Why do you say he is massively over-rated?
Is he not the best footballer we have on the books?
in theory yes he is the best technical player we have....
but he has never ever showed his true ability for us...despite what people say about his end of year performances....
If Ireland played in our Young, Milner, Barry midfield and performed like he has done for us people wouldn't be talking about him, if anything we would have been slagging him off...
he was praised far too much last year for average performances just because he was surrounded by shit and occasionally played one touch football....
he has so much more to give and i hope he gives it this year
I agree with most of that mate.
However, i will counter by saying that last season was the first time he has been fully fit and even then he was coached by a clueless manager.
With a manager who trusts him and plays him to his strengths, not chasing back and defending like AM did, i think we will finally see the Stephen Ireland we all know and hope he can be.