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Most underated player to have played in the premier league
NorthernNinny
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For me it was Paul Scholes but Dennis Bergkamp was an exceptional player too.:)
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But Scholes has never come close to even winning player of the year when lesser players have done.:(
These sort of questions are very hard.
I'd say possibly people like Gary speed, Mark Robins, Dion Dublin, Kevin Phillips, Stan Collymore. Not great players but nevertheless under rated for what they did for their clubs
i also don't get Dennis Bergkamp ( and actually pretty much Paul Scholes too ), I thought his exceptional talents were well recognised.
That doesn't make him underrated because he hasn't won player of the year, it just means he hasn't been the best player in that season.
For me the two you mention Scholes & Bergkamp are/were top players and not underrated at all.
I think his attacking talents would have been explored more today moreso than 15/20 years ago.
Vincent Kompany
Jose Bosingwa
However, I can't beat Cantona's shout for Denis Irwin
Wow to DD, he looked like he would be ok at one point in his career but seemed to decide getting injured and eating was a better way to go.
I totally agree with Vincent Kompany. I think the football media have a habit of bigging up average English players whereas some quality foreign players receive very few headlines.
David Dunn?!!
Based on what?
Phil Neville.
Jaaskelainen is a great shout. Very underrated IMO and he's been a brilliant keeper for quite some time now. I actually wanted him to come to United at one point a year or two ago.
On the subject of keepers, Brad Friedel was possibly the most underrated player I'd seen up until about a year ago when people finally started to give him proper credit. That guy is as good as any keeper the league has seen over the last decade for me. His shot stopping is out of this world. Personally rate him in the top five keepers in football today and that's at god damn 39 years old!
Another, George Kinkladze. City player, but man I've never forgot him to this day. I'd probably say he's my most underrated player. One of the best dribblers the league has ever seen if you ask me. What made him even greater was that he was a brilliant passer, had great vision and a brilliant finisher. All around great player and I swear I haven't heard him mentioned in years upon years, which is a shame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRAQhxxDjl0
8:59, Messi eat your heart out! Love this guy.
Tell me you are joking? The guy is awful I do not understand how he has made it to 350 plus games for United.
And then, who is underating them? typically a clubs own fans probably rate them quite highly.
Bruce is probably a better call. My reasoning for O'shea is that he is immensly versitle he's played in defence, midfield, ermergency striker (as a tatic when loosing), and emergency goal keeper (when goal keeper has been sent off etc). Sort of jack of all trades, and works hard
Thomas vermaelen
Scott Parker
Adam Johnson
Dirk kuyt
Darren Fletcher
(of our current time. Not so much underrated but just not enough recognition and overshadowed by others)