His play for Arsenal this season, and every season disregarding last season, has been poor. I always shiver in fear whenever the Arsenal team I'm playing against gets a corner kick, and quite ridiculously so when you consider how good he actually is. If he runs for a ball, he is fast and powerful enough to get it. If he jumps for a header, he will win it. His rating is a mere 76, but for a defender in the game who possesses the speed, power, and balance to mark the best players in the world, it doesn't matter how much you refuse to use your left foot, now does it? I use him as a left back, and if that alone does not suggest him being overrated, then consider the fact that he is better than most at marking the likes of Ronaldo and Messi. I know he is overrated because the team I play as is Tottenham. When you combine this with his pace and power that the game clearly over-exaggerates, you have the 9th most overrated player in the game. Oh for the famous quote 'where there is a will, there is a way.' For the the shiny-headed French striker though, his Chelsea goals would advocate a quote more in the mold of: 'where there is a tap in, there is a way.' Seemingly in spite of this, the FIFA 09 creators have decided to make Anelka a prolific scorer from all over the pitch. With this in mind, why is he able to take the ball off opposing midfielders with ease? Age has gotten the better of him in recent years and seeing him compete, and sometimes dominate other midfielders in the game such as Steven Gerrard and Luka Modric is ridiculous.

If there is one criticism that people could ever draw of him though, it is the fact that he has never been able to tackle. Scholes is a man who has earned the respect of almost everyone in the footballing world.

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