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Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« on: June 14, 2019, 03:39:00 am »
Thread dedicated to discussing some of the most underrated footballers (excl LFC players).

I’ll kick things off with 2 of my favourites. Neither get included often enough in the greatest ever lists.

Roberto Baggio >> the ponytail, the magician, dribbler extrordinaire.

Gheorge Hagi >> Romanian genius and scorer of great goals. Never gets mentioned enough.
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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2019, 04:28:32 am »
Toldo for me.
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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2019, 05:17:26 am »
Toldo for me.

Damn it’s crazy how we forget about some of these guys. Toldo was a great goalkeeper
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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2019, 07:16:42 am »
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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2019, 07:25:31 am »
Virgil Van Dijk.

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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2019, 07:32:47 am »
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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2019, 07:47:28 am »
Thread dedicated to discussing some of the most underrated footballers.

I will kick things off with 3 of my favourite players of all time, all of whom don’t get included often enough in the greatest ever lists.

John Barnes >> Peak John Barnes was the most skilful and beautiful footballer I ever saw wear the great red shirt.

Roberto Baggio >> the ponytail, the magician, dribbler extrordinaire.

Gheorge Hagi >> Romanian genius and scorer of great goals. Never gets mentioned enough.


Loved watching Hagi and Juninho.

Was gutted that summer we were continually linked with Juninho and he ended up at ‘Boro.
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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2019, 08:14:37 am »
This will be a lot more interesting if we exclude Liverpool players

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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2019, 08:32:28 am »
Loved watching Hagi and Juninho.

Was gutted that summer we were continually linked with Juninho and he ended up at ‘Boro.

Yeah Juninho was a special talent, mad how he ended up at Boro.

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2019, 03:51:30 pm »
This will be a lot more interesting if we exclude Liverpool players

Agree! Thread edited
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2019, 04:06:14 pm »
Pavel Nedved was an absolutely sublime player to watch and doesn't seem to ever get mentioned when you talk about world class players in the naughties.
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2019, 04:33:19 pm »
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2019, 04:42:13 pm »
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2019, 04:42:33 pm »
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2019, 05:39:26 pm »
Guti. Thought he was brilliant little player.
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2019, 05:42:32 pm »
Davor Suker and Mattias Sammer for me never getr the credit they deserve.

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« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2019, 05:43:33 pm »
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #17 on: June 14, 2019, 07:08:47 pm »
Nobody ever seems to mention Hristo Stoichkov much. Incredible player.

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2019, 07:19:43 pm »
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2019, 07:21:30 pm »
Nobody ever seems to mention Hristo Stoichkov much. Incredible player.

Yeh he was a brilliant. Bit like a Bulgarian Shearer
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #20 on: June 14, 2019, 07:25:13 pm »
Are any of these actually underrated?  Other than Juninho, and maybe Trundle, I’d reckon they were pretty universally recognised as greats of the game.

Edit: sorry, I missed Guti, he was always overlooked I thought.  Ivan Helguera from that team was a cracking player too.

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #21 on: June 14, 2019, 07:26:01 pm »
Tony Adams. The heart of a famously tight Arsenal defence, yet he's best remembered for sticking his arm up in the air and for being derided as a donkey.
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #22 on: June 14, 2019, 07:27:49 pm »
Also, Brian Clough.
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #25 on: June 14, 2019, 07:39:41 pm »
It's crazy how little Raul's playing career is mentioned these days. Always loved watching him and he was the biggest casualty when Aragones started changing the national team's style. His legacy at Real was probably pushed to the side too once Ronaldo started scoring 40 plus goals every season.

Similarly, I can also think of a few number 10's that rarely get a mention these days because of Messi's impact. Riquelme and Aimar are just two that come to mind.

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2019, 07:41:25 pm »
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #27 on: June 14, 2019, 07:46:35 pm »
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #28 on: June 14, 2019, 07:58:57 pm »
Are any of these actually underrated?  Other than Juninho, and maybe Trundle, I’d reckon they were pretty universally recognised as greats of the game.

Edit: sorry, I missed Guti, he was always overlooked I thought.  Ivan Helguera from that team was a cracking player too.

I think so - take Baggio and Hagi, they were well recognised at the time, but rarely do you hear about them these days. Never get mentioned in the lists of true greats. I know we aren’t including LFC players, but same goes for John Barnes, who in my opinion was our most skilful player ever.
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #29 on: June 14, 2019, 08:07:03 pm »


(Probably more underrated in comparison with other quality Brazilian footballers - though he does have his own thread on here - https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=279970.0 - RIP)


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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #30 on: June 14, 2019, 08:10:38 pm »
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #31 on: June 14, 2019, 08:11:12 pm »
Mark Viduka. Very similar style to Giroud but even better imo. So incredibly gifted technically and super strong and powerful, what a combination for a number 9!

Siniša Mihajlović. His free kick ability seems to overshadow his amazing defensive attributes. Played a huge part (defensively) in Lazio’s last Seria A winning season. Was the back bone of that side with the like of Simeone, Veron, and the other Inzaghi (not Pippo).

Eric Abidal. People talks more about his health issue than how good he was as a footballer. A player we would love to have in Liverpool right now. Can play equally well as a CB, LB and LWB. Also know as a great leader on and off the field.

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #32 on: June 14, 2019, 08:12:02 pm »
Weirdly enough, I think Ibrahimovic is underrated, simply because he spent the peak of his career in Messi and Ronaldo's shadow. His scoring record is stratospheric, an unusually high proportion are worldies and he's succeeded in almost every major league. Until he came to England he won league titles everywhere he went.

Still, it feels like people put, say, Ronaldinho, significantly ahead even though they should be regarded as - minimum - the same level. Few people in the history of the game have been as dominant on the pitch as he was.

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #33 on: June 14, 2019, 08:20:34 pm »
I never felt like Les Ferdinand got the credit he deserved.  The modern centre forward in many ways he was QPR's talisman and unplayable in Keegan's Newcastle (but largely ignored because he wasn't a Geordie called Alan Shearer).

Only 17 England caps as well.  To give that some context, Rashford has 32 already.

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #34 on: June 14, 2019, 08:20:54 pm »


(Probably more underrated in comparison with other quality Brazilian footballers - though he does have his own thread on here - https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=279970.0 - RIP)


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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #35 on: June 14, 2019, 08:21:05 pm »
Weirdly enough, I think Ibrahimovic is underrated, simply because he spent the peak of his career in Messi and Ronaldo's shadow. His scoring record is stratospheric, an unusually high proportion are worldies and he's succeeded in almost every major league. Until he came to England he won league titles everywhere he went.

Still, it feels like people put, say, Ronaldinho, significantly ahead even though they should be regarded as - minimum - the same level. Few people in the history of the game have been as dominant on the pitch as he was.

That’s a great shout.

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #36 on: June 14, 2019, 08:28:19 pm »
Philip Deegan. and Jan Krompkamp. And of course Javier Manquillo.
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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #37 on: June 14, 2019, 08:34:18 pm »
Andreas Brehme,he was a quietly excellent at most things,could play multiple positions and play them well

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Re: Most underrated players
« Reply #38 on: June 14, 2019, 08:35:57 pm »
Damn it’s crazy how we forget about some of these guys. Toldo was a great goalkeeper

Yeah stuck in Buffon's shadow (probably rightly but I always loved Toldo).

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Re: Most underrated footballers (excluding Liverpool players)
« Reply #39 on: June 14, 2019, 08:40:48 pm »
Tony Adams. The heart of a famously tight Arsenal defence, yet he's best remembered for sticking his arm up in the air and for being derided as a donkey.

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