What City player was most over rated by our own fans

[n_mcfc]

De Jong by a friggin' mile!

He was needed in the 2009-10 season in the games against 'the big 4' when we had to control the midfield and stop them from playing. As I recall, he was quality against Chelsea at home but 2 goals in 3.5 seasons for a midfielder is a poor return. Don't care if he's a defensive midfielder, so's Gareth Barry but he offers so much more than a sideways pass and cynical foul.

The idea of De Jong was to stop the other (better) team from playing. By 2010-11, we were better than 18 other teams in the league anyway. He was here on big money and of 4 players we signed in January 2009, all 4 came to City for the money. There was no 'project' then!

He seems a sound bloke and that but Christ, he was ineffective most of the time. Never got the love-in for him.

 

[blue62]

De Jong by a friggin' mile!

He was needed in the 2009-10 season in the games against 'the big 4' when we had to control the midfield and stop them from playing. As I recall, he was quality against Chelsea at home but 2 goals in 3.5 seasons for a midfielder is a poor return. Don't care if he's a defensive midfielder, so's Gareth Barry but he offers so much more than a sideways pass and cynical foul.

The idea of De Jong was to stop the other (better) team from playing. By 2010-11, we were better than 18 other teams in the league anyway. He was here on big money and of 4 players we signed in January 2009, all 4 came to City for the money. There was no 'project' then!

He seems a sound bloke and that but Christ, he was ineffective most of the time. Never got the love-in for him.

He has a PL winners medal. And he earned it.

 

[n_mcfc]

De Jong by a friggin' mile!

He was needed in the 2009-10 season in the games against 'the big 4' when we had to control the midfield and stop them from playing. As I recall, he was quality against Chelsea at home but 2 goals in 3.5 seasons for a midfielder is a poor return. Don't care if he's a defensive midfielder, so's Gareth Barry but he offers so much more than a sideways pass and cynical foul.

The idea of De Jong was to stop the other (better) team from playing. By 2010-11, we were better than 18 other teams in the league anyway. He was here on big money and of 4 players we signed in January 2009, all 4 came to City for the money. There was no 'project' then!

He seems a sound bloke and that but Christ, he was ineffective most of the time. Never got the love-in for him.

He has a PL winners medal. And he earned it.

Course he did. He's a good footballer! He's nowhere near as good as many thought, though. And, him being sold is not even a fifth of a reason why we were dog mess last season.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

Stephen Ireland

He was outstanding for one season, and before and after that I wouldn't even say he was good enough to be called average

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Dunne and de Jong

 

[Sky Blue]

Niall Quinn. And that's before I hated him as a pundit/ summarizer at which he's equally useless.

Agree!

Shay Given...

 

[SWP's back]

Balotelli. Still waiting on him morphing into the new Zlatgod or fat Ronaldo.

12 goals in 13 games since he left seems like a pretty decent start.

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Balotelli. Still waiting on him morphing into the new Zlatgod or fat Ronaldo.

12 goals in 13 games since he left seems like a pretty decent start.

About 7 were peno's.

lies.

 

[Davs 19]

Niall Quinn. And that's before I hated him as a pundit/ summarizer at which he's equally useless.

Stupendous choice.

 

[Len Rum]

Denis Law... What can we look back on that was any good?

Six goals away to Luton in an abandoned fa cup tie?

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Stephen fucking Ireland..God he was shit..Apparently,Villa got the better deal when we got Milner.....pmsl....