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"Underated players and Overated players"

I think simon davies and Dave Thompson are both underated, as is Lie Tie.
I also think Joe Cole and Dyer are both overated.

I think Joe Cole is a good player, but he seems to suffer from Mcmanaman syndrome. That is, the complete inability to perform at the highest level.

Put Macca in any shirt other than an england one, and he's great. As soon as he dons the national colours, he can't pass, dribble or shoot for love or money.

Same goes for young Cole.

Dyer, while some say he's a great player, spends too much time injured to be useful to anyone. Great players don't spend half their career on the physio table.

Simon Davies is an exceptional young talent, and has been ever-since his early days at Peterbrough with Matthew Etherington - another decent youngster.

David Thompson's come a very-long way from his days with Liverpool. Liverpool fans always had a lot to say about him then, but I just never saw it. The same applies to his days at Coventry too. But it seems that Graeme Souness has really brought the best out of him as he's made his way into the England squad. How long will it last though?

Joe Cole is one of those youngsters who has a great immediate impact as an unknown teenager, but then begins to fade-quickly. He's still a great player with more potential to unlock, but he just isn't showing himself at West Ham anymore. Perhaps it's time to move-on?

And Dyer has been too-unfortunate with injuries and the like. But we already know what he's like, and that's why some of us were desperate to see him play during the World Cup.

I wouldn't say that David Thompson is that underrated anymore, he bypassed David Dunn into the England squad in which they both deserve to be a part of. Keiron Dyer on the other hand is by no means overated, he has had a torrid time with injuries and has never had a long spell to prove himself.

I disagree with the Kieron Dyer assessment. He has been very unlucky with injuries.

I think simon davies and Dave Thompson are both underated, as is Lie Tie.
I also think Joe Cole and Dyer are both overated.