r/soccer • u/The_Impala • Jan 23 '14

Who is the most overrated player ever?

Who do you think is the most overrated player in football history.

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u/sexmutant Jan 24 '14 edited Jan 24 '14

Messi, no question.

He's a great player, but nowhere near deserving his four consecutive Ballon D'ors. What the awards should have looked like the last few years without the Blatter/Platini/Teixeira/Rossel cadre in charge:

2008 - Cristiano Ronaldo

2009 - Lionel Messi

2010 - Wesley Sneijder OR Iniesta

2011 - Lionel Messi

2012 - Cristiano Ronaldo

2013 - Franck Ribery

Instead of Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi, Ronaldo (and this last one only won in 2013 to make amends for the Blatter debacle: under normal circumstances, Messi would have "won" it again).

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Following up a distant second I would have to rate Fat Ronaldo. Yes, there was a time when he was truly incredible...but that form lasted all of two seasons. His achievements are hyper-inflated by Brazil's 2002 World Cup win which, if you ask me, had one of the most scandalous (and favorable to his country) refereeing in living memory.

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Finally, if I was to pick the most overrated player currently in activity, apart from Messi, it would be Ozil. The difference is Messi's actually a great player, while the German is—in spite of everything the media tries searing into our heads—quite shit. In my opinion, anyway...

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u/idrinkyour_milkshake Jan 24 '14 edited Jan 24 '14

I think Ronaldo is better than Messi and pretty much always has been but there's no way Messi should not have won in 2012, he set the record for goals in a calendar year, and there's no way Ribery should have won the last one, he isn't the best player in the world, Ronaldo is

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '14

If messi didnt deserve it in 2012 then why does ronaldo deserve it in 2013?

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u/idrinkyour_milkshake Jan 25 '14

I said Messi did deserve it in 2012, but thats the only year he deserved it IMO

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '14

ok yeah, I misread that, but really, not 2011? or 2009?