Player that everybody loves but you think is overrated

[Semper aggressus]

Scholes.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Can't agree with Salah, he was genuinely brilliant for a few years, a few years ago. I think he's on the slide a bit now.

Can't stand his club, but I think he was top notch at one point.

Undoubtedly he was but that was down to Klopp imo, He wasnt much before he joined lfc. And wont be after. Its all just points of view though.

He was no better than Aguero but I get the sense Salah was more celebrated! Just because he was at a media sponsored red club, which always inflates the price.

Countinho? Really worth £150 million? Nah, it was just that everyone in the media told us lfc are brilliant and coutinho was the best in the world. Total bollocks, seen it time and again over the years.

 

[chaddblue]

Saka

 

[MCFC1993]

I hate to say it, but.... Balotelli. Yes, I know.

I agree with that.

Two apparent City "legends" that did not deserve it in my eyes, of course just my opinion. Balotelli and van Buyten.

Balotelli - at risk of engaging in a "what have the romans done for us debate" OK he made the pass for Aguero, without which THAT wouldnt have happened. Fair Cop.
However the only other "great games" he had was in the FA Cup Semi v United and Final v Stoke. I would venture he wasnt great in either. He just didnt get sent off, when everyone was expecting him to. I cant give legend status to some loon just because he didnt get sent off. And frankly his petulant antics were just embarrassing.

The other "legend" which riles me is Daniel van Buyten.
Played 5 games for us, of which we won one (granted it was v United) and he got sent off in one of them.
Kept one clean sheet with him in the team, against a shot shy Birmingham City.
Anyone would think he was as good and as part of the furniture at City as Dave Watson the love he gets on here.

I agree on Balotelli, way overrated.

I think the Balotelli shouts are missing the point on this one.

He's loved because of 1 or 2 iconic moments. The pass for the Aguero goal and winding up United in that FA Cup Semi Final as 1 of you have mentioned are enough for him to be loved regardless of ability.

Wouldn't say he's been overrated by anyone though. I'm sure most as a player don't really rate him that highly at all, most know he wasn't good enough.

 

[Pell]

John Terry. He was obviously a very good defender, position and reading the game, very good, and got a decent number of goals from set pieces. However, he lacked pace and couldn't play out from the back, could only really play as a right sided defender, wasn't versatile. Compare that to the likes of Stones, Ake, Laporte and Dias, who can do all the things Terry can do, plus more. He also wasn't the best English defender of his generation, Ferdinand and Campbell were both better, in fact that was England's best defensive partnership at the time. I think King would have been better if it hadn't been for his injuries. Then there's the off field issues...

Jamie Carragher. Similar reasons to Terry, but wasn't as good as him.

David Bentley. Hailed as the next best thing, aside from a decent spell at Blackburn, did nothing of any note at Spurs and never made it at Arsenal.

 

[Akira]

Salah. Not as well known before lfc. He's just a £30m player without them. The lfc and utd media elevate their players to higher levels than any other team;

Honestly disagree about Salah. He consistently puts up incredible numbers for Liverpool, it's not that easy to be this consistent, it'd be like saying Haaland would be scoring less than 10 a season without his support crew.

Salah's only really poor period was Chelsea, where Mourinho couldn't fit him in well. He did well for Roma after that,, and I remember he was on the 'young prospect' radar during his time at Basel, with some media outlets calling him the 'Egyptian Messi', so he wasn't really a virtual unknown.

I hate the media kissing LFC's bumhole too but personally, I can't deny Salah's brilliance.

 

[Gazza]

Anelka - always on the back foot plus next to useless on one-v-ones.

 

[Akira]

Countinho? Really worth £150 million? Nah, it was just that everyone in the media told us lfc are brilliant and coutinho was the best in the world. Total bollocks, seen it time and again over the years.

One of the most overrated PL 'star players' I've seen. Guy was just a long shot merchant. Robben without the football intelligence.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

John Terry. He was obviously a very good defender, position and reading the game, very good, and got a decent number of goals from set pieces. However, he lacked pace and couldn't play out from the back, could only really play as a right sided defender

Terry was very good at playing passes out of defence with either foot and he predominantly played as a left centre back.

 

[Akira]

Rudiger - Plays football like a lunatic stuck in a glass maze. Doesn't have any qualities of a top center half.

Callum Hudson Odoi - This guy was linked with BAYERN for two windows!! Was constantly mentioned as one of the best young players in England but has been absolute dogshit for every club he has played. Is he still at the circus club??

Fuck Rudiger. If PL refs had eyes, he'd be racking up red cards. Defends with elbows and bear hugs.

I remember the amount of pressure Sarri had from Chelsea fans from not playing CHO. They truly believed CHO was going to be some 'savior' of Chelsea. Only Tuchel played him with some regularity, but even he once subbed CHO off before half-time. He now ply his trade for Forest, having being sold for £3 million.