Most Overrated Player to Play for City

Joe Hart for me.
Lived off his laurels for far too long thanks to VK.
Without someone to clear the ball for him in the six yard box he was truly bobbins on set piece defending.
For such a big guy he was singularly reluctant to leave the haven of his goal line and take responsibility. I can probably recall the number of times I saw him catch a ball on the fingers of one hand.
Being a decent shot stopper was not good enough at this level. As for his distribution....
 
Hart’s golden gloves plus being the spine of trophy winning teams indicates greatness for me. It’s his fall from grace that surprises.
 
Ashleymcduff said:
Joe hart for me, never rated him from the moment he was on loan at brum and he tried to save one with his feet and kicked it in the net, was dreading the game vs Spurs when yaya made his debut Cos all week it was given vs hart who would Mancini pick.

Hart was average goalie at best protected by Mancini defence line, wheels started to come off under pellers when it was apparent he couldn’t get down low to his left
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The game at WHL wasn’t Hart's debut for City. It was against Sheffield Blades in 2006/07.

With him and Barton both in the side, it must have been the first time for decades that we’d had two Joes in the starting XI.
 
Vienna_70 said:
The game at WHL wasn’t Hart's debut for City. It was against Sheffield Blades in 2006/07.

With him and Barton both in the side, it must have been the first time for decades that we’d had two Joes in the starting XI.
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read the post again dummy, I said yaya made his debut
 
BlueTG said:
In contrast to the underrated player thread.

I’ll start with my nomination in recent times.. Nigel De Jong.

Everyone loved him when he came in, because we were bang average and like Zabaleta, he threw his body into everything.
The main difference between those two being, one improved their footballing ability and nous to match their dedication.

De Jong left ground too often, mainly because his positional sense was shit, and he was covering his own arse. I used to cringe when he would go crunching in, sometimes with unnecessary force, and he cost a few players a few years of their careers. If he had played for anyone else, we’d have bemoaned what a dirty player he was.

Oh and his chant was absolutely awful.
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Made a useful contribution on about 93:09.... was great for me
 
The most overrated player(s)

David James, at least one mistake in him every game. Nearly always had to score two at least with him between the sticks.

Richard Dunne, all effort no class or style. Always good for an og though.
 
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