Mangala made his debut against Chelsea and Costa never got a sniff. Thought we’d signed a world beater at the timeMangala & Mcpointy.
Both looked absolute world beaters on their debuts for us then completely disappeared
Mangala made his debut against Chelsea and Costa never got a sniff. Thought we’d signed a world beater at the time
Stuart Lee
You were doing so well till you mentioned Ali... sorry but he was classJesus.....
I can’t believe Kinky and De Jong have made in here.
Seriously.
Kinky was fantastic and for far more than 6 or 7 games.
He carried us for a season or two on his own.
De Jong deserved all the plaudits, he was just what we needed in the transition between wannabe and Title winners if only for his will to win attitude, an amazing passer of the ball too not to mention the way he protected the back line.
I’m dumbfounded by both these entrants.
Robinho was a myth before and after he came
I know this won’t be popular but I thought Bernabia was overated and didn’t perform ‘that’ consistently. How many actual games (in the PL) did he make a difference in?
Plus he played against some shite in the Championship where they made him look good imo.
To us, the fans, he was class... behind the scenes, I don't think many players and staff thought so.Chappy is a knob. Mancini was class
This self isolation is playing tricks with your mind If you think Ya Ya was hugely overated... not even the most blinkered fan from any other club would say that.Completely genuine. I think he was and still is hugely overrated as a player (ignoring the off field antics) by some purely because he had as many, if not more, shockingly bad games for us when couldn't be arsed than he had games when he was simply unplayable and like a monster amongst men.
As did George Best if I recall correctly!Buster Phillips got bigged up by the club and press - was supposed to have the potential to be another Pele/George Best etc - think he ended up playing in the pub leagues.
He had the potential to be the best player in world football for 5-6 years, he couldn't be arsed. Some "blinkered fans" and I'll include your good self in that list selectively chose to ignore and dismiss the 3-4 years that he couldn't be arsed.This self isolation is playing tricks with your mind If you think Ya Ya was hugely overated... not even the most blinkered fan from any other club would say that.
To us, the fans, he was class... behind the scenes, I don't think many players and staff thought so.
PS while i respect your opinion, Chappy was far from being a knob
He had the potential to be the best player in world football for 5-6 years, he couldn't be arsed. Some "blinkered fans" and I'll include your good self in that list selectively chose to ignore and dismiss the 3-4 years that he couldn't be arsed.
The rea top players don't suffer with such wild inconsistency; Aguero, Silva, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Zabaleta, Kompany etc...even when they're not playing well you cannot question their effort and professionalism. Hence why I dont put Toure in that same bracket, even though he had more talent than all bar De Bruyne in my opinion.
He's hugely overrated by people who only see the highlights (other clubs fans) because he was capable of moments of genius and they didn't see the other 89 minutes of walking and half arsed attempts at tracking his man, tackling or pressing.
Not a chance.2010 - 2015 thereabouts he was utterly magnificent
Our stand out player, of course he had his off days but fuck me he earned them.
Toure=our GOAT