Overrated players (5 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Wozza]

Which “golden boys” of City players, past and present, do you think have inflated worths?

For me - Michael Doyle. Clogger whose penchant for bookings/ sending offs masked his limited ability.

To a lesser extent, Dean Emerson always seemed to have got a lot of praise. Was just a teenager in his pomp, but never saw it myself. Always injured and had a terrible moustache.

 

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[rob9872]

Well straight off the bat, Emerson was outstanding.

Doyle was significant as a leader more than a player. His influence 2nd time around absolutely crucial and also wouldn't have got McNulty without him. Did he get sent off much for us? At all in his second spell? I can't recall it if he did.

 

[Evo1883]

Max biamou


Shite

 

[JSL]

Craig Bellamy

 

[covcity4life]

Eccles
Allen
Bidwell

Of the current lot

Don't mean I don't rate them. Just feel they are most overrated by our fans that's all. You can see it in match ratings. Bare minimum is more likely to see a 7 given than got someone else for example

 

[Monty]

I struggled watching Adebola.

 

[clint van damme]

Well straight off the bat, Emerson was outstanding.

Doyle was significant as a leader more than a player. His influence 2nd time around absolutely crucial and also wouldn't have got McNulty without him. Did he get sent off much for us? At all in his second spell? I can't recall it if he did.

Emerson was,a superb player, though never the same after his injury. It would have been inertesting to see where his career took him that hadn't happened.

 

[Gibbo]

Agree about Doyle. Unable to pass to a player wearing the same coloured shirt as him

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Mo Konjic

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Right now?

Bidwell
Sakamoto

I’d have included Bassette a few weeks ago but the public opinion on him has changed quite a lot.

 

[clint van damme]

David Thompson

 

[Evo1883]

David Thompson

Stop

 

[Hobo]

Which “golden boys” of City players, past and present, do you think have inflated worths?

For me - Michael Doyle. Clogger whose penchant for bookings/ sending offs masked his limited ability.

To a lesser extent, Dean Emerson always seemed to have got a lot of praise. Was just a teenager in his pomp, but never saw it myself. Always injured and had a terrible moustache.

Coventry

Doyle was over rated but wore his heart on his sleeve that got him fan adulation.

Emerson was really class. Always injured? Wasn't it just one career ending injury he could not come back from?

 

[clint van damme]

Stop

Indiscipline, not as good as he thought he was, beat a man now and again so everyone thought he was the second coming of George Best.

Didn't like him as a player or a person.

 

[ptr]

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Raphael

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Gary Mac

 

[Hobo]

PS Emerson, before that Sheffield Wednesday wanker crocked him was seen as potentially Brian Robson's successor in the England Squad (and that is ITK)

 

[ccfc1234]

Doyle
Hughes
Grimmer
Shipley
Eccles
Wilson

That said never questioned the commitment of anyone on the list. Also as a club we progressed fast through the leagues and that exposed one or two to scrutiny that they would not have got had we remained in league 1 etc.

 

[hill83]

Sakamoto

 

[TomRad85]

David Thompson

Was about to flip out at this shout but then the below even worse one came along!

Gary Mac

Treason!

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Was about to flip out at this shout but then the below even worse one came along!

Treason!

You can’t have watched him much when he was here he was our star signing but you never have known.

 

[hill83]

Mustapha Hadji

 

[clint van damme]

Was about to flip out at this shout but then the below even worse one came along!

Treason!

I mean, in a thread called over rated players most choices are going to raise a few eyebrows andI appreciate I'm in a minority but genuinely never thought much of Thompson.

Was surprised to see McCallister named right enough.

 

[Sky Blue Wozza]

Fair dos re Emerson. Don’t remember watching him in too many games, but happy to take the opinion of more seasoned watchers than me.

I liked Konjic at the time, but upon reflection his “surging runs” upfield resulted in nothing and often left us exposed at the back.

 

[Hobo]

Over rated players but only by Bobby Gould...

Graham Withey
John Gayle
How John Gayle played for so many clubs I will never know. The most unnatural footballer I have ever seen. A doorman in concrete boots.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Fair dos re Emerson. Don’t remember watching him in too many games, but happy to take the opinion of more seasoned watchers than me.

I liked Konjic at the time, but upon reflection his “surging runs” upfield resulted in nothing and often left us exposed at the back.

Best game big Mo had was when he played for Derby on the last day at HR agent Ko worked a treat that day.

 

[TomRad85]

Mustapha Hadji

Stop it now!
@Nick This thread is too triggering please close.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Emerson was,a superb player, though never the same after his injury. It would have been inertesting to see where his career took him that hadn't happened.

Yes he was, he was being tipped to be chosen for the England squad before that Megson f*** him up.

 

[clint van damme]

You can’t have watched him much when he was here he was our star signing but you never have known.

For much of his time he literally only had one player ahead of him moving, most of the team was static

The arrival of the Morrocans and Robbie Keane was a game changer.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Stop it now!
@Nick This thread is too triggering please close.

The idiot manager at the time didn’t know how to use Hadji.

 

[clint van damme]

Over rated players but only by Bobby Gould...

Graham Withey
John Gayle
How John Gayle played for so many clubs I will never know. The most unnatural footballer I have ever seen. A doorman in concrete boots.

Know someone who played with Gayle at blues.
There were certain training drills he couldn't join in with because he simply couldn't execute them he was that poor.

 

[covmark]

Mustapha Hadji

No!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Shannerz]

Paul Williams. Lackadaisical clogger who was nowhere near as good as he thought he was.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

For much of his time he literally only had one player ahead of him moving, most of the team was static

The arrival of the Morrocans and Robbie Keane was a game changer.

Was Keane’s time his last season of his contract when he was playing to get away? He did some stunning things like his goal against Derby ? But it all felt like he coasted through his time here.

 

[covmark]

Baker