Underrated Players from the 90s onwards.

[LongsightM13]

Peter Reid did say though that Groenendijk could open a tin of peas with his left foot, so he wasn’t completely useless.

Unfortunately it would have taken him half an hour to get to that tin of peas

 

[LongsightM13]

And replaced with Holden....

Groenendijk then Holden
Paid about three times what we sold him for on much shitter players

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Groenendijk then Holden
Paid about three times what we sold him for on much shitter players

All I remember about Groenendijk's time with us is Reid telling us when he signed that he could open a tin of peas with his left foot.

 

[Jogon 127]

Bosvelt - if we got him a couple of years earlier.
Reyna was pretty good as well

Reyna was utterly shit, sorry.

So slow he almost reversed.

 

[mccity]

Raheem Sterling

 

[Dirty Harry]

honestly think Distin could've played for us now. He was a Rolls Royce of a player. Fast, strong and just seemed to be a great defender.

Absolute class player this lad, I’d seen quite a bit of him at Newcastle and Yaya’s signing aside, he was probably the one I was most excited about, also a phenomenal athlete, he was faster than Henry (yes, he was Tarquin) and I’d say he beats Kyle in a sprint too.

Craig “Greg” Bellamy, loved this lad and his attitude, any youngster wanting to make it in the game I’d point to Greg and tell them that’s where their mentality needs to be all day every day.

Eyal, just sheer class and I still remember a rag saying to me during one match (a derby with Veron playing) “if you were told there was a £28m midfielder out there you’d swear it was Berkovic”.

 

[Abattoir Blue]

Horlock and Barry are two of my all-time favourite City players. Underrated by non-blues, but I think most blues understand their value to us so I wouldn't include them here.

For 3 blues genuinely underrated by our fan base I'd pick:

Flitcroft - good all rounder flogged off in a panic by Ball towards the end of the 95/96 season to be spent on god only knows. Our midfield was woefully short for three years after

Distin - genuine class. Contribution overlooked as in a poor team (05-07) and next to fan fave Dunne. Then fans bizarrely turned against him for having the temerity to exercise his right to leave on a free after 5 years excellent service and be positive about his new club

Otamendi - yes, he could be rash and wasn't the greatest defender we've ever had. But definitely underrated by many fans; put in great shifts, was a warrior and scored some big goals. He played 34/38 games in our 100 point season, and 18 when we pipped scousers the year after (we had the best defence in the league over those two seasons, only conceding 50 goals in 76 games)...with some fans still labelling him 'sh*te'.

Bonus player: Phelan - underrated by me! Can't really say why on footballing terms as he was decent but I never liked him. Maybe it was because he cost so much, was a childhood red, replaced Dissa, or the fact he ran quicker backwards than forwards...but he was better than I gave him credit for.

 

[bondsman]

Vonk

Loved Vonky

 

[bondsman]

Sun Jihai

 

[BridgyDids]

Alf Inge Haaland.

May not have contributed THAT much on the pitch, but was brewing some quality jizz!