craigy18181 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 hi guys, the thread about Sherman Cardenas got me thinking. How many times over the years has a player been good in FM but turned out to be a turkey IRL. I remember I used to always sign Victor Leonenko who was a goal machine in one of the old ones, but never really did much IRL. Another one was Ibrahim Bakayoko, he was a huge turkey in real life but was good in earlier CM. Any others you have bought who turned out to be average IRL? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 On FM08 there's Rolando Bianchi and Valeri Bojinov at Man. City. Class on the game, poop in real life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssestig Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 francis jeffers about cm2000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 For me, there is one name that shines - Cherno Samba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I remember Julius Aghahowa used to be a goal machine back in the day. In real life he struggled to get into the Wigan team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I was going to say Cherno as well, but Bakayoko is the one that really stands out for me. I bought him when I first played CM and he was immense, then he signed for Everton and I told everyone he was going to be immense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomDixon77 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Andri Sigtorsson and the Trinidadian lad from CM4 (I think it was that, the one with the 3-4-3 Owen exploit) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottenham2k7 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 cherno samba and Justin Georcilin. The later is now in prison Also Oskitz Etefania. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazblock Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 i made a thread about benjamin gavanon other day, he's a class mc/amc who now plays for marsille... so i looked him up on wiki and he used to play for notts forest and couldnt even get into the team! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritik Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 hi guys,the thread about Sherman Cardenas got me thinking. How many times over the years has a player been good in FM but turned out to be a turkey IRL. I remember I used to always sign Victor Leonenko who was a goal machine in one of the old ones, but never really did much IRL. Leonenko was one of the best strikers in Ukrainian Premier League in the early 90's. He scored 62 goals in 98 games for Dynamo Kiev in 1992-98, played 14 times(6 goals) for a national team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_sharps Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 anastasios skalidis on cm01/02 who was a striker who scored loads , i remember stefan selakovic and magne hoseth being really good too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oroborus Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Maxi Lopez on an old CM game. He was probably the most prolific scorer on the game, he'd get at least 35 goals a season, every season without fail. In real life he went to Barcelona, didn't do well at all, then got loaned elsewhere in Spain where he failed to impress again, now he is playing somewhere in Russia I believe. Shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Shevchenko while at Chelsea was a goal machine for me in the game. He easily scored 25-30 goals a season but we all know how sucessful he was irl. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakers Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Danny Murphy and Neil Lennon They were the best midfielders in the game in really old versions of CM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssestig Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Danny Murphy and Neil Lennon They were the best midfielders in the game in really old versions of CM. they were great players while at crewe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammers123 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 girogios samaras was unstoppable on my game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigy18181 Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 Leonenko was one of the best strikers in Ukrainian Premier League in the early 90's. He scored 62 goals in 98 games for Dynamo Kiev in 1992-98, played 14 times(6 goals) for a national team. you are right he did, but after dynamo kiev he didn't do much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gipsy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 what about these CM legends: Anatoli Todorov Alessio Cerci Freddy W. Thompson and to a lesser extend Tsigalko (the striker not the GK) Ahhhhh these were the days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Neil Lennon They were the best midfielders in the game in really old versions of CM. Yeah, I never understood that, Lennon was as crap as a player gets IRL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonBlade Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I thought it was the other Todorov? Ian Moore who was a deadly striker for Stockport(?) on the early games never did much. Or Villas Luke Moore for that matter. Jason Wilcox. Lee Sharpe. Nii Lamptey. Freddy Guarin. Eddy Johnson. The list is almost endless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ediocy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Kennedy Bakircioglü is one such player that springs to my mind. I cannot remember which edition of CM it was that he has such massive stats and could set the European leagues ablaze with his playing form. I think in most of my games, he would join top Italian sides and either win several Scudetti and/or European trophies. In real life, he had played well indeed for Swedish club Hammarby IF, leading the club to its first Swedish championship title in 2001. However to suggest that his progress has been as meteoric as that of his old CM alter-ego would be a gross overstatement. He joined Greek side Iraklis for a couple of years after five seasons at Hammarby, then spent another couple at Dutch side FC Twente, before moving to Ajax in 2007. And when Marco van Basten took over the reins as Ajax manager, he told Kennedy he should look for alternate means of employment. Poor fellow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herter Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Peter Prospar Adrian Mihalcea Johann Tórhalsson Andri Sigtórsson Sævar Freyr Alexandersson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Freddy Adu seems to be decidedly average in real life - currently in Portugal I think! There was also Kennedy Bakirclogu (or something, can't remember the proper name ) - a striker or AM/FM I think! Used to be very good, think he's playing his trade still in the Dutch league! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Kennedy Bakircioglü is one such player that springs to my mind. that's him! I was nearly there on the spelling! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigy18181 Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 oh wait another one comes to mind. In 07 Karl Svensson young swedish defender was awesome. He then signed for Glasgow Rangers and I was telling my mates this guy is class etc, turned out to be a turd. Couldn't head a ball and had to body strength to hold off a striker. He was quickly shipped to a team in france. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Freddy Adu seems to be decidedly average in real life - currently in Portugal I think! Adu never lived up to the hype and isn't even all that good in the game now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCFCRossky Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Ryan Jarvis in Fm08 for Norwich. I kept him at Norwich when i went to the prem and he was one of my best players for a number of years becoming top goal scorer a few times. IRL hes now in league 1 or 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGB_SPURS_FM09 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Momo Sissoko was immense as an AMLC on FM05! He used to bang in so many goals from AM Quite a lot of headers too! Then IRL it turned out he was a DM and was good but never as good as i expected! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warkill Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Robbie Keane in CM 3? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iron Hammer Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Fernando Cavenaghi used to be a legend in FM a few versions back... Wouldn't say he is rubbish irl....but he certainly isnt as good as he was in the game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_u Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Robert Dewhurst back in the (roughly) CM2 era. Once you prized him off Hull for peanuts he became an England regular Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Daniel Braaten was virtually unstoppable in CM03/04. He played in 2nd Norwegian league and you could bring him wherever and he would be the best player in the world. Had acceleration, pace, technique and dribbling 20. A one man show. Used to go through defenders. He was later to become not a bad player, but certainly not as good as in CM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkin\' Hussler Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Tommy Svindal Larsen anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Marcus Allback was never as good as he was on 00/01 Dionis Chiotis form 01/02 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggster Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 for me graham kavanagh in 1st champ man i think no matter what team i used i would buy him got avarage of 8,9 or 10 in every game. in real life he was not that bad but not an 8,9 or 10 man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcator3006 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 To Madeira Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmsteve Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 tonton mokouko?? am/fc from derby i think cherno samba anatoliy todorov plus the whole hacken crew from fm05 i think - dulee johnson, freddie lagymyr and i think there was a keeper - but they got kallstrom right:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexta200 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 anatoli guerk!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I find Rosicky doesn't get injured enough on my version of FM, which inevitably makes him better on FM than IRL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMLS Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I remember a couple of players in some of the earlier CMs who were decent in the game but didn't do much as players in real life. Paul and Oliver Collyer were their names. Always a must signing, but whatever happened to them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileylad Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Bosco Balaban Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Franchise 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 tonton mokouko?? am/fc from derby i thinkcherno samba anatoliy todorov plus the whole hacken crew from fm05 i think - dulee johnson, freddie lagymyr and i think there was a keeper - but they got kallstrom right:) Tonton Zola Moukoko was released when he was about 19 or 20, and ended up moving back to one of the Scandanavian lower leagues, if I remember correctly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_lendl Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 A few others.. Marcus Stewart in CM94 scored goals for fun in my Villa team - not just in 1 season, consistently. Mark Kerr in CM01/02 from Falkirk became one of the best midfielders in Europe - I think he's at Aberdeen IRL. Alexander Farnerud, one of the amazing Swedes from either CM03/04 or FM05. No idea where he is now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman_uk123 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Juan Pablo Angel, I remember telling my Villa friend when they first signed him, that they would win the league, because his goals would fire them to the title. How wrong I was, and he still won't let me foreget it! :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_G_32201 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 i know certain people who have done similar things making a bet that a player has moved to a different club irl but he remeberd it from FM and he lost so funny when stuff like this happens its just classic FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakers Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 A few others..Marcus Stewart in CM94 scored goals for fun in my Villa team - not just in 1 season, consistently. Mark Kerr in CM01/02 from Falkirk became one of the best midfielders in Europe - I think he's at Aberdeen IRL. Alexander Farnerud, one of the amazing Swedes from either CM03/04 or FM05. No idea where he is now. Farnerud is still good in FM08, his ability is around 140ish i believe. Maxim Tsigasko anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiN8 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 All the supposed "wonderkids" at Tottenham - Modric, Dos Santos, Bale... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_G_32201 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 i wont even try pronouncing half the names in this thread i know i will get a headache Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 All the supposed "wonderkids" at Tottenham - Modric, Dos Santos, Bale... Modric and Bale are very good players though, I'd agree with Dos Santos though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_G_32201 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 bale is looking very good i do agree. havnt seen much of modric but dos santos too over-rated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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