Players you have never seen play well
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Lewandowski. Never watch the Bundesliga, but every time I watch him the CL/World Cup/Euros he seems to always miss easy chances and doesn't seem to do a lot.
Griezmann fits this for me. Going back to his time at Atletico, I don’t think I ever watched him and thought “Goddammit this player is something else”. Even when we were linked with him, sure I was excited because he happens to put up great numbers, but to my eyes I never really saw it.
Feck.
Jadon Sancho.
Feck feck
Fecking feck feck
Again today, made a few saves but was at fault for Leeds' goal.
I'm utterly bemused by this
Oh fecking fecking feck feck
Oh for fecking fecking feck feck feck
For the longest time it was Cavani and then Lewandowski. Obviously I know they are bloody good (and I have seen them have good games now) but they have had some shocking games. Lewandowski in particular bottles it in every international/big European game I've watched him in.
Di Maria, Roman Shirokov and Dani Alves are probably the opposite of this.
Di Maria, Roman Shirokov and Dani Alves are probably the opposite of this.
Oh god, if he comes to United I’m going to watch every game he plays. That can’t be good
Looks like we are about to sign the most mentioned player on this thread. Awesome.
Most of these players mentioned are all world class who've stepped up in major tournaments and champions league.
However.....watching him again tonight, is there something I'm missing with Benjamin Mendy? Mediocre passing, poor positonal sense, all in evidence again tonight yet he's a regular week in week out player in a Guardiola side. Interesting one.
However.....watching him again tonight, is there something I'm missing with Benjamin Mendy? Mediocre passing, poor positonal sense, all in evidence again tonight yet he's a regular week in week out player in a Guardiola side. Interesting one.
Nope, he’s just a terrible player.
Cavani 
Cavani
Same, every time I have watched a match he has been involved in I can't remember him doing anything
not watched him a great deal tbh though.Erm, Di Maria? Seriously? Did you ever see him play for United towards the end? Absolutely terrible. Coward of a player. Turned it on at real and psg but for us he was fecking shite.
For what it is worth, I have seen Cavani play well numerous times. But at club level, this was only with Palermo
Reading through this thread some of the opinions, be it in the match day thread or transfer forum begin to make sense..
I totally agree with you. Mendy is just a disaster
van gaal was the real coward. he didnt have the guts to drop rooney who was letting the whole team down. He prob thought 'i dont want to lose the dressing room, rooney has influence', so in turn he picked on the likes of depay and dimaria to make himself look good.
di maria was dropped repeatedly, played out of position. by the end, di maria no longer cared.
he could have been a special player with the right man manager.
Jose did get rid of rooney, but then he replaced him with pogba, who is exactly the same mentality wise.
Same, every time I have watched a match he has been involved in I can't remember him doing anything
I'm in the same boat, watched a fair few PSG matches when Ibra was there, don't think I've ever seen a match where I've thought he stood out or played particularly well.
Sancho,Maddison,
This, and Alli and Sterling. Either they never play well or their good performances are just forgettable.
Did you guys miss Uruguay vs Portugal at the 2018 World Cup?
He was mostly awful in 2019, but is growing into a monster since the team's switch to 4-2-3-1.
You'll still be disappointed if you're expecting a Pogba, but that's not the type of player Kessie is.
Kessie is the engine of the team, whereas Pogba is the icing on the cake.
I'm utterly bemused by this
To be fair one of the commentators alluded to him being accused of poor big game performances.
I've seen Sterling play well but I agree about Alli. With Sancho it's a weird one. He's got fantastic stats for Dortmund but every time I watch one of their games (not often mind) or watch him play for England he's been underwhelming.
With Sancho, I watch him for England, in the CL and against Bayern, and have never seen him play well once. It’s strange, considering his hype and stats. I’ve probably seen Sterling play well, but I just associate him with tap ins now. Half his goals really are just low crosses from Walker, Mahrez or KdB to him at the back post.
Pogba
Sterling for me. I know he obviously has a lot in his locker and I'm not disputing he is a quality player, but I feel like any time I watch him he just...isn't. He either misses sitters or does nothing.
He was a machine at Monaco, performing highly in the Champions League, and even initially at City. Litany of knee injuries since then have impaired his mobility and rhythm.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/benjamin-mendy/verletzungen/spieler/157495
Fred the Brazilian striker.
You have to laugh.
Yeah he was good at Monaco in that 16/17 run. So was Sidibe on the other side and he didn't make much impact at Everton.
Aubameyang...when i have him in my fantasy team.
Always seems to be hanging about out wide nowhere near the play
Always seems to be hanging about out wide nowhere near the play