No having that, he was an absolute class above. Rolls Royce of a defender. Him and Distin would have been something.Daniel Van Buyten. Carries the reputation of a Ballon D'or winner in some fans eyes, despite playing only 5 games for us.
Eric Garcia, absolute shite
Your answer and recollection of him perfectly illustrates my point on Van Buyten.No having that, he was an absolute class above. Rolls Royce of a defender. Him and Distin would have been something.
Grealish was never a 100 million pound player, He never really scored or assisted that many at Villa, very rarely beat a man, baffles me we actually paid the fee.
Honestly it's you who's misremembering, I'm fairly confident you could ask any City fan and they will tell you the same thing.Your answer and recollection of him perfectly illustrates my point on Van Buyten.
He played 5 games mate. Youve no idea how his career at City wouldve panned out. 5 game cannot anoint a player the status this guy carries, and given I saw all 5 of his games in the flesh I remember the guy perfectly. Yes he was half decent but a 5 game sample, for the reputation he carries, is quite remarkable tbh.Honestly it's you who's misremembering, I'm fairly confident you could ask any City fan and they will tell you the same thing.
Just for context when he left City he went Bayern and played 219 games in their most dominant era. He was also part of Bayern’s famous treble winning side in 2012/2013, but he also won 4 Bundesligas/ DFB Pokal 4 times/ Champions league/ Super Cup/ Club world. He also got 80+ caps for Belguim.
Oh and he also scored 44 goals for Bayern which isnt bad for a CB is it?
Great player alas it was in the time we couldn’t afford to sign him :-(Honestly it's you who's misremembering, I'm fairly confident you could ask any City fan and they will tell you the same thing.
Just for context when he left City he went Bayern and played 219 games in their most dominant era. He was also part of Bayern’s famous treble winning side in 2012/2013, but he also won 4 Bundesligas/ DFB Pokal 4 times/ Champions league/ Super Cup/ Club world. He also got 80+ caps for Belguim.
Oh and he also scored 44 goals for Bayern which isnt bad for a CB is it?
I do not see how you can be underrated with 1 good season out of 5.I'm more in the camp of Grealish being underrated ! but agree he has wasted his talent
But he wasn't over rated he was class - his rating was exactly inline with his abilities.Your answer and recollection of him perfectly illustrates my point on Van Buyten.
This is pretty much the exact point he was making.I do not see how you can be underrated with 1 good season out of 5.
This is a cloudy memory but I'm sure I was told a the time that there was a big bust up at the time about the signing. Maybe it was David BErnstein who didn't want him and ended up resigning on the back of the bust up. If that is true the it explains Keegan's perseverence.
Celebrated like mad as well when he scored against usPaul dickov. Total shit that lives of 1 goal
I think totally the opposite view. Dunne overperformed, both at club and international level.Jesus, there is list longer than the equator of players the club thought were good enough before purchasing them. Its a who's who of overrated shite.
But in terms of a player i watched and astonishingly received 4 POTY awards is Richard Dunne. Now i know a lot of people back him and hold him in high regard, im not one of them.
He was a disaster. An own goal record holder, joint red card record holder, slow, to big and just not my cup of tea.
His passion and desire were credible but his football ability was, for me, terrible.
Not sure anyone thought he was any good. He won the lottery when he scored That goal and has lived off our love of that goal ever since.Paul dickov. Total shit that lives of 1 goal
Someone has to rate them to be overrated!If not already mentioned Georgios Samaras
Overrated by definition = people view the ability and output higher than it actually was. I give you Georgi Kinkladze, Relegated from the premier league , couldn't stand out in the championship, failed in the farmers league at Ajax then couldn't get a game at derby county, Yet lives off one goal and most fans rate him as a Pele / Maradona level player and it was the "team he was in that was the problem" , and yes I watched him live my first season ticket was the year he joined. He was no better than Eyal Berkovic who is rated several level below him by most fans.