Potentially Great Players Who Never Fulfilled Their Potential

Originally Posted by Coracao

Blobby Fowler
Marcelo Salas - anyone remember that goal he scored at Wembley?
Sonny Pike

Flicked off his thigh then bang.

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gazza

Originally Posted by Camel

jordi cruyff

He was always shit though. I know a guy who played in the Barca youth team with him and everyone hated him because he was crap, but his dad was manager at the time

Julius Aghahowa (according to champ manager anyway)

Originally Posted by thatsfuctit

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Chris Bart-Williams

Fowler
Kluivert
Salas
Ortega - Next Marradonna apparently.

Ralph Milne.

Francis Jeffers. I came back from living abroad and was amazed to find this FA Cup-headed scouse freakshow being touted as the saviour of English football. For scoring a couple of goals against Norwich or someone.

Originally Posted by thatsfuctit

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obviously a buffon

but some great skill topped of with some very cool finishes

Originally Posted by thatsfuctit

that is worth a watch


obviously a buffon

but some great skill topped of with some very cool finishes

Gascoigne was a genius. Such a shame we missed out on him. He would have been a legend at OLd Trafford.
I know he's a fruitcake, but it's very hard to dislike the guy.

Fowler. A detestable @#%&!, but what a player he looked in his first couple of seasons with the dippers. His technique & quality in front of goal was outstanding.
Scored 2 great goals against us on Eric's comeback.

Shearer's career was wasted in my opinion. The finest striker of his generation. An utter #@&%!, but an awesome footballer. The fact that he turned us down TWICE is utterly unforgivable. He'd have won every trophy in the game had he signed for us in that summer of 96' in particular.

Me.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Wesley Brown

Agreed. Although he is an excellent squad player and would walk into most football teams in Europe I honestly think without his injuries he'd go down as one of the best centre halves ever.

this thread was always going to attract a few wums

Originally Posted by Zorg

He was always shit though. I know a guy who played in the Barca youth team with him and everyone hated him because he was crap, but his dad was manager at the time

that was one

Originally Posted by Crumpsall

Agreed. Although he is an excellent squad player and would walk into most football teams in Europe I honestly think without his injuries he'd go down as one of the best centre halves ever.

the second part of that that was another

Originally Posted by Camel

this thread was always going to attract a few wums



that was one

It wasn't a wum. They guy's name was Ernest, I played five a side with him a few years ago. Easily the best player I've ever played with, absolutely astonishing. It was like having three extra players. He was in the Barca youth team in the early 90s, then did his knee ligaments and had to give up, sadly. A weekly five-a-side friendly was all he was allowed and even then his girlfriend would nag him about it.

They were both nurses at the MRI, they stayed in Manchester for about a year, then got married in Barcelona and moved to Australia to live. Still there as far as I know.
He had a few good stories about playing at Barca.

Not sure why you would think I would make all that up but there you go

Stan Collymore. One player, out of everyone, I am still gutted today that we never got.

Neil Lennon.

Did you see him in CM2??!

Guiliano Majorana. (I think thats how you spell it)

I remeber being a kid in the stretford and honestly thought he was better than that Best chancer that my dad went on about. Proves you dont know shit when your a kid.

Paul Scholes.

Enzo Scifo. Remember him?