Thread of players you thought would be amazing but never lived up to their potential

[blue and white army]

Those lads from the Leeds academy. Michael Woods and Danny Rose Remember a massive kerfuffle surrounding their departure.
Andres D'Alesandro, Antonio Cassano, Jorge Andrade, Ricardo Quaresma.

 

[mistahclarke]

George Weah's cousin

Ali Dia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[mistahclarke]

Really thought this guy was going to be Ireland's best ever player when he was called up to the Ireland squad at 16

Terry Dixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Dean Richards never lived up to his £8.1m Spurs transfer

He impressed new manager Glenn Hoddle so much that, when Hoddle moved to Tottenham Hotspur in March 2001, he tried to take Richards with him. This led to a drawn-out battle of words between Rupert Lowe and the Tottenham board, which ended when Spurs paid £8.1 million to persuade Lowe to release Richards from his contract which he had only signed a few months earlier.

Richards never realised his full potential at Tottenham due to persistent injury problems, and never fulfilled his ambition to play for his country. His transfer fee to Tottenham was the highest amount ever paid by a club for a player who failed to play internationally. This has since been superseded by Curtis Davies, who has yet to make his England debut since completing an £8.5m move to Aston Villa in the summer of 2008.

 

[Austrian Gull]

Jamie Forrester - came through youth system at Auxerre and then signed for Leeds. Expected to be a great striker at the top level but ended up being a bit of a lower league legend for Scunthorpe and Northampton.

 

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Nicky Weaver

 

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Matthew Wicks

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Aide Mike - tipped for big things at Man City.

John Curtis - Man Utd and England youth captain, meant to be the new Steve Bruce.

 

[tonymgc]

Matthew Wicks

Thought he was quality for us. Wasn't he once caught in a tug of war between ManUre & Arsenal?

 

[Jesus Gul]

Jeff Minton - was skill but Brighton was pinnacle of his career

 

[ali jenkins]

Going on the form of our last 6 games most of the current 1st team squad!