KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Raheem Sterling Training with First Team

Your correct. His traveled but not been on the bench

he is being prepared for next season.

Does travelling with the team really that helpful? If anything If I was in his shoes I will be more and more disappointed by being left to dry time and time again. He needs game time, thats the only thing that matters.

gets him used to fully being a first team member of the suqad, the training alone with players like gerrard suarez maxi would improve him.

I have to admit I think Dalglish is handling him right, and he will get game time this season.

am hoping its not just the 9mins his got already

It's about him learning the atmosphere, the team talks and tactics etc pre during and after the match so he can learn how to deal with similar situations next season.

Also helps if he gets used to the banter in the changing rooms early and can make m8s in the 1st team.

Good to see honestly as it helps the youth players settle quicker in the team when they do start to play.

exactly so that next season it done not daunt him, being around those first team players.

Bring your youth through slowly, so that by the time they are regulars they have no pressure and everything is familiar etc. Which may explain why the new purchases struggled to fit in due to the total change of culture etc - they came in with heavy pressure and everything was "alien". We hoped they would settle immediately - but maybe the English players aren't as adaptable as we'd like to think.

Agree. It's how it was in the old days. If I remember correctly, even new signings hardly ever went straight into the first team. You had to spend a few weeks on the sidelines, and a couple of bench appearances at least to earn a first team place.

Sterling could also give downing the confidence he needs to become a good player....