He was average as a player, but a great character who loved the club and will always be well thought of.
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Most Overrated Player to Play for City
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Georgie Kinkladze, SHOULD have been a world star with his talents, as good as Maradona but was in a team that suffered 2 consecutive relegations and apart from a couple of highlight moments went MIA.
We went down cause we had cross eyed goalkeeper and a free transfer from Exeter who was right footed playing left back , Kinkladze nearly kept us on his own second season he would have kept us up if Royle hadn’t dropped for 6 games , granted he was awful at Port Vale but Royle played him left mid/wing ( joke ) then when we where fucked he brought him back against QPR he scored after 33 seconds overrated no underrated yes , most skilful player ever to wear the shirt .
Fucking loved Kinkladze
With the exception of maybe De Jong and Kinkladze, the vast majority of players chosen are not rated that highly around here. How can you say Mcmanaman was overrated when he's universally despised round these parts as a player? I guess City legend Danny Mills was overrated too.
This thread should have more controversy, given how being overrated works. So in the spirit of that I'll throw a player into the mix: Fernandinho.
Has he been a fantastic player? Of course. Is he a City legend? He should very much be considered one.
But you can still be brilliant and overrated (eg Scholes). Fernandinho just isn't on the level as the likes of Aguero, Silva, De Bruyne, or Kompany. He's a clever, disciplined, all rounded midfielder but he's neither a truly world class defender, or attacker, or midfield general like the players above. In the same way we loved De Jong for his efforts defensively in an attacking side, we really love Fern for his efforts in these super attacking teams he's been in (Plus his growth under Pep has been a great watch).
He was to Touré what De Jong was to Barry. Just as important as Yaya, but not as good.
To be clear, I'm not saying he's anything less than a great player. Just overrated.
This thread should have more controversy, given how being overrated works. So in the spirit of that I'll throw a player into the mix: Fernandinho.
Has he been a fantastic player? Of course. Is he a City legend? He should very much be considered one.
But you can still be brilliant and overrated (eg Scholes). Fernandinho just isn't on the level as the likes of Aguero, Silva, De Bruyne, or Kompany. He's a clever, disciplined, all rounded midfielder but he's neither a truly world class defender, or attacker, or midfield general like the players above. In the same way we loved De Jong for his efforts defensively in an attacking side, we really love Fern for his efforts in these super attacking teams he's been in (Plus his growth under Pep has been a great watch).
He was to Touré what De Jong was to Barry. Just as important as Yaya, but not as good.
To be clear, I'm not saying he's anything less than a great player. Just overrated.
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Might be blasphemy but Joe Hart 2012-2016 was very overrated.
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Steve Daley and Buster Philips.....utter shite.
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Cheers. I trust your iircs more than I trust my iircs!Drink driving related iirc.
Bodak didn’t get a hat-trick in that game, but he scored a great lob to finish the game off at 3-1. Was at home and I think it was the 4th round, 1981/2, the season after we were runners up (all iirc!)
My mind is fading but I was in the Kippax that day. Over the shoulder volley??A majority of the time with us when "fit" he was exceptional, a debut made in heaven and a goal against Wolves at Maine Road, I think on Boxing Day that was a worldie. Happy days.
exactly, incredible goal and I think we went top as a result.My mind is fading but I was in the Kippax that day. Over the shoulder volley??
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Oh I don’t know about that; my iircs ain’t what they used to be!Cheers. I trust your iircs more than I trust my iircs!
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We went down cause we had cross eyed goalkeeper and a free transfer from Exeter who was right footed playing left back , Kinkladze nearly kept us on his own second season he would have kept us up if Royle hadn’t dropped for 6 games , granted he was awful at Port Vale but Royle played him left mid/wing ( joke ) then when we where fucked he brought him back against QPR he scored after 33 seconds overrated no underrated yes , most skilful player ever to wear the shirt .
Fucking loved Kinkladze
A young lad from eastern europe who came in to one of the least professional clubs in the country. Full of piss heads at that point. What would he have become if he had joined us under a decent manager and set up. We were such a mess at that point.
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Cheers. I trust your iircs more than I trust my iircs!
There you go, mate. Got fuck all to do, after all! Still unclear when we score, though!
There you go, mate. Got fuck all to do, after all! Still unclear when we score, though!
It was 2-0 at half time and we scored in the second half to bring it back to 2-1. I'd completely forgotten our goal but having seen in the BM history section that Kevin Bond scored it (https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Matches/Match.aspx?id=3472), I vaguely seem to recall that it was a penalty. Might be wrong about that, though.
My memory is that, having been dreadful all afternoon, we actually started to play a bit after pulling one back but the rally was stopped in its tracks when Asa Hartford got sent off for lamping someone off the ball in full view of the linesman. That goal by Bodak came right at the end.
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There you go, mate. Got fuck all to do, after all! Still unclear when we score, though!
'Kin hell, Gordon I didn't need to be optically reacquainted with Peter fuckin Bodak! Great find though...
Bit worrying that "English" has "come down with flu..."
YaYa you must be baiting, Kolo totally agree.Toure, both of them.
Steve Daley was decent but the price tag destroyed him and the club.Steve Daley and Buster Philips.....utter shite.
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Such an iircsome post.Oh I don’t know about that; my iircs ain’t what they used to be!
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I can always rely on you to be an even bigger City geek than me, mate!It was 2-0 at half time and we scored in the second half to bring it back to 2-1. I'd completely forgotten our goal but having seen in the BM history section that Kevin Bond scored it (https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Matches/Match.aspx?id=3472), I vaguely seem to recall that it was a penalty. Might be wrong about that, though.
My memory is that, having been dreadful all afternoon, we actually started to play a bit after pulling one back but the rally was stopped in its tracks when Asa Hartford got sent off for lamping someone off the ball in full view of the linesman. That goal by Bodak came right at the end.
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.YaYa you must be baiting, Kolo totally agree.