Most Overrated Player to Play for City

Tim of the Oak said:
He was a decent player tbf but the situation was toxic. Kevin's performances were OK but his Dad had ruined the dressing room is signing "Spec". John Bond was also given a hard time several local players, including Dave Bennett. I recall coming out of Maine Road one Saturday and there was a small protest on the forecourt. It was the time of the Falklands War and we (my Mum, r kid and I) joined the protestors in signing send John Bond to the Argentines doo daa etc.
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Dave Bennett was a good kid, his old fella worked at Heaton Chapel railway station.
 
Keeper! said:
Dave Bennett was a good kid, his old fella worked at Heaton Chapel railway station.
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Yes Dave is a great lad. He mentioned to Bondy that he wouldn't reach his peak until he was 24, who took exception to this and didn't give Dave a fair crack of the whip after that.
 
shevtheblue said:
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.
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Kaka was and it would have been interesting to see what would have happened(or indeed David Villa), but at the end of the day you can only sign players that will come to you and in the case of Kaka we tried pretty damn hard to sign him! Its fair to say most if not all our early signings of this current era tended to be players with question-marks over them Silva was too small for the English game, Yaya was a defensive midfielder that we paid way over the odds for, Aguero would be back in Spain before the season finished and Tevez while a fine player wasn't without a whole ton of baggage, we really did amazingly well, The media want to paint it as we just threw money at everything but we really did great business
 
DontLookBackInAnger said:
Kaka was and it would have been interesting to see what would have happened(or indeed David Villa), but at the end of the day you can only sign players that will come to you and in the case of Kaka we tried pretty damn hard to sign him! Its fair to say most if not all our early signings of this current era tended to be players with question-marks over them Silva was too small for the English game, Yaya was a defensive midfielder that we paid way over the odds for, Aguero would be back in Spain before the season finished and Tevez while a fine player wasn't without a whole ton of baggage, we really did amazingly well
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Bottled ittttttttt
 
Ederson. He is good goalkeeper, but the thread is about overrated and many here say he is the best goalkeeper on the world and he is nowhere near that.
 
DontLookBackInAnger said:
Kaka was and it would have been interesting to see what would have happened(or indeed David Villa), but at the end of the day you can only sign players that will come to you and in the case of Kaka we tried pretty damn hard to sign him! Its fair to say most if not all our early signings of this current era tended to be players with question-marks over them Silva was too small for the English game, Yaya was a defensive midfielder that we paid way over the odds for, Aguero would be back in Spain before the season finished and Tevez while a fine player wasn't without a whole ton of baggage, we really did amazingly well, The media want to paint it as we just threw money at everything but we really did great business
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I wanted to see David Villa to come here for a few months and be part of the squad when the season stopped playing in America, he still had class
 
ballinio said:
Of course , my mistake ...4
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Is this the same YaYa who has been involved in all the memorable cup semi finals,finals and league success over a five year period we are talking about here.
He was our best big game player since he signed for about 5 years and was great week in and out.
Okay he was an arsehole some times but his record on the pitch when it mattered is hard to beat.
 
bluesteel said:
Shaun Goater, always thought he was proper shit and almost never hit the ball cleanly.
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Over rated? He was ridiculed by all and sundry in his first season with us. No one rated him

He totally turned it round with hard work and endevour. The amount of times he bailed us out with winning goals was unbelieveable. We would not be in the position we are in now without his goals dragging us kicking and screaming through the divisions.

I just don't understand where you get over rated from in regards to the goat as absolutely no one rated him in the beginning what so ever. I don't think there is a single player who has changed opinion as much as the Goat has.

He cost 360K and scored over 100 goals for us and you think he is over rated? What more could you possibly want out of him? His 3 goals against United alone were worth more than what we paid for him.
We actually made money on what we paid for him, when we sold him. I can't think of any other 30+ year old that we have sold and made money on.

His impact and contribution for our club in under rated imo. If anyone deserves cult status, it is the goat. He might not have been the most elegant footballer we have ever had, but he us arguably the most important imo.
 
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bennyboy said:
Is this the same YaYa who has been involved in all the memorable cup semi finals,finals and league success over a five year period we are talking about here.
He was our best big game player since he signed for about 5 years and was great week in and out.
Okay he was an arsehole some times but his record on the pitch when it mattered is hard to beat.
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The treble last season was won without Yaya. De Bruyne is unplayable at the moment. He has the marks of a legend if he keeps it up.
 
bennyboy said:
Is this the same YaYa who has been involved in all the memorable cup semi finals,finals and league success over a five year period we are talking about here.
He was our best big game player since he signed for about 5 years and was great week in and out.
Okay he was an arsehole some times but his record on the pitch when it mattered is hard to beat.
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Yaya was a big match player , the bigger the game the better he played , he was a colossus for our club at his peak and he could take penalties.
 
Threads are arse when people give their opinion and people storm in and pile on them.

Bit of a pointless thread if people can't be open about what they think.
 
peoffrey said:
The treble last season was won without Yaya. De Bruyne is unplayable at the moment. He has the marks of a legend if he keeps it up.
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Most of the quadruple season was played without De Bruyne with his niggling injuries.
 
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