Unpopular Opinions (Association Football version)

[LukasTheGreat]

Thought I would start a thread, similar to the ones on the other boards.

Chelsea's 04/05 season is better than Arsenal's invincible season.

 

[Jatz]

I love Mourinho back in the premier league. Game needs characters and he's certainly got one.

Great thread btw

 

[Thistle]

Wilshere is the one of the most overrated players in the EPL. I rate Cleverly higher.

 

[FAITH]

Mou is overrated as a manager

 

[BlueBen]

Pep Guardiola is one of the luckiest men in the history of football management and his true ability as a manager is impossible to determine accurately - just about any manager would win trophies with the players he had at Barca and the players he currently has in the walkover that is the Bundesliga. Yet he will in all likelihood go down as one of the most revered and successful managers of all-time.

 

[Thistle]

Also Michael Laudrup is the most overrated manager in the league

 

[Hatchy1992]

I rate Bendtner to be one of the worlds best centre forwards going around.

 

[iluvparis]

Teams should be willing to let slip a few points in the League to go on a good FA Cup run.

 

[ossie_21]

Liverpool fans are not mostly Norwegian.









lol, who am I kidding. They are.

 

[moomba]

I rate Bendtner to be one of the worlds best centre forwards going around.

There is unpopular and there is stupid.

 

[moomba]

Here is one for me.

Clubs with money that refuse to spend it improving the squad are not doing things "the right way". They are ripping off their supporters.

 

[pieman123]

De Gea is the best GK in the league atm.

 

[Jatz]

Here is one for me.

Clubs with money that refuse to spend it improving the squad are not doing things "the right way". They are ripping off their supporters.

Referring to any club in particular?

 

[Jatz]

Wilshere is the one of the most overrated players in the EPL. I rate Cleverly higher.

That's certainly unpopular. Watch the goal against Norwich this season. No offence but Cleverly couldn't pull that off.

 

[moomba]

Referring to any club in particular?

No, just the prevailing opinion that the right way to run a club is to spend nothing.

I guess Arsenal is the most commonly cited. Spurs another, must be a north london thing.

 

[Jatz]

No, just the prevailing opinion that the right way to run a club is to spend nothing.

I guess Arsenal is the most commonly cited.

After Ozil, I guess that's not completely true.

Speaking of, I think he's very overrated based on this seasons games. Started with a bang but hasn't had the same impact that his price tag suggests he should have

 

[moomba]

Cleverley isnt a tenth of the player the snide lying dwarf campaigner is IMO.

 

[Sub_Zero]

Mou is overrated as a manager

2 Premier League Titles
2 Serie A Titles
1 La Liga Title
2 Champions League Trophies
Yep totally overrated

 

[Latro]

Mourinho is an average manager who gives a good soundbite to media.

 

[Magma]

that doesn't mean you can't be overrated.

everything that gets talked up obscenely is usually overrated.

 

[moomba]

Jose lost his mojo somewhere in Madrid. Not sure if he will ever get it back. But he seems very different this time around.

 

[FAITH]

2 Premier League Titles
1 Serie A Title
1 La Liga Title
Champions League Trophy
Yep totally overrated

Has a manager spent more than he has?

 

[Thistle]

That's certainly unpopular. Watch the goal against Norwich this season. No offence but Cleverly couldn't pull that off.

Yup I rate it goal of the season so far.

Wilshere has 10 goals and 20 assists in 134 games compared to Cleverley's 22 goals in 141 games (not sure about assists). From the matches I've watched Cleverley has had a bigger impact on games. Granted Wilshere is only 22 but I don't ever think he will be an elite player he is expected to be. I could be proven wrong but just an unpopular opinion I have.

 

[Jatz]

I'm not as big on statistics. Wilshere has a much bigger impact on games.

Having said that, it is what this thread is about

Actually that's another one I have. Statistics can be incredibly overrated and don't always justify a players performance or influence.

 

[moomba]

Yup I rate it goal of the season so far.

Wilshere has 10 goals and 20 assists in 134 games compared to Cleverley's 22 goals in 141 games (not sure about assists). From the matches I've watched Cleverley has had a bigger impact on games. Granted Wilshere is only 22 but I don't ever think he will be an elite player he is expected to be. I could be proven wrong but just an unpopular opinion I have.

7 goals, 5 assists in 72 premier league appearances for Cleverley. 3 goals and 3 assists in the last 3 seasons (including this one). Did well in div 2 which helps his stats out a fair bit.