Underrated footballers
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jonnyd1978
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People always laugh when I say Peter Beagrie should have been given a go for England. I think he got 1 "B" cap. When every man and his dog were being tried unsuccessfully on the England left wing, he was quietly going about his business taking the piss out of right backs all over the country. Liked him when he was at Everton and Man City and could not believe it when Bradford signed him! Over the moon to use a football phrase!
Pavel Nedved. He's been at the very top for over ten years now, and is proven at internatioonal level and in Serie A. He seems a very adaptable and flexible player, and can fit in most parts of the midfield.
Also Paulo Maldini. Largely recognised as the greatest left back of all time, but will get unfairly ignored when considering "best players of the last 20 years" simply because he's a non-goal scoring defender. I'm not sure the back four of Tassotti-Costacurta-Baresi-Maldini will ever be beaten.
Also Paulo Maldini. Largely recognised as the greatest left back of all time, but will get unfairly ignored when considering "best players of the last 20 years" simply because he's a non-goal scoring defender. I'm not sure the back four of Tassotti-Costacurta-Baresi-Maldini will ever be beaten.
Both of them are amazing players, but they have been consistently playing at two of the best clubs in Europe for years as well as being automatic choices for their national sides and Maldini is still first choice for milan despite being about 40 so I wouldn't really call them underrated
I guess my point in that if you were to a public poll of best player of the 90s, the likes of Romario, Baggio, Zidane, Stoichkov, Figo, Raul, etc would dominate, whereas I believe they all come up short against Maldini. It's a more general observation of the lack of kudos given great defenders in comparison with their attacking team-mates/opposition.
Nedved is also consistently excellent, but not necessarily of the party-tricks style and so doesn't get the media exposure of a Zidane, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, etc.
agricola
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He was great, but he was in a succession of shite teams and then there was the moped-through-a-window thing. As Everton have been mentioned, one should point out the king of underrated footballers of the last fifteen years, Joe Parkinson.
tangerinedream
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I always rated John Hartson before he went fat and bald. He was pretty awesome for a player people said was crap.
Oh, and Robert Green. Sorry, but he is quality. Yet whenever I mention him to anyone who doesn't support west ham, they just nod weakly.
tangerinedream
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Le Tissier is probably my favourite non-Blackpool player ever. He was so good it was ridiculous, there is this montage of his amazing goals on youtube and it's like 10 minutes long cos he scored a supreme amount of dipping volleys from 35 yards out with his back to goal... Amazing player.
Are you sure Barry Venison GREAT!!!!!!!!!?????????
Yeah, it was nice have someone briefly at west ham who could score from a free kick
steveo87
22/11/2022 - got a maths joke.
eh?
I alway thought he was hugly overatted angry long haired cunt who only got publisity because he was a dirty cunt he never got booked....
No, he was a superb combative midfielder who's talents was lost amonst all the vitriol.
On a Leicester tip, Emile Heskey has always been vastly underrated by idiots with little understanding of the game.
steveo87
22/11/2022 - got a maths joke.
Agree with the Heskey comment, brilliant (well maybe not quite) player for Liverpool....
I like Heskey too. That said, when he first appeared for Leicester, it looked as if he was going to be truly quality, and he's never quite lived up to that.
I think he was hugely underrated. I know loads of fans hated him but i think he must have been a nightmare to play against. Not cos he was dirty but cos he worked so hard for his team covered so much ground and made so many succesful tackles.
internetstalker
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A man like Capello wouldn't pick him for england otherwise!
he just couldn't score in a brothel
but what he does for the team is class, defensively and that
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Denis Irwin
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tangerinedream
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