Messi looked more natural with it. Less tricks, but great close control at speed.
 
Is their a basic rule on the Caf that every player thread must be changed into some type of weird comparison thread?
 
amolbhatia100 said:
Sterling doesn't look a head down kind of player to me. He actually reminds me a little of Joe Cole strangely enough
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That's not the worst comparison if you compare him to a young Joe Cole; both were quick but not lightning. From what I have seen, Sterling reminds me nothing of SWP and Lennon (though Lennon is at least two levels above SWP).
 
I think Sterling looks very like SWP. SWP is rubbish now because his confidence is just completely gone but in the beginning he could pick out a pass much better than someone like Lennon (hence him playing centre mid in his later career), he had a great strike but didn't always have the end product to back it up and his best work was done drifting in centrally.

Zaha looks much more like a proper wide player than Sterling. He can pick out a pass too and obviously looks comfortable in any attacking position but he looks a natural winger in style.
 
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