What footballing legends do you feel are overrated?

Scholes for me, nothing but a hard working midfield clogger who had no real creative ability, just ran around breaking up play (mostly by fouling the opponent and getting away with it) and capable of occasionally hitting one in from the edge of the area, usually when an attempted clearance fell nicely to him and he was unmarked.

I will have to repectfully disagree with your opinion of Scholes. He was easily the best midfielder of his generation and the England team should have been built around him, not Gerrard and Lampard.
He could do everything Ilkay is doing for us now, but was also far better as an no 6.
He was a million miles away from a clogger who just broke up play. He had a touch of pure class about him.
 
it's the press in particular that dishes out "legend"( means myth ) not the fans. Happens in many sports, tennis, F1, rugby etc. Beckham probably the ultimate marketing over reality example. Scholes was above average no doubt, but the rag press portrayed him as so much better than he actually was. Old time rag fans talk about Duncan Edwards as the finest wing-half that ever lived, he may have become one, but that's it. Legends Smegends yawn
 
I will have to repectfully disagree with your opinion of Scholes. He was easily the best midfielder of his generation and the England team should have been built around him, not Gerrard and Lampard.
He could do everything Ilkay is doing for us now, but was also far better as an no 6.
He was a million miles away from a clogger who just broke up play. He had a touch of pure class about him.
Glad you wrote that, i can’t believe people are putting Scholes down and even Giggs, i understand why they’re all getting knocked but they were during most stages of their careers top quality players who you’d be happy to pay and go watch every week.

you’re never going to get objectivity on here about X reds but Beckham has to take the title for the most overrated player ever.
 
Glad you wrote that, i can’t believe people are putting Scholes down and even Giggs, i understand why they’re all getting knocked but they were during most stages of their careers top quality players who you’d be happy to pay and go watch every week.

you’re never going to get objectivity on here about X reds but Beckham has to take the title for the most overrated player ever.
people are even saying Zidane was overrated , some people really don't have a fucking clue.
 

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