I Can't Believe He's A Premiership Footballer!

DSB

estebancambias wrote: »

Someone said Curtis Davis is a 'great' defender on here, if that is allowed then Paul McShane can be labelled the next Fabio Cannavaro.

Haha Davies is far better than McShane. Did a better job than McShane did in the Championship, and has done better than him in the Premiership too. I'd say if you asked Capello he might agree too.

eirebhoy

DSB wrote: »

Did a better job than McShane did in the Championship,

McShane was motm every other week for Brighton. Played right back for West Brom. Just making that point, I'd definitely rather Davies though atm. McShane is still potential that I'm sure will be fulfilled.

DSB

eirebhoy wrote: »

McShane was motm every other week for Brighton.

Were Brighton not relegated though? It's a far bigger achievement to be the best defender at West Brom if you ask me. I don't think McShane is terrible either though. But he'll never be good enough for a top 6 team. Davies already is.

CantGetNoSleep

Lee Dong Gook (Boro) definately

I think I read somewhere he has scored against Northampton and Mansfield

I honestly believe I would have scored more goals than that

KdjaCL

Pizarro


kdjac

Villain

Pizarro??

Ah here some people opinions here are just crazy

jackdaw

cson wrote: »

I'm starting to think that some people in the hate thread may have got it wrong. They just picked useless players who should be pitied for their less than proficient skills rather than hated. And it got me thinking; how many fully useless players are currently plying their trade in the Premiership of all places? I know I've shouted something like "Ah ffs, shure I'd do better meself" at the telly a fair few times.

Let us pick the first XI for Useless & Crap Albion AFC

GK

LB
CB Titus Bramble
CB Paul McShane
RB John O'Shea

LM
CM
CM Dwight Yorke
RM Theo Walcott

CF Dirk Kuyt
CF Andriy Voronin

Any more?

yeah the whole Chelsea squad USELESS USELESS USELESS !!!

scruff321

Villain wrote: »

Pizarro??

Ah here some people opinions here are just crazy

is that sarcasm? c'mon the man has scored 1 or at tops 2 goals since he came to the premier league??granted he was a free signing i wouldnt call him terrible all the same.off the top of my head...
titus bramble(although hes chipped in with a few important goals for wigan)
vorinan(gick)
ramage
fagan and the rest of the derby team
that chinese fella on manu dong i think??

Villain

scruff321 wrote: »

is that sarcasm? c'mon the man has scored 1 or at tops 2 goals since he came to the premier league??granted he was a free signing i wouldnt call him terrible all the same.

Pizarro may not be a top class striker but does he fit into the "I can't believe he's a Premiership footballer"??

He hasn't got that much game time, he scored 70 gaols for Bayern Munich from 174 appearances and you "can't believe he's a Premiership footballer"??

Give me a break!

~Rebel~

scruff321 wrote: »

is that sarcasm? c'mon the man (Pizarro) has scored 1 or at tops 2 goals since he came to the premier league??

yeah, sure lets just forget about all his bundesliga, and more importantly, champions league goals.

LuckyLloyd

Threads like this expose people's idiocy with regards to football like no other.

estebancambias

In a somewhat related post to Luckylloyd's comment, I hate when people say 'you know nothing about football' if you make a claim about a player that they disagree with.

Knowing nothing about football is like thinking Brian O'Driscoll captains the Irish football team, not suggesting that Liverpool should sell Gerrard if they want to win the league.

LuckyLloyd

estebancambias wrote: »

In a somewhat related post to Luckylloyd's comment, I hate when people say 'you know nothing about football' if you make a claim about a player that they disagree with.

Knowing nothing about football is like thinking Brian O'Driscoll captains the Irish football team, not suggesting that Liverpool should sell Gerrard if they want to win the league.

Meh, so far O' Shea; Voronin and Phil Neville have been mentioned in this thread. I stand by what I said.

estebancambias

I agree though, some of the suggestions are bordering on insane, but I wouldn't say they know nothing about football.

LuckyLloyd

estebancambias wrote: »

I agree though, some of the suggestions are bordering on insane, but I wouldn't say they know nothing about football.

Fair point. "Nothing" is a little harsh. "Little"?

genericgoon

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Meh, so far O' Shea; Voronin and Phil Neville have been mentioned in this thread. I stand by what I said.

I think those choices are more bias than ignorance in many cases.

thusspakeblixa

Steven ''Ouch that handball hurt my stomach'' Taylor
The list of Latin American flops is endless
Diego Forlan
Luciano Figueiroa
Juan Veron
et al

GBX

Mauricio Pellegrino deserves a mention ... I was just gald the pool never paid for him!

gucci

~Rebel~ wrote: »

yeah, sure lets just forget about all his bundesliga, and more importantly, champions league goals.

Sure so called quality journalists were touting Berbatov and Benny McCarthy as wonderful "discoveries" for the premiership the last few seasons, they're goals in foreign leagues dont count.

GBX wrote: »

Mauricio Pellegrino deserves a mention ... I was just gald the pool never paid for him!

How liverpool qualified for the champions league with him playing centre half il never know, oh no wait they missed out on the place because of him but uefa let them back in! (Im a liverpool fan,im not trying to flame anyone im just pointing out the position his shocking lack of pace left the reds in!)

Chucky the tree

Henry, keane, shearer, le tissier, giggs, scholes. fowler, owen, Berbatov, viera, Zola, Bergkamp.

****ing muck the lot of them.

Dubit10

Voronin,O'shea,steven carr.

Sizzler

Villain wrote: »

Kuyt may not be scoring goals but his runs off the ball and work in creating chances for his strike partner is excellent.

FFS ! He's a STRIKER ! He doesn't get paid to run around, if thats his game then he should be playing in midfield. His primary MO is to score.

loyatemu

Alan Smith

how can you call yourself a striker when you literally never score

Aliadiere - what convinced Boro to buy him?? "well he looked good sitting on the bench for 6 years at Arsenal..."

Bramble - every deluded manager who buys him says "he'll be a great player if he can keep his concentration" - I think he has definitively proved at this stage that he cannot keep his concentration.

whatawaster

Sizzler wrote: »

FFS ! He's a STRIKER ! He doesn't get paid to run around, if thats his game then he should be playing in midfield. His primary MO is to score.

Kuyt has been very excellent recently.

Esse85

Jason Roberts
Philippe Senderos
Phil Bardsley
Henrique Hilario
Thomas Gravesen
Peter Enckelman
Andre Ooijer
Sun Jihai
Carlton Cole
Anthony Gardner
Michael Dawson
Robert Huth
Mido
Titus Bramble
Kevin Kilbane
Marcus Bent
Julius Aghahowa
Stephen Carr
Nicky Butt
Alan Smith
Ian Harte
Michael Chopra
Jlloyd Samuel
Gavin McCann
Diomansy Kamara
Stephen Bywater
Andy Griffin
Darren Moore
Hossam Ghaly
Kenny Miller

Sizzler

whatawaster wrote: »

Kuyt has been very excellent recently.

You know thats actually correct, in comparison to the previous 5 months of the season he has been excellent, because he actually scored against Barnsley & Inter. The facts remain though, hes muck on the whole. Certainly not good enough for Liverpool. He's playing with some very good players and still cant score, imagine how bad he would be in a poor team .

whatawaster

Sizzler wrote: »

You know thats actually correct, in comparison to the previous 5 months of the season he has been excellent, because he actually scored against Barnsley & Inter. The facts remain though, hes muck on the whole. Certainly not good enough for Liverpool. He's playing with some very good players and still cant score, imagine how bad he would be in a poor team .

but he's got a few assists recently and scored a couple as well. He's being played out of position too. He's not muck. He's certainly premiership standard. He was at times fantastic last season, especially in the CL, and i think he definitely has a future at the club. Not as first choice, but certainly as a squad player.

Sizzler

whatawaster wrote: »

i think he definitely has a future at the club. Not as first choice, but certainly as a squad player.

If Stevie's range rover needs a valet maybe he can give Dirk a shout
Torres must be wondering what if, if there was a decent player up top with him.

Charlie

He mightn't be everyone's cup o tae, but how Crouch can't get a game over the likes of Kuyt and Voronin is truly shocking.

Unlucky those two, he actually scores, with a decent strike rate and great spread of different types of goals.

He must really feel mugged off sitting on the bench, looking on to see a headless chicken like Kuyt run around, wondering to himself what Rafa sees in that clown.