Biggest wastes of talents ever in football

[King Kareoke]

I loved Arnott but always felt he should have had a better career

Claudio Marangoni was a disappointment in this country but did really well back in Argentina

 

[Durhamish]

Shearer is a big shout

although I naturally hate him, he’s still arguably the best striker to play in the premier league, Augero and Henry included.

he wins the premier league with Blackburn and a few seasons later has the chance to sign for the biggest club in Europe for the next 10/15 years but chooses Newcastle.

A couple of second place finishes and FA cup Semis, not much left to add.

 

[MackneyHackem]

Ben James Greenhalgh (born 16 April 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or strikerfor Tonbridge Angels.[1] He is noted for winning the football reality show Football's Next Star, where he won a contract at Italian giants Inter Milan.

Who?

 

[Exapno Mapcase]

George Best by some distance.

I understand what you mean but he achieved stacks and was a consistently brilliant footballer. He could have played at a higher level longer but for long enough he was untouchable.

 

[PhilSAFC]

I understand what you mean but he achieved stacks and was a consistently brilliant footballer. He could have played at a higher level longer but for long enough he was untouchable.

Retired at 26. Absolute waster.

 

[Henry_Hill]

Self inflicted not those who were unlucky with injuries etc

-Billy Kenny - great player but a coke habit had him retired at 21
- Ravel Morrison - Seemed more concerned with playing a gangster than playing for Man Utd

Growing up this lad was going to be a superstar, obviously didnt happen

Former Newcastle hopeful in jail after heroin found in raid

THE demise of a once-promising young footballer continued yesterday when he was jailed for three years for drugs offences.

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

 

[kildaremackem]

Retired at 26. Absolute waster.

won the ruopean cup didnt he..thats the pinnavle of what we could achive..

 

[JackL]

Jermaine Pennant

 

[Steesafc]

Javier Portillo. Was in the Real Madrid academy and broke youth goalscoring records set by Raul. He went on to have a very ordinary career despite scoring 14 times in 23 games breaking through with RM in 2002/03.

 

[deanothedalefan]

Using this thread to plug another of my Dale articles: Paddy - Rochdale News

Even with the silly amount of words I wrote here I can't do justice to how talented Paddy McCourt was when he came through at Dale. If it wasn't for the drink and his crippling fear of running backwards, he would've been a world-beater. Ended up becoming a cult hero at his boyhood club at Celtic, but he could've achieved so much more.

 

[Exapno Mapcase]

Sean Thornton had a stack of talent and an absence of intellect

 

[gastap]

Self inflicted.?
have a word

Never saw

Self inflicted.?
have a word

I thought Brady was a good pick, he had a terrible rep for being pissed up all the time

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Who?

Ben James Greenhalgh (born 16 April 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or strikerfor Tonbridge Angels.[1] He is noted for winning the football reality show Football's Next Star, where he won a contract at Italian giants Inter Milan.

 

[Mark E Smith]

Joe Cole. f***ing awesome as a kid, never quite lived up to his promise for me.

 

[fredthefan]

Stokes, Johnson, Rodwell

people like Best, Slim Jim and Gascoigne actually had pretty good careers then went downhill. Could say the same about Clough

 

[Scorer]

Gary Breeds.

 

[Eric gates hair]

Gareth hall

 

[MackneyHackem]

Ben James Greenhalgh (born 16 April 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or strikerfor Tonbridge Angels.[1] He is noted for winning the football reality show Football's Next Star, where he won a contract at Italian giants Inter Milan.

This thread man

 

[TDalt]

Gazza.

 

[WattStaxy]

Not his fault but I'm hoping this on anyway.