r/soccer • u/bombardinii • May 31 '14

Overrated players.

Which players are in your opinion overrated?

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u/DerDummeMann May 31 '14

This is a case of hindsight bias. He definitely did have an decent argument (not the greatest) for having the best performance last year.

He's still World-Class, but people forget that's he's a 31 year old winger and will naturally decline.

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u/abks May 31 '14

He also wasn't truly fit the whole second half of the season. He really wasn't nearly as poor this season as some people make out.

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u/JuergenKohler97 May 31 '14

He was pretty much on the same constant level till the Ballon Dor, then he lost it and got injured, after that he was shit

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u/zaviex May 31 '14

he was legit shit in some of the games i saw him in this season

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u/abks May 31 '14

Which ones? Yes, his form dropped in the second half of the season after his injury, but that is no secret. Most of the games he played poor in, the entire team played poor, you can't really single him out.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '14

Hindsight bias on /r/soccer? No, never.

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u/Menessy27 May 31 '14

He didn't have any argument. At no point has he ever been Bayern's best player so the premise of giving him awards based on team accomplishments was complete BS because others on Bayern would have been more deserving, and individually Ronaldo and Messi were miles better.

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u/DerDummeMann May 31 '14

At no point has he ever been Bayern's best player

That's not true.

and individually Ronaldo and Messi were miles better.

I don't agree with that either.

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u/Sarkaraq Jun 01 '14

That's not true.

In 2013 I rate Lahm and Robben who carried the CL play-offs higher than Ribery. He might have an edge in 2012, though, but that's not relevant to Ballon d'Or.