Guest ManDoon Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, Kid Icarus said: Fucking Andy Johnson. God yeah, forgot about that prick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, ManDoon said: Hahahaha. Pele would claim a goal against his own grandkids tbf All the Brazilians were at it. Can't be trusted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said: Tricky thread and topic because there are so many players that could be argued were good, even close to great and yet you don't like them because of x or y and it's all just opinion anyway. Couple more: Mendieta - memory might be playing tricks, quite good at Lazio but can't recall him doing anything for Boro in the 90s and was a Spanish international for ages Marcelo - I don't know if he's "overrated" per se but I think he's absolutely terrible. Positionally a joke, runs around like fucking Benny Hill Won the champions league twice though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ManDoon Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Froggy said: All the Brazilians were at it. Can't be trusted. Romario was so egregious for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, Flip said: Right when I leave this thread, you reel me back in. Fuck off. First real legend of the game. The king of football. Show some respect. Nah.... Obviously good at internationals, but then so was Ali Daei. (yes i know it's not a fair comparison) However Peles club career (not goals scored) is pretty feeble even by 70's standards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 McManaman. Not a great player, definitely overrated at least by the English media. Part of that whole spice boys era at Liverpool. Somehow got a move to Madrid, the skinny floppy haired sod. Shit pundit an aal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ManDoon Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, LionOfGosforth said: McManaman. Not a great player, definitely overrated at least by the English media. Part of that whole spice boys era at Liverpool. Somehow got a move to Madrid, the skinny floppy haired sod. Shit pundit an aal. Massively agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Shearergol said: Won the champions league twice though. Yeah was more a comment on watching him every week at Boro and wondering how/why he was in the Spanish team constantly and not seeing it. I'm sure his trophy haul stands against many though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said: Tricky thread and topic because there are so many players that could be argued were good, even close to great and yet you don't like them because of x or y and it's all just opinion anyway. Couple more: Mendieta - memory might be playing tricks, quite good at Lazio but can't recall him doing anything for Boro in the 90s and was a Spanish international for ages Marcelo - I don't know if he's "overrated" per se but I think he's absolutely terrible. Positionally a joke, runs around like fucking Benny Hill Mendieta turned to garbage after leaving Valencia....probably the most Benitez midfielder in existence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 33 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said: Many will disagree on this one. Bergkamp. I hated him. No personality, like an automaton. Yeah, he was good, reallygood and maybe even great at times but feted to the point it made me puke. Got so sick of seeing that goal he scored against us when he made a mug of Dabizas. Funny thing is, I loved that 2000ish Dutch team. Kluivert, Overmars, Stam, Reiziger, Seedorf, Davids etc My favourite non NUFC Premier League Player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, Colos Short and Curlies said: My favourite non NUFC Premier League Player. Damn, I definitely am not getting many likes on this one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ManDoon Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 His goal against us was largely fluke imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Crouch. Want to talk about stat padding, his England record is the perfect example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Mark Noble Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I feel like a lot of the best players in the world around the turn of the century were a level below the players before or since, so I think the likes of Nedved, Davids, Khan, Owen, Raul, Morientes, Casillas could all be seen as a bit overrated in hindsight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ManDoon Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, Optimistic Nut said: Crouch. Want to talk about stat padding, his England record is the perfect example. The ultimate stat pad, worse than Ronaldo’s at int level Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said: McManaman. Not a great player, definitely overrated at least by the English media. Part of that whole spice boys era at Liverpool. Somehow got a move to Madrid, the skinny floppy haired sod. Shit pundit an aal. Other way around for me, really good player who the Madrid fans apparently have a lot of time for because he was good for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Might be a controversial one but I'm not sure James Ward Prowse is that good outside of his set pieces Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, joeyt said: Might be a controversial one but I'm not sure James Ward Prowse is that good outside of his set pieces Yes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: Mark Noble Nobody rates Mark Noble Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: I feel like a lot of the best players in the world around the turn of the century were a level below the players before or since, so I think the likes of Nedved, Davids, Khan, Owen, Raul, Morientes, Casillas could all be seen as a bit overrated in hindsight. I loved Predrag Mijatovic in that mid-90s Madrid team and I have vivid recollection of Morientes "stealing" his place so disliked him and thought he was a overrated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: Might be a controversial one but I'm not sure James Ward Prowse is that good outside of his set pieces I think the opposite tbh. Think people underrate how good a player he actually is because all people talk about is his free-kicks. Very good passer and engine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfmk2 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Cantona in Europe and pre/post 1995/6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I’ll add Kevin-Prince Boateng to the list, Balotelli is an obvious one, Alexis Sanchez and a recent one is Axel Witsel. Probably controversial (or already said) but Kaka and Pato were massively overrated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: I think the opposite tbh. Think people underrate how good a player he actually is because all people talk about is his free-kicks. Very good passer and engine. Amazing player. Think he’s criminally underrated actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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