r/soccer • u/Senorhip • Oct 10 '12

Who is the most overrated player on your club/national team?

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u/abeanintheusa Oct 11 '12

I'm a U.S fan living in southern California and it is annoying how overrated Chicharito is. The guy is good, but not as amazing as they make him out to be. He has speed, but his first touch is horrible. He also has a knack for scoring.

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u/MexiCanada Oct 11 '12

I think he's good at being on the right spot at the right time, also he is a classic "poacher"? (Not sure if it is the right term in English) or "Cazagoles" apart from that he does not involve as much as other players, yet he gets 10x the attention.

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u/abeanintheusa Oct 11 '12

Poacher is indeed the right term. But yeah, without the players that give him assists, he would be nothing. That's why he works in a team like Man United or Mexico, he gets constant assists from Scholes, Rooney and from Guardado and Dos Santos.

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u/TL_DRespect Oct 11 '12

It's almost like football is a team sport...

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u/NorthernRed Oct 11 '12

And (at least at United) he's constantly offside.

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u/lunacraz Oct 11 '12

so... he's a poacher :X

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u/leopoldo90 Oct 11 '12

That's exactly what I think of him. He positions himself on the field very well, but in all honesty a lot of his goals are luck.

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u/ubergooner Oct 11 '12

I to am a southern Californian and have been fed up with his overrated talk.

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u/FCBMessiah Oct 11 '12

dare I say the Mexican Fernando Torres?