Most Overrated Player to Play for City

[ballinio]

For all our available budget I thought Samaras was garbage
Hard to beat Bony though , terrible buy

 

[Blue Hefner]

Buster Philips...... of modern times Shay Given

Shay Given was man of the match on his debut and was an improvement on what we had before. He had his flaws but I don’t think he was overrated

 

[Blue Hefner]

I thought Alf Inge Haaland was rubbish for us but most people seemed to rate him.

Greay shout. I never saw it in him - Keane injuring him seem to have clouded people’s memory. He was shite

 

[Blue Hefner]

Good shout. Typically he destroyed us the season before for Swansea, so we bought him. Thought it was just what we needed sadly despite sticking with him and just waiting for him to turn it on , he didn't. Big failure, not done much since

We should never have bought him. I could see it a mile off - If Dzecko couldn't work in the team there was no chance Bony ever would.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Santa Cruz

Who rated him, other than Mark Hughes?

 

[peoffrey]

Some major misunderstandings on here. Bony wasn’t rated by anyone and neither was Santa Cruz.

 

[Mcfc S71]

Never forget sitting behind him when he was on the bench for us at Maine Road, we were playing Coventry.

He had a face like thunder and was giving the bench the evil eye, one very angry individual.

Big time Charlie who lived on his reputation

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

We should never have bought him. I could see it a mile off - If Dzecko couldn't work in the team there was no chance Bony ever would.

I thought a taller forward gave us options, Dzecko wasn't too bad but was always going to be second fiddle to Aguero and Balotelli coming sort of did for him. I still think a taller target man would help us unlock defences when they just sit back and defend.

 

[Blue Hefner]

I thought a taller forward gave us options, Dzecko wasn't too bad but was always going to be second fiddle to Aguero and Balotelli coming sort of did for him. I still think a taller target man would help us unlock defences when they just sit back and defend.

Spurs have tried that by buying Jansen then Llorente to play second fiddle to Kane. It’s a good idea but rarely works out

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

Shay Given was man of the match on his debut and was an improvement on what we had before. He had his flaws but I don’t think he was overrated

I guess you didn't see the BBC rating him one of the best 10 goalkeepers of the Premier League Era and while No.1 with us Hart was on loan at Birmingham and played well enough to be the only player they have ever had in the Premier League team of the season

 

[Blue Hefner]

I guess you didn't see the BBC rating him one of the best 10 goalkeepers of the Premier League Era and while No.1 with us Hart was on loan at Birmingham and played well enough to be the only player they have ever had in the Premier League team of the season

Maybe you got the wrong end of the stick but I rated Given. I was replying to a post which called him overrated, I don’t think he was

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

Maybe you got the wrong end of the stick but I rated Given. I was replying to a post which called him overrated, I don’t think he was

That was my point, if the BBC think he was one of the top ten goalkeepers of the Premier League Era that to me would be the very definition of being over-rated, he was OK at City but not someone you would call outstanding

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

Spurs have tried that by buying Jansen then Llorente to play second fiddle to Kane. It’s a good idea but rarely works out

Don't you think we lack height in our forward line?

 

[Blue Hefner]

That was my point, if the BBC think he was one of the top ten goalkeepers of the Premier League Era that to me would be the very definition of being over-rated, he was OK at City but not someone you would call outstanding

Sorry, I'm with you now. He was good, he wasn't that fucking good; Top 10 in since the PL starter? Nowhere near

 

[Blue Hefner]

Don't you think we lack height in our forward line?

Perhaps but scoring goals hasn't been a problem. It would be a bigger problem spending money trying to find someone good enough who would spend most of his time sat on the bench

 

[eastmanc]

Keith Macrae. Pardon if spelling is incorrect. A classic Malcom expensive signing, to replace Corrigan who was too fat, according to our coach. Trouble was, he was shit and a slimmed down Joe soon replaced him.

Malcolm didn’t buy him Jonny Hart did as he signed in October of 73 It was after Malcolm had left But yeah he was shite.

 

[mccity]

The issue with this kind of list is the definition "overrated" by whom? if its the supporters I would challenge anyone to find a single City supporter that rated Jo or Bony, or a host of other names on this list, dont get me wrong I'm not saying they aren't crap, but they happened to be crap and not rated

Thank you!!

It does seem people are going solely by reputation upon arrival, but that's a definition very rarely seen outside if this thread.



As for Touré, I think he's heading into underrated territory (unbelievably). People talk about the big game contributions, but they forget about how he was a magnificent metronomic midfield tempo setter, who controlled play brilliantly. He was technically brilliant, a physical titan, and had an in game IQ very few have had in the Premier League.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Kinky

 

[Ashleymcduff]

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

 

[mscenterh750]

Kevin Langley