Guest palnese Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Wayne Rooney. what? Probably the best player in the world atm! He's still not at the top level with Messi, Ronaldo etc. Over the last couple of weeks he's been just as good as anyone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 He's the best player for one of the top 5 or 6 clubs in Europe and he's only 24 - don't think his talent is wasted at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sittingontheball Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Another player I would mention is Sócrates. Never won the WC, never succeeded in Europe, but god hell he was one of the best midfielders I have ever seen. He captured my childish imagination at the Spain WC. He was subject to one of the greatest toon transfer rumours ever. He was a doctor, and just after the Rossi WC, the Chronicle made out that he was Toon bound to study medicine at Newcastle University. Utter bollocks, of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 David Bentley Kevin Hofland Harry Kewell Chris Kirkland Antonio Cassano Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 David Bentley Kevin Hofland Harry Kewell Chris Kirkland Antonio Cassano Legend in the days of Champ Man! What happened to him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Agree with Kewell, he could have been brilliant. Not sure being injured should count as wasted talent though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 David Bentley Kevin Hofland Harry Kewell Chris Kirkland Antonio Cassano Legend in the days of Champ Man! Absolutely! Sadly that appears to have been the highlight of his once promising career Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Probably mentioned, Alan Smith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Cassano is a great shout: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sittingontheball Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 For his first fifteen games in England, Arjen Robben was completely unstoppable. Equal to or better than Christiano Ronaldo. He's still a good player, but I suspect the special thing he had has been kicked out of him and partially replaced with all the diving. Winner for waste is still Gazza though. I don't think a move to ManYoo would have changed a thing. They had a massive drinking culture at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 andrei kanchelskis after he left everton for fiorentina he was never the same player. prior to that he was fantastic for man united, could have done well for russia at usa'94 but had a big fallout with the manager pre- tournament Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Does Chris Sutton fall into this category? Looked like he was destined for big things but kind of fell by the way side. Another one is David Hirst. I know his career was blighted by injuries but his talent was definitely wasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I wouldn't say Le Tissier was a wasted talent. He had fantastic skill on the ball and could produce some wonderful moments, but he was not much of an athlete and that was always going to hold him back. I don't think a move to a bigger club would have changed anything. That achievement of something like 42 successful penalties out of 43 is absolutely outstanding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Michael Ricketts, was on fire at Bolton and got an England call up, then ate a lot of pies and was kicked out of half the teams in the lower leagues before he was 30. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Le Tiss was a lazy git who pulled daft stunts like playing half-pissed and kicking the ball out of play because he had a bet on the first throw-in. His phenomenal talent deserved a lot better than the wanker who owned it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Le Tiss was a lazy git who pulled daft stunts like playing half-pissed and kicking the ball out of play because he had a bet on the first throw-in. His phenomenal talent deserved a lot better than the wanker who owned it. Just thought he was a bit slow, myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I wouldn't say Le Tissier was a wasted talent. He had fantastic skill on the ball and could produce some wonderful moments, but he was not much of an athlete and that was always going to hold him back. I don't think a move to a bigger club would have changed anything. That achievement of something like 42 successful penalties out of 43 is absolutely outstanding. Being an athlete isn't a talent though, anyone can achieve physical fitness through hard work. As Ronaldo says, he just couldn't be arsed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben-nufc Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 owen hargreaves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 As someone said, Hugo Viana. Could have become world class with a bit of patience (and a team without Speed, Jenas and Dyer! ). Wand of a left foot he had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 As someone said, Hugo Viana. Could have become world class with a bit of patience (and a team without Speed, Jenas and Dyer! ). Wand of a left foot he had. Had a left foot like that of Rivelino IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Funny how we speak in past tense of a player that's still 27. He's an outcast at Valencia, though (I think he's on loan now). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Funny how we speak in past tense of a player that's still 27. He's an outcast at Valencia, though (I think he's on loan now). Yeah he's been playing quite well for Braga this season, who I believe are still top in Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Funny how we speak in past tense of a player that's still 27. He's an outcast at Valencia, though (I think he's on loan now). Last I heard hes at Sporting Braga. Imo he just arrived at SJP at a bad time- we had a lethal midfield back then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Marcelo Salas had it all but suffered an injury just after for Juventus for 18m and never recovered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Has Cassano been mentioned btw? He was the first player that came to mind when I saw this thread. EDIT: Previous page, doh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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