While I agree, the thread does not ask for „world class performances“ or „rarely played well“. It is „never seen playing well“ which is absolute. Even Özil at Arsenal had a lot of games where he was at least “playing well“.
Players you have never seen play well
- Thread starter Hound Dog
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This.
Joe Gomez. Everyone says he's mint so he obviously is, but I've only ever seen him play terribly.
so much this.
i see dybala also belonging to overrated ss/am from serie a who will flop in england whenever i see him. for all the reputation around his finishing i have seen him bottling penalties.
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I don't watch a lot of football unless United are playing but when I do watch anything of Spurs playing I am never impressed at all with Harry Kane .
I know his record is fantastic and he must be a great forward but I have never seen any proof of it
I know his record is fantastic and he must be a great forward but I have never seen any proof of it
Cavani, always scores goals but is mostly useless anytime I see him play.
Please...
It is very true only thing I saw about him that was commendable that for a striker he often tracked back. Maybe this is why he is struggling to find a club who will pay him just half of his PSG salary.
Another player to add though is Lewandowski when he plays for Poland and not everyone is trying to get the ball to him. He is nothing special except being a fine poacher.
Weirdly, but mostly because I haven’t watched them all that much, Neymar and Mbappe. Anyone besting that?
I know from listening to others that I have just been unlucky, or whatever uou want to call it, when watching them, but I have never seen them be anything more than average and at times wasteful. Then again, I don’t make time to watch them play all that often, so my views are obviously skewed.
I know from listening to others that I have just been unlucky, or whatever uou want to call it, when watching them, but I have never seen them be anything more than average and at times wasteful. Then again, I don’t make time to watch them play all that often, so my views are obviously skewed.
Raheem Sterling. Whether for City or for England. Always so wasteful in front of goal and a lot of failed dribbling attempts when I watch him.
The way this thread is going:
Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo
Zidane
Xavi
Iniesta
Ronaldinho
Henry
For United:
Roy Keane
Scholes
Giggs
Rooney
Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo
Zidane
Xavi
Iniesta
Ronaldinho
Henry
For United:
Roy Keane
Scholes
Giggs
Rooney
Joelinton
What? I am 100% being honest. I never watched much Spanish football and when I rarely did he didn't look anything like what he might have done otherwise.
I have never watched a game with Neymar and gone "wow blimey, he looks unplayable". His highlights, sure but not a game where he has utterly destroyed a team.
Lacazette, again never seen him do anything special.
Kepa (too easy really).
Saul Niguez, since his goal against Bayern at least. Never watched a game and seen anything special*
*(Full disclosure, I am not a football scout)
Lacazette, again never seen him do anything special.
Kepa (too easy really).
Saul Niguez, since his goal against Bayern at least. Never watched a game and seen anything special*
*(Full disclosure, I am not a football scout)
Kane. He is always shit against us and I don‘t watch other Spurs games. He was also pretty average whenever I – rarely – watch England.
The complete opposite to this thread.
Haaland - a player I’ve never seen play badly!
Haaland - a player I’ve never seen play badly!
James Milner
Emile Heskey. How is just 7 goals in 62 caps possible with the players he were surrounded by?
Rodri.
Thomas meunier.
Koke
Ibrahimovic in his prime whenever I watched his team in the Champions League. I never watched Serie A because Sky here didn't show the Italian league at the time, but whenever Ibra's team were in the Champions League round of sixteen and I watched him, he would just disappear for huge stretches of a game. I know there were a couple of exceptions and a handful of select bangers (against Arsenal with Barca?) but I left the vast majority of Ibra games with bewilderment at how ineffectual he was.
Agreed. There are very few if any Ibrahimovic CL masterclasses that I can remember.
He's a domestic league animal but really underwhelming in the CL.
That's always been my main criticism of his. Brilliant in Serie A and Ligue 1. Played great for Sweden. Always underwhelmed in the CL
I thought he was really overrated back then because whenever I watched him play (always in the CL) he did nothing, yet was universally lauded as one of the best strikers around.
I think he could have done better for Sweden too in the later tournaments. Some games you expected him to step up and lead the way, but he didn't.
His best tournament was 2004 and 2008 when he was still young.
Griezmann
Ribery
Andre Gomes
John stones
Xhaka
Holding
Ribery
Andre Gomes
John stones
Xhaka
Holding
Hamsik
Koke
Draxler
Koke
Draxler
Griezzman.
Never watched many Aletico games so i missed his good games there. He hasnt been good for Barcelona and for the few France games i watched (during EC/WC) he looks usually very average. He scored during the world cup but i didnt think he played that well.
Certainly expect more from a player who is called ‘worldclass’ by some.
Never watched many Aletico games so i missed his good games there. He hasnt been good for Barcelona and for the few France games i watched (during EC/WC) he looks usually very average. He scored during the world cup but i didnt think he played that well.
Certainly expect more from a player who is called ‘worldclass’ by some.
This thread is about players you don't rate (highly).
Someone should make a thread about absolutely average or nothing players putting in a world-class performance. I already know my answer
Kieran Richardson -Against Charlton at home 05/06.
Kieran Richardson -Against Charlton at home 05/06.
It is not. Read the title of the thread.
Sorry, I mean looking by the players mentioned here it's not about players people never seen playing well as the title of the thread, but players the posters don't rate, hence Özil, Neymar, Ibra, etc.
Think he did well in 2012 too - named in the team of the tournament and scored that beauty against France. He's the 4th all-time top scorer in the Euros, which is quite impressive given the relatively limited quality of his teammates in comparison to the others in that list.
Only time I got that feeling of waiting for him to step up was in Euro 2016 when Sweden and Ireland were huffing and puffing their way to a draw that suited neither side. But to be fair he was 35 by then and past his best.
Dude, please just admit you never ever watch any Single serie A game..
Pretty much this..
Either people have serious issues of
- Confirmation bias when wachting class player they dont like and are not aware of/willing to admit this
- Recency bias towards players and are not aware of/willing to admit this
Or.. (my major suspect)
- Many people just dont watch football outside United apart from some clickbait video's and highlights...
Patrick Kluivert, Alesandero Del Piero.
i watched as many non united serie a games in recent seasons as epl games. people creamed themselves over dybala here but 1 look at him and i knew he would be a flop here if we signed him. i've seen the likes of salah, naingollan, koulibaly, mertens all tear it up and wanting to see them here. some players just strike you that way. i felt similarly about griezmann that he would flop if he came here.
totti and de rossi always talked a big game before playing united but we know what happened when both teams took to the field, i guess that's where this thing where i've never seen them play well comes from.
Did you by any chance watch City - Leicester this weekend?