Most overrated City player ever?

salford blue 62 said:
You must be taking the piss.
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His character was just what we needed at the time but as the team progressed his limitations as a footballer became clear. He was replaced by a superior footballer in Gareth Barry who in turn was replaced by a superior footballer in Fernandinho. But for years after de Jong's departure fans still used to post on here saying "we never really replaced de Jong" , "what this team needs now is a player like de Jong". Normally from fans of a certain age who above all else want their midfielders to get "stuck in".
 
Hmm I don't like this meanspirited thread already there's lot of bashing going and crazy views on legends here and players who grafted their arse off but lets join in eh, overrated is a strong word but I'll call out a grafter a fairly good but certainly hyped up player while here one Garry Flitcroft.
Yeah it seems out of nowhere but after his spell at Bury some were drawing strange similarities saying he was the new Colin Bell (only real similarity is Bell played there) plus he was a future England international, good leadership qualities great engine all round box to box midfielder, he was mature beyond his years we hyped him up bigtime mainly because we desperately missed Paul Lake and we needed someone new to believe in.



We'd all agree that Garry Flitcroft was a pretty good steely determined footballer hardworking and a good all rounder what you want in the middle of a park as an example to teammates but we expected so much more than he actually achieved, we (most fans here who saw him) expected dozens of England caps because he developed very fast while young but then he hit his level fairly quickly too he was mentally strong, but in reality he wasn't a much improved player post 21/22 was he? I'm saying he's overrated but in a nicer way than most are here he was our young local hope not long before the truly bad days started.



In spite of his own technical limitations he probably deserved a few England caps and he would've been capped by England under Sven while enjoying a good long consistent spell captaining Blackburn, he'd won an admirer in Sven as they won League Cup albeit Garry was suspended for final but he was their main man a Mr reliable club captain who helped lift the trophy, what stopped his England career before it even started (before and during a World Cup year) is he was caught in a couple scandalous affairs after the media hacked his phone and once it became public Garry was supposedly barred from selection for bringing the game into disrepute by FA chiefs, that despite Mr Burns lookalike Sven who somehow turned women's knickers into Yo-Yo's later getting caught in more affairs than you've got fingers... well unless you're from Liverpool of course.
 
Kinkladze by a mile

I also feel Kompany is a bit overrated. Brilliant for 2010-2014 but became somewhat of a walking red card waiting to happen in the later years.

Saved it with two late end of season runs in 2018 and 2019 and the Leicester goal coming back into the team, but the reality was he was injured for well over half the premier league games in those seasons (30 PL starts in 2 years).
 
I think Mick Channon is a good shout, he just never looked right in a city shirt, seemed to spend a lot of time sat on his backside & if he ever did score that celebration waving his arm around was just cringy,
A very good player for Southampton but sadly not for us.
Another player I could never take to was Graham Baker, he seemed to be with us for years & played loads of games but I dont ever remember him doing anything that was any good?
 
I remember Jovetic from Pellegrini days I think. Was rated by quite many but never really looked like a top player for me.

At the risk of offending people I'll also add 1 from current crop - Foden. Obviously good player but not quite as great as the fanbase makes him out to be for me.
 
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