Players Who Never Fulfilled Their Potential

[3 Stacks]

Darwin Nunez

[Elite]

15 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

Darwin Nunez

It was all going so well until that pre-season game against Manchester United. Absolute waste of money.

[Lee909]

Ronaldo, the real one

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Lee909 said:

Ronaldo, the real one

Seems mad to say it, considering what he did achieve, but you're right: if his knees hadn't exploded, he could have ended all discussion about the best player ever.

[Bjornebye]

8 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Seems mad to say it, considering what he did achieve, but you're right: if his knees hadn't exploded, he could have ended all discussion about the best player ever.

I still think he's the best out and out striker ever. 

[Creator Supreme]

Ealing Braut Haaland!

 

 

 

We can but hope!

[VladimirIlyich]

3 hours ago, Creator Supreme said:

Ealing Braut Haaland!

 

 

 

We can but hope!

A comedy career.

[aRdja]

David Ginola. A lovely footballer. Whenever I watched him, he always stood as one of the best players on the pitch. However, he never proved it on the world stage for one reason or another. Talent wise I reckon he wasn’t far of Zidane.
 

 

[KMD7]

31 minutes ago, aRdja said:

David Ginola. A lovely footballer. Whenever I watched him, he always stood as one of the best players on the pitch. However, he never proved it on the world stage for one reason or another. Talent wise I reckon he wasn’t far of Zidane.
 

 

True and the same could be said about Cantona. Great player for United domestically but didn't really shine in the CL or at international level for France

[Lee909]

30 minutes ago, aRdja said:

David Ginola. A lovely footballer. Whenever I watched him, he always stood as one of the best players on the pitch. However, he never proved it on the world stage for one reason or another. Talent wise I reckon he wasn’t far of Zidane.
 

 

 

 

See I don't see players like Ginola as not living up to their potential. Attitude,professionalism and application is as much part of being a football as a your touch etc. That's just something lacking. It's not the same as say Gascoigne having the obvious mental issues Ronaldo having injuries stopping them. 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

Ginola was a superb player and could have played for any side in the league in his time in the prem. The two sides he played for suited his style more. 

[Creator Supreme]

11 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Ginola was a superb player and could have played for any side in the league in his time in the prem. The two sides he played for suited his style more. 

Pendant alert! He played for 4 PL teams mate!

[El Rojo]

27 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

True and the same could be said about Cantona. Great player for United domestically but didn't really shine in the CL or at international level for France

Know what you mean, but the his role in that domestic success was phenomenal, unfortunately for us. Brilliant signing by Ferguson.

 

An interesting character and a decent fella as evidenced by his singing on stage with the Hillsborough Justice campaign tour in France a few years back. 

 

[Bjornebye]

Just now, Creator Supreme said:

Pendant alert! He played for 4 PL teams mate!

Yeah but who gives a fuck about Villa and Everton? 

[Creator Supreme]

2 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Yeah but who gives a fuck about Villa and Everton? 

Fair point, well made!

[KMD7]

9 hours ago, El Rojo said:

Know what you mean, but the his role in that domestic success was phenomenal, unfortunately for us. Brilliant signing by Ferguson.

 

An interesting character and a decent fella as evidenced by his singing on stage with the Hillsborough Justice campaign tour in France a few years back. 

 

Yeah totally agree about the domestic side of things.  

[Bobby Hundreds]

Lee Trundle he made Jay-Jay Okocha look like Kevin Lisbie albeit at a lower level. The biggest waste of talent since Monet had his cataracts removed and ended up hating all his paintings so destroyed them. You won't see such silky mediocrity of that likes again.

[VladimirIlyich]

19 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Lee Trundle he made Jay-Jay Okocha look like Kevin Lisbie albeit at a lower level. The biggest waste of talent since Monet had his cataracts removed and ended up hating all his paintings so destroyed them. You won't see such silky mediocrity of that likes again.

Trundle by name,Trundle by nature.

[Haan'sThunderbolt]

Dejan Savicevic - Il Genio. As talented and technically skilled as all the greats; however, he was ill disciplined, and notoriously lazy - which is why Capello didn't trust him. On his good days, he was nigh on unplayable...

 

https://dispensablesoccer.com/dejan-savicevic/

[Lee909]

55 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Lee Trundle 

 

 

[Chairman Meow]

Not playing for France at the time of Cantona and Ginola was more due to the French setup being a total mess and players and managers constantly falling out though wasn't it?

 

I seem to remember Cantona ended up not playing purely because he fell out with the manager.

 

I wish our players would do that with their international managers more. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

12 hours ago, Chairman Meow said:

I wish our players would do that with their international managers more. 

 

[Ron B]

On 23/07/2022 at 10:21, Chairman Meow said:

Not playing for France at the time of Cantona and Ginola was more due to the French setup being a total mess and players and managers constantly falling out though wasn't it?

 

I seem to remember Cantona ended up not playing purely because he fell out with the manager.

 

I wish our players would do that with their international managers more. 

Cantona fell out with Henri Michel, but only missed a few months’ worth of international games because Michel left the set-up not long after his debut.
He was also binned by Aime Jacquet (who led France to the World Cup win) once he got suspended for his ninja nonsense after a fan shouted at him. Originally Cantona was the captain and main man for Jacquet’s team, but obviously they had to find a Plan B once he was out for a year, and Zidane just proved a better fit. 
When Cantona was in the France team they tended to underachieve, yet they were brilliant either side of that. They finished third in the 1986 World Cup, he joined the set-up and immediately played Billy Big Bollocks. He was brought back into the fold in time for them to miss Italia 90, self-combust at Euro 92, and then fail in hilarious fashion as they went for US94. And obviously once he got himself suspended they turned into the best team in the world. 

[aRdja]

11 minutes ago, Ron B said:

Zidane just proved a better fit. 

And a much better player. 

[joe_fishfish]

Bit of a controversial one perhaps - Ross Barkley.