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Players that are the most overated by CW posters.

GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Howe_zat said:
I gather I haven't been here for long, but, really? Who says that?
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You'll meet Richard one day and then you'll understand.

Go to members list and sort by 'Posts'. He'll appear at the top. He has some interesting ideas.

Sanz, of course, likes to think all English people share these opinions, but whatever 8-)
 
Turbinator

Turbinator

Cricketer Of The Year
Burgey said:
Tendulkar, easily. Far and away the most over rated player here. You'd think he farted incense the way people talk about him. I recall discussion on here where Sreesanth was criticized for daring to bowl to him in a domestic match and having the sheer gall to, brace yourselves, stare at the great man.

Sreesanth was rightly condemned by all of CW for being so uppity. Ain't but no one stares at Sachin.

He has dominated every bowler, everywhere. The only time McGrath got him out was due to a bad decision- the 99-00 series in Australia will forever be known as the "get Sachin" series - the umpires cheated to remove him cheaply. We won't talk about the 2001 "Get Gilchrist" series.

He has won every world cup and test match he played in, and has secured MOtM in all of them. There is a queue from Sydney to Mumbai waiting to have his babies. I, for one, am at the head of it. It's the only head I'll have for quite some time I imagine.

Sachin also has by far the best haircut of any cricketer, ever. He's taken so many odi wickets he's a better all rounder than Sobers, and dare I say it, may even be approaching Imran status.

You ask how I know this? statsguru told me. I'm only 17 or 18, but a glance at statsguru imbues me with the knowledge and ability to read a game of the great Richie Benaud who, to the extent that his views differ from mine, is plainly starstruck in holding Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller so highly. I, by contrast, am in no way star struck by Sachin, or indeed by any one else. It's just coincidence that I think the 90s is the greatest decade of cricket ever, and I happened to grow up in that very decade.
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You're just jealous Bradman wasn't half the player Tendulkar is.
 
Flyonthewall

Flyonthewall

U19 Captain
Turbinator said:
You're just jealous Bradman wasn't half the player Tendulkar is.
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:laugh:

In all seriousness, I agree with the view that Robelinda espoused above. I honestly believe that, if you look at the entire forum, there are barely any players that are overrated by the members of Cricket Web. At the end of the day, for every dribbling fanboy of (insert player's name here), you're pretty much guaranteed to find someone somewhere who thinks self-same player is a complete good-for-nothing donkey. The only exceptions to this trend are the all-time greats, but even there opinion tends to vary as to just how great these players were.

To be honest, it's pretty much human nature to over-rate players you like and under-rate players you dislike. Most of the time though, this evens itself out over the breadth of the forum. :)
 
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flibbertyjibber

flibbertyjibber

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Sanz said:
Naseer Hussein, Michael Artherton, Alec Stewart, Darren Gough, Caddick and every other English cricketer that is considered better than the likes of Hayden, Gilchrist, Gillespies etc in their respective field.
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Swap the Aussies for Blewett, Reiffel and Elliot and i may agree the English were better.

Anyone who says the english players were better than the great Aussie ones is talking out of their arse, only English player who would have got in the Aussie side through the 90's is Thorpe.
 
Mike5181

Mike5181

International Captain
Think the Warriors will take the title this year...stronger than last year

On the overrated thing..I'd say Imran has picked up some seriously committed fan boys of late.
 
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