Sterling - “I don’t know if the belief is there…”

[Dogs Of War 1690]

Showing some clear emotion in that interview - it’s essential that we start playing him in the centre of midfield from Sunday onwards.

 

[Derek76]

Of course it would be a different reaction if the team Capt says it as he is the guy that's meant to be helping his team mates have the belief we can win the title!

ok then , so if your opinion anyone who is not the captain is ok to say it.

Also , to be clear, I have no issue at all at Sterling saying this

 

[prenzlauerbear]

A welcome departure from the usual platitudinous bollocks. I'm sure that'll ruffle a few feathers in the dressing room.

 

[Sterling8]

Tbf Tav and goldson don’t strike me as the galvanising types. Might be wrong but if one of the players is coming out saying that then it shows the mentality in that dressing room for me.

Just proves to me even more the senior leadership team are absolutely done at Rangers now and need emptied before poisoning the dressing room.

 

[IsaacClarke]

At last, some proper honesty. No garbage soundbites that we usually hear.

 

[IrvineLoyal]

In amongst a sea of mediocrity this boy at least gives me some hope for the future.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

A welcome departure from the usual platitudinous bollocks. I'm sure that'll ruffle a few feathers in the dressing room.

He'll probably be sub at weekend now when he should be centre mid.

 

[PolmontLoyal1872]

Bingo

What a shambles.

The bit that’s annoying me more is they won’t even feel any shame in it.

 

[All of the Lights]

How this has changed within a matter of weeks is baffling. Something must have happened behind the scenes.

That excuse always gets made for this bunch when they sh*t the bed. No explanation required imo, other than we are a terrible side with a weak mentality.

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

Should be one of the senior players infront of the press, not Sterling

Says exactly how fans are seeing it. Fair play to him

 

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

Could've sworn he was LB on Sunday too...

It's the root core that have bottled it time and again - what part of this aren't you getting?

You do understand what hardly means?
The root core, 3 players, what the %^*& are the other 8 doing then?

 

[inigo]

Should be in the middle and the spine of the team next season.

In fact start it for the remainder of this season

If Clement can't see that he is a goner

 

[The Sultan]

That dressing room is an absolute embarrassment. Can you imagine them coming up against the team in the 90s? Bunch of wee laddies would’ve burst into tears.

 

[SPRINGBOIG LOYAL]

I think that says it all about the leadership within that group

They’re not the problem though

 

[Bluerhap]

Thank %^*& we have a captain their

If only we could have a Captain who could speak as clearly and honestly as that.

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

Canny believe a young boy who’s been here not even a full season has had to come out and say that when the supposed experienced pros sit in the changing room feeling sorry for themselves

Bravery on Sterlings part but shows the senior players up for the cowards they are. Tav, Goldson or Lundstram should be demanding one of them went in front of the camera

 

[Recoba]

who are the losers?

You really need to ask ?

 

[Blueranger1872]

How this has changed within a matter of weeks is baffling. Something must have happened behind the scenes.

They said we bottled it vs Limassol then we beat Betis in Spain. It’s the same players, same level of ability.

It’s hard to see how they can’t have confidence against County and Dundee

 

[Orange Peel]

A welcome departure from the usual platitudinous bollocks. I'm sure that'll ruffle a few feathers in the dressing room.

Take a bow sir.
What a magnificent word.

 

[Recoba]

People wanted Goldson gone for the same comments minutes after his interview at Hampden

Sterling doesn't have years of being a serial loser on his CV like Goldson does.

He's a young guy calling the team out for being pish.

It's about time someone said it instead of the bullshit we have been fed recently.

 

[Wordy_Rappinghood]

Well it certainly confirms what we were all thinking.

 

[possilbear2]

A bit of honesty at last..

 

[Davie Weir]

If only we could have a Captain who could speak as clearly and honestly as that.

He did and got abuse for it.

I’m fact, he still gets abuse for it.

 

[Kirbys House]

You do understand what hardly means?

15 starts from 33 league games, bit more than hardly.

The root core, 3 players, what the %^*& are the other 8 doing then?

Underperforming of course, most of them need chased too.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Fucking Timmy porn as well.

But his honesty is refreshing, and at least he’s calling it he, and we all, see it.

 

[captcaveman]

ok then , so if your opinion anyone who is not the captain is ok to say it.

Also , to be clear, I have no issue at all at Sterling saying this

You said, it would be different if Tav said it and I clearly replied to you that as the club Captain, he is the guy that should be building his team mates up and building the team spirit in the dressing room with his talk to the team...It makes me wonder what is he saying or not saying to build team spirit?


Sterling has just been honest here and at least he recognises he and his team mates have let the fans and themselves down with their lacklustre performances.

 

[eeboh]

Give that man the armband.

 

[Adamski82]

We need the loser element gone before it infiltrates the newer players that Clement brought in.

Time is up for many. Go forth and make a great living in the English championship where you can blend in. The weight of expectation weighs too heavily on some that are here. If you can't deal with that you should not be at this club.

 

[Bluerhap]

He did and got abuse for it.

I’m fact, he still gets abuse for it.

No he said they couldn’t handle the pressure from smaller teams. Very different.

 

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

15 starts from 33 league games, bit more than hardly.


Underperforming of course, most of them need chased too.

"Borna hardly plays now"

Thanks.

 

[Trident660]

Goldsons comments after losing at Hampden and Taverniers programme notes are referenced regularly on here.

And what a pile of crap those comments were from both of them.

 

[PolmontLoyal1872]

He did and got abuse for it.

I’m fact, he still gets abuse for it.

They get abuse for it still because they have never improved on it also sure it was they couldn’t handle it. They continue to do the exact same shite every season. Then throw out the same stupid sound bites

 

[captcaveman]

People wanted Goldson gone for the same comments minutes after his interview at Hampden

Its totally different! Goldson is an experienced professional that had played for us for a while when he said the Hibs comments and wasnt he also vice Captain of the team?

 

[Godrup99]

I certainly don't blame Sterling for this collapse. He tries and he had the bravery to face that interview too.

Midfield every game for me. He also wasn't great but he fought unlike some other wimps.

 

[linthousebear1981]

Well done to him being open and honest, doesn't make it better but its so much better than hearing "oh we are disappointed, we need learn and learn quickly". Not a media trained answer.

 

[Blootoonboy]

Younger players still hungry for the title and the senior leadership group not having the same belief?

 

[King Baldwin IV]

Saying “I don’t know if the belief is there” out loud to the media with 6 games to go is insane imo.

Have the players lost the plot?

 

[Cooper's left peg]

The difference with this lad is that there is a level of genuine emotion and a sincerity in his voice and what he is saying.

This is not the case with others who have gone before him.

We are all Dujon Sterling !!

 

[TerryMunro]

Quite damning really. A player in our team has informed us that as a collective group they don’t believe they can win a league title. What’s the point in any of us spending our hard earned cash on TV subscriptions or season tickets if our players just don’t believe they can win the league. If he could ask the great leadership group if they would be up for it for next season that’ll be great, save us any disappointment when the same group of players decide to jack it.

 

[Realger34]

Keep him and Butland, The rest can find new clubs.

 

[captcaveman]

Goldsons comments after losing at Hampden and Taverniers programme notes are referenced regularly on here.

Just so I understand you here, you are trying to equate the honesty from a young player with the words from Tav , the club Captain who is meant help lead by example and keep the team spirit up. You also mention the words from Goldson, a very experiences older player who Im sure was vice Captain of the team, again the guy who along with Tav should have been playing out their skin and trying to keep spirits up at half time in that Hibs match?

 

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

It's refreshing to hear, it just means big Phill is going to have to deal with it in his press conference.

 

[Jelle1880]

It's clear for us all to see, but it proves that the doubts about the leadership in that team are valid.

 

[renfrewger]

Well done lad. Felt sorry for him on the pitch yesterday with the disaster around him. Same for McCausland actually, when he came on one of the first things he was doing was picking up the slack in our midfield, think it was Lawrence who just completely backed off

 

[BajanBear]

"The togetherness is still there" He sounded genuine about that which is at least one good thing.

 

[Rangers daft]

Refreshing to hear honesty rather than we're disappointed and we'll learn from it and move on pish we usually get subjected to. Sterling one of the few I'd keep around after the summer. Should be our starting defensive midfielder. Boys got everything

 

[Cooper's left peg]

Keep him and Butland, The rest can find new clubs.

This.

 

[GodStruth]

And now we have a ‘story’ in the lead-up to the game, all due to the nonsense the manager spoke.

Clement will be asked about it in the press conference - is he going to publicly disagree with Sterling?

I wish you'd wind your neck in about the manager. Painfully repetitive

 

[Kentbear]

66% of the ball and 17 goal attempts was our stats last night, if I was not watching the shitshow in front of me, going by stats only I would have thought we battered them.
Well done Dujon.

 

[Derek76]

You said, it would be different if Tav said it and I clearly replied to you that as the club Captain, he is the guy that should be building his team mates up and building the team spirit in the dressing room with his talk to the team...It makes me wonder what is he saying or not saying to build team spirit?


Sterling has just been honest here and at least he recognises he and his team mates have let the fans and themselves down with their lacklustre performances.

Do you not think that the captain thinks he has let the fans down?