The Great Debate: Who is the most inconsistent player ever? | OneFootball

David Luiz has won a lot.

A Champions League, a Premier League title, two Ligue 1 trophies, a Portuguese title. Plus two Europa Leagues. And eight major cups.

He has won 57 Brazil caps. But he can still be so terrible. If he’s not the most inconsistent player ever, who is?

Lewis Ambrose

Kevin-Prince Boateng could rip apart any team in the world, and he proved it during Milan’s Champions League run in 2011/12, stunning Arsenal and then Barcelona.

Good at Portsmouth, there were glimpses of his quality at Schalke, then he shone at Las Palmas. There were good games at Frankfurt and an impressive spell at Sassuolo before a disastrous time at Barcelona.

Clearly, there’s a reason he’s bounced around so many clubs. Entertaining? Yes. But erratic, frustrating, and disappointing in the process.

Dan Burke

At the risk of agreeing with Graeme Souness, I’m gonna go for Paul Pogba.

He undoubtedly has loads of talent and I appreciate injuries have hindered him this season, but even when fully fit he often flatters to deceive and I can’t recall him having more than about 10-15 genuinely good games during his time at United.

It’s a pretty poor return for £90m.

Matt Frohlich

There are many players to choose from here, but I’ll have to stick with the enigma that is Lucas Moura.

One minute he is flying past defenders, scoring braces at Old Trafford and Champions League semi-final hat tricks. The next he’s disappearing in games and running into dead ends.

Whilst his speed, trickery and energy make for a brilliant highlight reel online, all too often nothing comes of it and he is the first one to be dropped to the bench in favour of a new approach at Spurs.

Alex Mott

There can surely only be one answer to this question and that answer is Mario Balotelli.

Balotelli is the very definition of ‘inconsistent’ – one minute single-handedly beating Germany in the European Championships or scoring in a Manchester derby and the next getting booted out of his club for failing to turn up to training.

The Italian was – and perhaps still is – world class on his day, but unfortunately those days have been few and far between in recent seasons.

Still though, when he wants to, Super Mario can excite and thrill like very few strikers in the game.

Joel Sanderson-Murray

This accolade has one true recipient – Adel Taarabt.

A real showman on the ball but you wouldn’t get him breaking a sweat off it. Taarabt can do things with a football that the majority of footballers can only replicate on FIFA. The Moroccan literally scored with the outside of his boot casually as you like in a Premier League game once, he can be majestic.

He just doesn’t do it enough. His magic at QPR earned him moves to AC Milan and now Benfica, where he has a grand total of 1 goal this season.

The streets won’t forget, Adel.

Padraig Whelan

There are few players who could excite and frustrate, often within the space of 60 seconds, as Antonio Cassano.

He burst onto the scene with one of the most memorable debuts ever and went on to represent Roma, Real Madrid, Milan and Inter.

His incredible talent, he was one of the best of his generation, was clear but it was often at odds with his attitude as he failed to deliver the goods on a regular basis, never settling down anywhere.