Premiership's most overrated

[Dan Vito Corleone]

Following on from my relatively successful "Premiership's poorest" thread, I am interested in who people think are the most overrated players in the league. I have been inspired by the two particular bugbears of mine in recent days:

 

Wayne Bridge - never seen anything to justify the hype. Not even the fact he's English can be used as justification for him being rated at all, but he's just had £12 million spent on him. For me, he's just a very ordinary player.

 

Scott Parker - has had an exorbitant amount of money spent on him over the years, yet apart from his time at Charlton, when he was half decent, I have never seen anything special from him. I personally think he's a poor man's Michael Carrick. Yet again, Man City are spending a wedge on him. Strange signing IMO.

 

And there are a lot of players in this league that are overrated, but I want to see what everyone else thinks first.

[Lucky Pierre]

Ill get the Man United Midfield in there. Carrick, hargreaves, nani and anderson cost £60M+ I think and I wouldnt take any of them for our first team. Scholes is past it along with Giggs who only shows a bit of class once in a while - and I won't say Ronaldo as I'm only mentioning the midfield;)

[Guest simon]

Drogba and Cech.

[Unrighteous]

Roque Santa Cruz.

 

Holy fuck is he overrated.

[Unrighteous]

Anyone in the Tottenham squad = Overrated.

 

Even if everyone thinks they are shite... they are still overrated.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

Drogba and Cech.

 

Cech is amongst the best in the business. He's not what he once was before his injury but he's one of the best goalkeepers on the planet.

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

[Code]

Personally I think Parker is more underrated than overrated.

 

It all depends who you ask I guess.

 

Going by the broad media I would say Wayne Rooney, A.Cole or maybe even the Arsenal fullbacks.

[Unrighteous]

Wayne Rooney is also overrated.

 

He's quality, and everything... but for fucks sakes... he's not nearly as good as made out to be...

[Lucky Pierre]

 

overrated, not underrated. Shay's the bees knees. Joint third best in the league with James, after Pepe & Cech

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

overrated, not underrated. Shay's the bees knees. Joint third best in the league with James, after Pepe & Cech

 

 

Don't be soft

[Guest simon]

Cech is amongst the best in the business. He's not what he once was before his injury but he's one of the best goalkeepers on the planet.

 

Was.

[Guest simon]

Don't be soft

 

Given if anything is very underrated like Jussi.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

Given is the most overrated goalkeeper in Europe. Pretty good yes. As good as he's made out to be? Absolutely not at all.

[Code]

Scott Carson and Paul Robinson used to be really overrated but now most people know they are shite.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

Robinson was a very good goalkeeper at one point, but suddenly he forgot how to use his feet. If you notice now, when he dives it looks really awkward, its a weird tumble to the floor, like a falling tree. Its because he doesn't move his feet.

[Unrighteous]

overrated, not underrated. Shay's the bees knees. Joint third best in the league with James, after Pepe & Cech

 

I've got to agree with UEM. Given is definitely overrated and a good shout for this thread.

[shanks59]

Ashley Young, Robbie Keane, Harry Redknapp .. :whistle:

[The Dude Abides]

Ashley Cole, Anderson, Berbatov, Bentley, Terry for starters. Oh yeah and Robbie Keane.

[Code]

Robinson was a very good goalkeeper at one point, but suddenly he forgot how to use his feet. If you notice now, when he dives it looks really awkward, its a weird tumble to the floor, like a falling tree. Its because he doesn't move his feet.

 

The fact he cant jump does not help his case much either. :P

 

A lot of people also rate the overweight, injured striker who dyes his hair at West Ham too.

[Guest simon]

Ashley Young, Robbie Keane, Harry Redknapp .. :whistle:

 

Feck off Ashley Young is awesome.

[Lucky Pierre]

Can't believe it's nearly page 2, and nobody's said Lampard or Mongo

[Guest simon]

Can't believe it's nearly page 2, and nobody's said Lampard or Mongo

To be fair the Fat Rentboy is very good.

[philyhamann]

Given is an interesting one, I think he is a good keeper but he has never played at the top level and therefore you can't really say if he is a great keeper.

[Ted]

Joke Hole.