The hype machine

[red_maradona]

Koscielny

great shout.

 

[BlitzAce]

Mesut Ozil

 

[Halmeister]

Yeah Ribery is a good shout, too.

 

[the count]

Has anyone mentioned Luke Shaw yet?

 

[C/O]

Remember Freddy Adu? Talk about overhyped.

Fucking lol

 

[irishred]

Has anyone mentioned Luke Shaw yet?

He's a good prospect but the money being banded about is daylight robbery on Southampton`s part.

 

[Judge Jules]

Can't really wonder at it though. If things keep on the way they're going, Southampton will have literally half a team to replace.

 

[Hansern]

Ribery and Cavani shouldnt be in this thread imho.

 

[localny]

The Derry pele

 

[eecheerow]

Some of you lot are mad... Ribery was fantastic at his peak.

 

[RedZeppelin III]

podolski .... wrecked my head for years .

 

[jan]

Podolski and Navas

 

[Oncy]

Totti

I'm going to Rome in a month, hope none of them read SCM.

Thats fucking astonishing.

2nd highest goalscorer in serie A of all time 290 goals and still active
Goals from 1994 onwards per year.
7
4
5
14
16
8
16
8
16
12
20
20
16
17
32 European golden boot
18
15
25
17
8
12
8

winner:
Serie A 2000 (runner up 7 times)
Supercoppa 2001, 2007 (runner up 3 times)
Coppa Italia 2006, 2007 (runner up 5 times)
World cup winner 2006

Euro 2000 team of the tournament
World cup 2006 team of the tournament
Euro 2000 man of the match
Serie A player of the year 2000, 2003
Italian player of the year 00, 01, 03, 04, 07
Serie A top goalscorer 06, 09

And more importantly a fucking amazing footballer. Probably my favourite ever.

I could not disagree more.

Totti is a fucking legend.

 

[Fabio]

Oncy smashing in some truths there

 

[Oncy]

I fucking proper love that man!! I cant have that at all.
More goals than Baggio, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Vieri etc.
All time record appearance holder, world cup winner, and read up on him, hes a fucking dude too.

Rurik has actually lost a lot of credibility with me on that one.

 

[Oncy]

Along with Zidane and Maradona hes probably my all time favourite player.

 

[Oncy]

IM ANGRY DAMMIT.

 

[Halmeister]

Ribery and Cavani shouldnt be in this thread imho.

Watched each about 10 or 12 times properly, and they've never been anything more than meh. Not saying they're not great, but that's a bit of a coincidence that they save their shit games for when I'm watching. Whenever I've seen Cavani he's looked cumbersome and technically average. My Paris supporting mate isn't too impressed with him either, but that might be to do with him being shunted out to the right.

 

[SummerOnions]

Benteke
Alves
Shawcross

 

[Judge Jules]

Sounds like a shady firm of solicitors.

 

[Red Astaire]

Name a player you don't get the hype around. Someone who seems universally acknowledged as a good/great player, but you just think "really?"

For me Jack Wilshire. He's tidy, not the best passer, not the best finisher, not the best vision, but he's seen as the next midfield stalwart for England.

Either I'm missing something or there's a dearth of talent in English midfield

And to stop this thread turning in to a flame war, NO LIVERPOOL PLAYERS

This. Me and Fabs keeping it real. Wilshire is so overrated. Rooney is a good shout too. Maybe because he was so good as a 16yr old and has declined massively. A worldly overhead goal. A CL debut hatrick and a half way line goal aside he's been 80% meh.

 

[Mors]

Im looking for one not on the list.

I can't read posts so I mentioned a Liverpool player.

(Puts tin hat on)

 

[cloggypop]

(Puts tin foil hat on)

 

[Fabio]

Im looking for one not on the list.
Henderson?
(Puts tin hat on)

Clearly you didn't read the opening post

 

[Markeh]

I don't see these often enough to make a proper judgement but any time I do they don't impress me that much:

Pepe
Hulk

Beckham could be mentioned too, he wasn't crap, in fact I think he was a good footballer but the level of hype and mania surrounding him was ridiculous

 

[Oncy]

Pepe has always been good when ive seen him play.
Hulk not so much.

 

[rubans]

Thats fucking astonishing.

2nd highest goalscorer in serie A of all time 290 goals and still active
Goals from 1994 onwards per year.
7
4
5
14
16
8
16
8
16
12
20
20
16
17
32 European golden boot
18
15
25
17
8
12
8

winner:
Serie A 2000 (runner up 7 times)
Supercoppa 2001, 2007 (runner up 3 times)
Coppa Italia 2006, 2007 (runner up 5 times)
World cup winner 2006

Euro 2000 team of the tournament
World cup 2006 team of the tournament
Euro 2000 man of the match
Serie A player of the year 2000, 2003
Italian player of the year 00, 01, 03, 04, 07
Serie A top goalscorer 06, 09

And more importantly a fucking amazing footballer. Probably my favourite ever.

I could not disagree more.

Totti is a fucking legend.

Don't let facts get in the way. Didn't realise he scored 32 goals in a season, that's something else. Always liked the fact he's a one club man, reminds me of Gerrard in the way he's symbol for Roma

 

[Oncy]

They are all comps not league only.

 

[rubans]

They are all comps not league only.

Still something else.

 

[peterhague]

Totti is great, but probably my favourite thing about him is how arrogant and supercilious he is. I love that.