Definition of a shite player

[MC11]

Wats going on in here? Makis been causing trouble again! I feel like I fit in these days.

Edited September 12, 2016 by MC11

[MC11]

A collection of good players can make a shite player look a lot better than he is.

[MikeO]

Dan Gosling.

[Hafnia]

 

Your talking shite!

Occasionally I do... you on the other hand? Permanent fixture isn't it.

[Blue 250]

Occasionally I do... you on the other hand? Permanent fixture isn't it.

 

Billy, your the master of it !

[Hafnia]

 

Billy, your the master of it !

I love your posts... so insightful. It's like reading graffiti.

[Mirallas]

Thing is, EPL teams have huge first team squads, full of fresh youth products and B-team sorts of players, the kind of guys that usually don't make much more than 10k a month... a lot of "bulk weight" and in that sense, EFC is actually doing alright, definitely compared to last season. But I'd classify half of those first team squads as "shite" in the sense that you'd get nowhere near a left table spot in the league tables at the end of the season with those sorts of players.

 

But yeah, the starting lineups, that's a whole different case. The Manchesters, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, EFC, LFC, and in my opinion also Stoke and West Ham.... have nearly no shite players in their usual starting 11's. Teams like Sunderland, Hull and the newly promoteds have quite a lot in their starting 11's.

 

So my definition of 'shite' is probably what I'd say is "good enough" for EFC's starting lineup. That's sort of where I draw the line. The kind of players that can hopefully work together to get you to a top 6 spot.

[Cornish Steve]

What makes a phenomenal player though? That's the question!!!

 

Anyone on a team managed by Roberto?

[Mirallas]

What makes a phenomenal player though? That's the question!!!

 

For attackers, that'd be players who consistently score a lot season after season: Messi, Ibra, Aguero, Lewandowski, Suarez, Ronaldo and even our own Lukaku. So that's the difference between them and players who are only good for 1 or 2 or 3 seasons such as Falcao, Benteke and Torres.

 

For midfielders it's more about consistency in playmaking, passing accuracy, posession stats, assists, blablabla and that's where you find players like Özil, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Lahm, (Pirlo), Iniesta, Khedira, Vidal, ...

 

Well I think you know where I'm going with this, a phenomenal player in my opinion is one who puts in world class performances season after season throughout most of their careers.

 

I could give you an example of a "phenomenal 11" according to me:

 

Neuer

Kompany - Thiago Silva - Chiellini

Lahm - Fernandinho

Iniesta - Messi - De Bruyne

Suarez - Ibrahimovic

Bench: Courtois - J. Boateng - Alderweireld - Vidal - Özil - Ronaldo - Aguero

[Eric]

Tom Cleverley, Steven Naismith, Leon Osman, Tony Hibbert.

[MikeO]

Manchester Evening News today...

 

Rooney

Started in midfield and ended in the No.10 role. His passing was often shambolic and he was easily dispossessed. No longer good enough for the first XI. 3

(Pogba excelled with a 5)

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-player-ratings-rooney-11901519