Cricketweb's most overhyped players.

[morgieb]

List players that you think get too much credit for their performances.

Andrew Flintoff
Graeme Swann

 

[Noble One]

List players that you think get too much credit for their performances.

Andrew Flintoff
Graeme Swann

Any reason why? I don't think Swann gets enough credit from neutral fans. His performances are extraordinary considering he bowls a pure orthodox off-spin style.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Disagree with Flintoff, when he was good he was very good. Had such an impact on the game. Especially with the ball.

Injuries didn't help, but for a period there he was outstanding with the ball for England.

 

[morgieb]

Any reason why? I don't think Swann gets enough credit from neutral fans. His performances are extraordinary considering he bowls a pure orthodox off-spin style.

More English fans thinking they're the massiah's. Mind, it's probably understandable.

Might have a valid point about neutrals, mind.

 

[morgieb]

Disagree with Flintoff, when he was good he was very good. Had such an impact on the game. Especially with the ball.

Injuries didn't help, but for a period there he was outstanding with the ball for England.

He's deffo good, but it's like he's the best all-rounder ever by some people.

But yeah, they're only really over-rated by English fans, like I said in my past post.

 

[Jarquis]

Direst OP ffs.

Would say Flintoff is recognised now for what he was.

Completely agree with Noble One about Swann.

 

[Noble One]

Deepak Chahar

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

What rubbish from Morgie! Swann is hardly overhyped - started out with pretty low expectations, but he's delivered time after time. As for Flintoff, you do realise that it's 2010 and not 2005 and those opinions from those heady days have been tempered somewhat by the subsequent five years?

 

[Noble One]

He's deffo good, but it's like he's the best all-rounder ever by some people.

But yeah, they're only really over-rated by English fans, like I said in my past post.

I have never met an English fan who rates Flintoff as England's greatest all-rounder. Everyone raves about his performances when talking about his peak, but always acknowledge his early years were terrible.

Everyone rates their own players higher than the competition. We wouldn't follow our teams otherwise.

 

[Flem274*]

Sachin Tendulkar

 

[Maximus0723]

"I don't like this thread." -Ishant Sharma

 

[Burgey]

Thread should be renamed "Corrin's most overhyped players".

 

[Spikey]

S. F. Barnes


Yeah that's right. Deal with it.

 

[Prince EWS]

Callum Ferguson
Eoin Morgan

 

[howardj]

To be fair to Morg, Fred had about a two and a half year purple patch.

And yes, it was very purple but boy he served up some bludger performances outside of that window.

 

[outbreak]

Mitchell Johnson - more overhyped by comenators not this forum but i'm sick of hearing the aussie commentators talk him up so much when he's so inconsitent and i don't see him as a bowling attack leader. They also love to mention how good a bat he is but in reality when was the last time he made any runs?

 

[Ruckus]

List players that you think get too much credit for their performances.

Andrew Flintoff
Graeme Swann

AWTA.

To be clear though, just because players are overhyped doesn't mean they aren't still exceptional.

I'd add to the list Tendulkar (by sheer number of die-hard fans), and there are numerous Australian players as well like Ferguson, Warner, Johnson etc. I also think due their level of inexperience the young guns like Khawaja, Smith and Hughes have probably been a tad overhyped as well.

 

[Craig]

Any player who goes against the batting style that PEWS likes. Or if you're SS, every batsmen.

 

[Prince EWS]

Any player who goes against the batting style that PEWS likes. Or if you're SS, every batsmen.

Ferguson actually bats in quite an attractive style with a good technique. He just doesn't score enough runs.

 

[Shri]

Bradman. WAC.