[Albion] Albion player's who never reached potential

[Jim Van Winkle]

John Piercy. Spurs reserves captain and dropped down to our level to get some football. He peaked with us, and it wasn't great!

I remember he scored a peach of a goal Christmas/New Year against a Tony Adam’s Wycombe side at the Withdean.

*just looked on Wikipedia he scored a brace that day. Now is a PE teacher in Eastbourne and says his stepchild is involved in the Albion academy*

He did suffer from Colitis which probably didn’t help his career.

Will Hoskins I thought looked top draw had it not been for injuries.

 

[GT49er]

Maheta Molango, surely. He joined us, scored a goal in 12 seconds in his first ever match for us, played 5 more games (without scoring) and was never heard of at The Albion again.

Actually, I wouldn't have minded a football career like that!

 

[Bry Nylon]

Who was that bloke who paid £1400 to buy himself out the British army to join the Albion? David Cameron?

Must say, I was as surprised as anyone when he went on to become Prime Minister.

 

[GT49er]

Who was that bloke who paid £1400 to buy himself out the British army to join the Albion? David Cameron?

Must say, I was as surprised as anyone when he went on to become Prime Minister.

Should have stuck to football. He could probably have been a good bucket and sponge man by now.

In a lower league than us, of course.

 

[METALMICKY]

Jeff Minton. In poor times he glimmered bright but got tempted away by Nobby career petered out

 

[Seasidesage]

Mismanaged by Clough.

Very possibly

 

[Megazone]

Roland Bergkamp.

Didn't quite live up to his genetics.

 

[blue'n'white]

10 seconds into his debut



Then just 5 more appearances, no more goals, loaded out a couple of times, and never heard of again.

I was at that game - blisteringly hot day and the first game of the season away at Reading.Thought he was going to be IT for us.

 

[blue'n'white]

Remember watching him at Withdean and saying he was too good for us and will play for England one day. Ah well.

Dave Clarkson is someone I can wanted Lloyd to play more

I 100% agree about Dave Clarkson
He was superb in the game against Crawley in the FA Cup- him and Chappers bossed the midfield - think he went back to Australia

 

[blue'n'white]

Joe Getting - scored for fun in the reserves but not for the first team
Jonah Ayunga - signed from Beaminster Town for £40K and looked like a real prospect. Never played for the first team and is now at Bristol Rovers. Still only 23

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Ashley Barnes

He was fine until we moved him to midfield.

 

[Mike Small]

Jeff Minton

 

[Lenny Rider]

(Apologies Mike Small, great minds think alike �&#56397

Jeff Minton and Junior McDougall, both came from Spurs at different times, both had a great reputation, I remember Liam Brady being really excited (yes excited �&#56834 at the Gulls Eye dinner when he’d just signed Junior, beaten off a number of clubs to do it, and said he had real potential, a natural goal scorer, yet like Minton before him he soon came down to our level, got comfortable and both were a huge disappointment in their Albion careers.

 

[AnotherArch]

Roland Bergkamp.

Didn't quite live up to his genetics.

The epitome of not living up to his genetics has to be Ashley Neal.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

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[rigton70]

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Who?

 

[Black Hill]

Richie Towell, not sure I could say he never reached potential but certainly seemed like a waste of time being here.

He actually made his Football League debut in a play off semi final first leg.
Was recently playing for Salford.

 

[Black Hill]

Young lad called Jack Dineen. Played for the reserves around the same time as David Gipp. Never got a sniff of the first team. Superb for the reserves. Local lad as well.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Controversial but Peter Ward would he have achieved more at another club other than forest after Brighton?

 

[Binney on acid]

Fred Binney. I still can't believe that he never won The Golden Boot.