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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby freshie » Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:30 am

Burt wrote:
freshie wrote:What's this about Scholes' missus and van horseface?


If you remember a few years ago he was missing for a few months with an "unexplained issue". Taggart squirmed every time he was asked about it but basically Horseface was shagging his missus and that's why he was sold at the end of that season and Scholes miraculously was fit and healthy again.

All allegedly of course and it was kept well under wraps.........................


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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Dameerto » Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:46 am

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ColinBell8 wrote:Jack Wilshire is the first name that comes to mind, never understood why the media fawn over him.

The media are responsible for a lot of them though. Jamie Vardy is one this year, a couple of years ago it was Michu & you only have to string a couple of decent games together if you play for Arsenal, Liverpool or U****d & the media will turn you into an over night sensation .

Wilshire is a good shout. Never quite understood the love in for Dalglish either. Scoring 1 in 3 for the best team in the land at the time who won the league year after year is hardly world class material. Remember Lee Dixon commentating on his return to the dippers when asked about him said "Dalglish? The best ever wasn't he?" No, Lee, he fucking wasn't.

I rate him as a player - or rather I rated him but that was before he became a cnut of a human being and developed questionable motivation. On his day he was one of the best attacking midfielders in the Prem.
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Wonderwall » Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:48 am

Dameerto wrote:
nottsblue wrote:
ColinBell8 wrote:Jack Wilshire is the first name that comes to mind, never understood why the media fawn over him.

The media are responsible for a lot of them though. Jamie Vardy is one this year, a couple of years ago it was Michu & you only have to string a couple of decent games together if you play for Arsenal, Liverpool or U****d & the media will turn you into an over night sensation .

Wilshire is a good shout. Never quite understood the love in for Dalglish either. Scoring 1 in 3 for the best team in the land at the time who won the league year after year is hardly world class material. Remember Lee Dixon commentating on his return to the dippers when asked about him said "Dalglish? The best ever wasn't he?" No, Lee, he fucking wasn't.

I rate him as a player - or rather I rated him but that was before he became a cnut of a human being and developed questionable motivation. On his day he was one of the best attacking midfielders in the Prem.


Wilshire is a magnificent player on his day and would come straight into this team and play like he has been here for years, he would slot in seamlessly. However, he would be spending most of his time with Vinny at the quacks.
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby PeterParker » Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:47 am

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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Slim » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:45 am

Ohh, I've got one, Dani fucking Alves, always thought he was a below average defender and if he wasn't so good going forward he'd have been shipped years ago.
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby ColinBell8 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:00 pm

RodneyRodney wrote:Beckham.
Carroll.
Bobby Shinton.
Stuart Lee,
Barry Silkman.


My god....Bobby Shinton, Stuart Lee & Barry Silkman. I'm having some seriously bad flashbacks now!!

On a City theme how about Steve Daley, 'Buster' Phillips & Barry Conlon
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Wonderwall » Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:08 pm

ColinBell8 wrote:
RodneyRodney wrote:Beckham.
Carroll.
Bobby Shinton.
Stuart Lee,
Barry Silkman.


My god....Bobby Shinton, Stuart Lee & Barry Silkman. I'm having some seriously bad flashbacks now!!

On a City theme how about Steve Daley, 'Buster' Phillips & Barry Conlon


Record signing and multi million pound player Lee B..... no I am not even going to bother
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby barryconlonsbaldspot » Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:43 pm

ColinBell8 wrote:
RodneyRodney wrote:Beckham.
Carroll.
Bobby Shinton.
Stuart Lee,
Barry Silkman.


My god....Bobby Shinton, Stuart Lee & Barry Silkman. I'm having some seriously bad flashbacks now!!

On a City theme how about Steve Daley, 'Buster' Phillips & Barry Conlon


Haha I don't recall anyone ever thinking Super Barry Conlon as anything other than not very good!
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Hazy2 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:47 pm

Anelka..
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Mike J » Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:58 pm

Hazy2 wrote:Anelka..


He was a great striker IMO.
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Hazy2 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:22 pm

Mike J wrote:
Hazy2 wrote:Anelka..


He was a great striker IMO.


Taught Adeybeyor all he knows get the deal and watch the money roll in, good player never great and IMO never wanted to be great, just rich. Nasri the same ?
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Slim » Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:46 pm

ColinBell8 wrote:
RodneyRodney wrote:Beckham.
Carroll.
Bobby Shinton.
Stuart Lee,
Barry Silkman.


My god....Bobby Shinton, Stuart Lee & Barry Silkman. I'm having some seriously bad flashbacks now!!

On a City theme how about Steve Daley, 'Buster' Phillips & Barry Conlon


If we're bringing up City, Kolarov.
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Mase » Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:49 pm

Slim wrote:
ColinBell8 wrote:
RodneyRodney wrote:Beckham.
Carroll.
Bobby Shinton.
Stuart Lee,
Barry Silkman.


My god....Bobby Shinton, Stuart Lee & Barry Silkman. I'm having some seriously bad flashbacks now!!

On a City theme how about Steve Daley, 'Buster' Phillips & Barry Conlon


If we're bringing up City, Kolarov.


Only one person in the whole world rates him. And that's because everyone else in the world are blind! Blind I tell ya!
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Mase » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:20 pm

Jerome Boateng has become vastly overrated in recent years. He was the biggest bottle job I've seen since Nigel Clough for us!
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Moonchesteri » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:52 pm

LoveCityHateUtd wrote:Always though victor valdes was very shit, could never understand how nobody else noticed it. Wrongly gets a lot of credit for being a good passer, was actually quite shit at everything, the team carried him for years.


Great shout and spot on.
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Moonchesteri » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:53 pm

dazby wrote:Dirk Kuyt


Another great shout. I never understood why people rated him
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby iwasthere2012 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:12 pm

Robbie Keane.















Nah. Just kidding, it's Beckham really.
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby everyonehatesus » Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:51 pm

Joe Cole has to be up there, always talked about and never came through. His England caps were a waste of time
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby Ezz » Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:27 pm

Hate to say it... But SWP? Excellent for us, earned us 21 million but the move was the wrong one for him and he never lived up to the price tag
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Re: Most overrated footballers in history

Postby iwasthere2012 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:57 pm

Damien Duff.















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