What a depressing thread. Most overrated player? ‘Yaya’.
My good God.
I’m off to my book.
I actually thought he was a very decent player, but is was a crazy decision by his father to bring him to us in the first place, especially at the cost of crowd favorite Nicky Reids first team place.Kevin Bond (but don’t let GDM Know)!!
I'm not saying he wasn't a good player, but Robinho was rated as a 'Galactico' which puts him in Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo territory. When he came through at Santos he was going to be one of the best players ever, i personally never saw it. He was never going to reach the heights he was rated at, IMHO.I have an issue with this one, the guy was with us basically 18 months was our top goal scorer in his first year, having missed the first month of the season(and I think forth in the league, although I might be wrong on that)and then spent most of the next half season at the club injured. He looked a really good player for much of the first year, his issues started after the allegations related to a night out in Leeds over the New Year of that first season and lets be far who hasn't had a crap night out in Leeds in their lifetime.
I still reckon he was the best player I ever say in a City shirt. He was on a different level to any other player we had at that time.
Good call, he just ran about like a headless chicken and always said the right things in interviews, a complete fraud.I thought Alf Inge Haaland was rubbish for us but most people seemed to rate him.
I hear what you are saying, but for me he was an important transition from singing players like Tal Ben Haim to your Yaya Toure's and David Silva's pf this world. Basically we had gone 30 years not competing at the top table going back to players like Steve Daley, Trevor Francis both who at the time had been wanted by pretty much all the major clubsI'm not saying he wasn't a good player, but Robinho was rated as a 'Galactico' which puts him in Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo territory. When he came through at Santos he was going to be one of the best players ever, i personally never saw it. He was never going to reach the heights he was rated at, IMHO.
Where did he carry us to though?
Stop being a drama queen and playing to the audience; it's nothing to do with re-writing history (the stats pre Jan 2016 were already pretty conclusive). Our difference of opinion is purely on the value we place on consistency.I see we’ve resorted to re-writing history.
Your longevity and consistency argument may have some credibility, but the thread is about being overrated.
By your own admission and harsh assessment you say he was ‘good’ for 3 seasons.
He wasn’t good.
He was an absolute colossus, a beast, unplayable, immovable, unflappable and a World Class genius......and he wore our shirt.
VK agrees.
We simply cannot and will never agree.
Oh i agree with this, don't get me wrong. But the question was who is the most overrated player, not the worst player. He was a desperate signing for us, as has been detailed by Gary Cook, we literally just needed a name. For example, Kaka was 10x the player that Robinho was and he would have been able to handle the premier league for a longer period. But as a comparison between the two in terms of where they were rated, Robinho was rated much higher at youth and early in his career at Real Madrid than Kaka was at Milan.I hear what you are saying, but for me he was an important transition from singing players like Tal Ben Haim to your Yaya Toure's and David Silva's pf this world. Basically we had gone 30 years not competing at the top table going back to players like Steve Daley, Trevor Francis both who at the time had been wanted by pretty much all the major clubs
The reason most people especially outside City see him as a failure at the club(I recently saw a video on YouTube that listed him as City's worst ever signing! honestly I can name 30 without thinking about it!!). This perception, in my view comes about for two main reasons the media was desperate for City to fail and Robinho was the first prime target(you only have to look at the abuse Yaya got in the media after signing)and secondly Hughes used the media to cover his own shortcomings as a manager, our away record sucked because we had a lazy Brazilian in the team, when in point of fact our away record sucked with whoever Hughes put in the team and to prove that point he then moved to Fulham and their away record sucked too!
Just wait a mo, and put yer book down! Didn't Merson say he'd never heard of him when we bought him? Was it Merson or another clown? There must be summat in it - forget those majestic goals at Wembley, forget the MotM at Newcastle, all the penalties, the total domination of midfield - if Merson hadn't heard of him he mustn't have been much good.
Yaya was never moved in because no club could afford his wages. He had an attitude problem and only Pep had the go ahead to drop him. I bet there were contract clauses galore to guarantee him certain things. Like Tevez, his time with us will be forever tainted. Aguero is a legend. Yaya is not.
Correct... same with me, and imo you won't get anyone on here that agrees with his opinion of Ya YaI see we’ve resorted to re-writing history.
Your longevity and consistency argument may have some credibility, but the thread is about being overrated.
By your own admission and harsh assessment you say he was ‘good’ for 3 seasons.
He wasn’t good.
He was an absolute colossus, a beast, unplayable, immovable, unflappable and a World Class genius......and he wore our shirt.
VK agrees.
We simply cannot and will never agree.
I disagree. Yaya will be talked about by Blues in 50 years time. He is forever a legend of our club.
I actually thought he was a very decent player, but is was a crazy decision by his father to bring him to us in the first place, especially at the cost of crowd favorite Nicky Reids first team place.
The word legend is so overused these days. I look at Kompany, Silva, Aguero and even De Bruyne as legends. Yaya always struck me as having at attitude and also provided some chequered moments.
Fifty years is a bit ambitious. I’m 40 and was maybe 31 when we signed Yaya. Will I be talking about him at 90? I may not be alive!
Yaya is up there will Bell as our greatest ever player.
I prefer Silva and Aguero. We’re doing fine without him.