What I’m saying is; instead of blindly hero-worshiping someone for saving us from the brink of oblivion with one goal, just pause to consider their role in contributing to us falling towards that brink when averaging 4.6 goals a seasons in mainly the lower tiers…So what you're saying is...
If we had better players we wouldnt have been so bad?
Hmm. Cant dispute that i guess!
Cult heroes don’t tend to be the best players. I think Dickov falls into that category.What I’m saying is; instead of blindly hero-worshiping someone for saving us from the brink of oblivion with one goal, just pause to consider their role in contributing to us falling towards that brink when averaging 4.6 goals a seasons in mainly the lower tiers…
Remembering Dickov for that one goal is a little bit like remembering Fred West for his construction work
Kompany was a great footballer and an iconic player for us, but not a great defender; outside of Mancini’s well drilled, low block defensive unit his lack of awareness got exposed in a higher line. He was horrific in Europe aswell.
He’s a lot like Gerrard in the sense the armband, the winning goals and the physicality masked a lot of their shared flaws - it’s no coincidence both clubs have gone up a level in the absence of their egos and erratic presence on the pitch.
What I’m saying is; instead of blindly hero-worshiping someone for saving us from the brink of oblivion with one goal, just pause to consider their role in contributing to us falling towards that brink when averaging 4.6 goals a seasons in mainly the lower tiers…
When did we sign him?Salah.
I’m not saying people shouldn’t love him, mate.Firstly you made his record look worse than it was. I'd say he had 3 or 4 'proper' seasons with us. If you look at his goalscoring record for us, he averaged 1 in 5 - so it would be about 7 per season. Not great no, but he wasnt there for his goals. He did the work, Goater got the goals. And during our drop we had a ton of problems bigger than him.
He isnt overrated because absolutely zero people think he was a brilliant player. But we love him because he tried his arse off and bagged probably the most important goal in our history.
We can love a player and still think he was a bit shit. Which is just as well, because for a long while thats all we had.
Nearly all of this newbie’s posts have a dig at some player or other, past or present. A bit sniffyAbsolutely weird some of you lot.