Biggest wastes of talent

I see beanz is off to South Korea.

Who are some of the biggest wastes of talent in your eyes?

Ravel

for United, Morrison, Martial and Pogba. clearly talented footballers, but overshadowed by the fact they are absolute whoppers.

Alexandre Pato

Originally Posted by Chorlton74

for United, Morrison and Pogba. clearly talented footballers, but overshadowed by the fact they are absolute whoppers.

What was going on at this time:

-Not a waste through lack of application, but through injuries - Pato.

Obviously Ronaldo falls into that category as well, an injury free Ronaldo is the greatest player of all time imo....

Ravel.

Pogba. Don't need to go over it again but he had generational talent that was never truly fulfilled.

Cantona retiring early.

depends on how you see waste of talent …

I wouldn’t say Lingard wasted his talent. I’d say he made the most of it!

he is about 15m up, relatively famous and lives well all without being exceptional at his job!

Pogba wasted his best years at United.

Ravel.

Pogba to a degree, won a World Cup and some domestic trophies, made a shit load of cash and won't think he wasted anything when he's done for good. But had the ability to be an absolute great if he could've been arsed. Will be completely forgotten about apart from popping up in a few youtube highlight reels and 'Top 10 footballer drug cheats' videos in a few years.

Originally Posted by marlo

depends on how you see waste of talent …

I wouldn’t say Lingard wasted his talent. I’d say he made the most of it!

he is about 15m up, relatively famous and lives well all without being exceptional at his job!

Pogba wasted his best years at United.

Well, hes 31 and now playing in South Korea. Yes he's done well financially but hes seen as a joke now.

Originally Posted by marlo

depends on how you see waste of talent …

I wouldn’t say Lingard wasted his talent. I’d say he made the most of it!

he is about 15m up, relatively famous and lives well all without being exceptional at his job!

Pogba wasted his best years at United.

You spelled 'in Dubai' wrong


Agree re lingard though, he was pretty £#%&!ing average yet took a wage from us for the best part of a decade. fair play.

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anthony le tallec

Originally Posted by silv

Well, hes 31 and now playing in South Korea. Yes he's done well financially but hes seen as a joke now.

He can be seen as a joke By some but his family and friends would see it differently.

Remember you can have a love for football but you also want to make money and enjoy your life.
He is doing go.

He is still associated with Manchester United, a “celebrity”, rich, young, healthy….
Picking up a little bag in Korea for 2 years is nothing to look down on.

Not everyone is gonna be the best or perfect. He hasn’t wasted his talent at all. He has used it and made a decent name for himself.

At youth level he was no better than those a before him like chris eagles or slyvan Ebanks Blake… but he has played for England, played in world cups, score in club cup finals and 15-20m up!
He has done very very well for himself.

Ravel Morrison was the most talented player of his generation. Sad that he wasted it.

Other than that I’d say Greenwood.

Originally Posted by marlo

He can be seen as a joke By some but his family and friends would see it differently.

Remember you can have a love for football but you also want to make money and enjoy your life.
He is doing go.

He is still associated with Manchester United, a “celebrity”, rich, young, healthy….
Picking up a little bag in Korea for 2 years is nothing to look down on.

Not everyone is gonna be the best or perfect. He hasn’t wasted his talent at all. He has used it and made a decent name for himself.

At youth level he was no better than those a before him like chris eagles or slyvan Ebanks Blake… but he has played for England, played in world cups, score in club cup finals and 15-20m up!
He has done very very well for himself.

Agree with this.

I think he could have achieved more with a bit more focus, but he certainly has done well for himself financially, has scored important goals including in cup finals, and has a finger thing. Certainly doesn’t warrant appearing in this thread.

Paul Le Guen

I never even thought Lingard was any good and i used to be a big academy fan.

A player from United that i thought would have at least have a good premiership career was this lad called David Jones. Left footed box to box midfielder. Used to float around the championship but as reserve level i thought he was unbelievable while keeping thjngs simple.

A player who did better than he should given he had next to no talent was macheda. Didn’t do much but even that was more than his talent deserved.! He was bullshit!

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Ravel Morrison was the most talented player of his generation. Sad that he wasted it.

Other than that I’d say Greenwood.

greenwood should be top 5 players in the league right now, that’s a real sad one.

The crazy thing is how you know can’t even mimick him a little but and just be even half decent from the left.

I know he was a blue (I'm a red, don't be a dick), but Paul Lake

Had a dead man's cartilage fitted in his knee iirc. He would have have been sorted today, closest thing I've ever seen to Gazza

Originally Posted by marlo

this lad called David Jones.

the new bryan robson.

Originally Posted by marlo

He can be seen as a joke By some but his family and friends would see it differently.

Remember you can have a love for football but you also want to make money and enjoy your life.
He is doing go.

He is still associated with Manchester United, a “celebrity”, rich, young, healthy….
Picking up a little bag in Korea for 2 years is nothing to look down on.

Not everyone is gonna be the best or perfect. He hasn’t wasted his talent at all. He has used it and made a decent name for himself.

At youth level he was no better than those a before him like chris eagles or slyvan Ebanks Blake… but he has played for England, played in world cups, score in club cup finals and 15-20m up!
He has done very very well for himself.

He could be playing in the premier league still, if he could be arsed and wasn't such a prize tit.