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Players with so much potential, who failed to deliver?
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ali jenkins
Thanks to Guinness Dave
Would it not make sense to have a wage cap for players under the age of 23 so clubs don't start paying teenagers thousands of pounds a week. It could be say £10k for prem teams and then decreasing as you go down the leagues.
Yep and lets 'cap' any transfer fee's those clubs can demand and receive for those players !!!!
Tricky Dicky
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Why not put most of their money in trust until they're 25, and leave them a living wage. They can still earn the big bucks, but not collect until they're a bit older.
Tricky Dicky
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Why not put most of their money in trust until they're 25, and leave them a living wage. They can still earn the big bucks, but not collect until they're a bit older.
Weststander
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Keiron Dyer - at Newcastle, before illness, he was playing brilliantly.
Woodgate - again, at Newcastle was becoming a class act. Injuries, job hopping, and the Real Madrid move ... combined to spoil.
Woodgate - again, at Newcastle was becoming a class act. Injuries, job hopping, and the Real Madrid move ... combined to spoil.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
What about that whole team of the '80s ?
The bloke who lasted 25 years in the first class game? The bloke who is eighth on the all-time century maker list and 15th in the all-time run maker list? One of only three players to have scored more than 20,000 one-day runs? The bloke who played 65 test matches and 120 ODIs? Yeah, he really failed to deliver.
Butch Willykins
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Michael Bridges for sure - Michael Bridges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Graeme Tomlinson - Fergie signed him at Man United as a hot young prospect - Graeme Tomlinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Graeme Tomlinson - Fergie signed him at Man United as a hot young prospect - Graeme Tomlinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why just footballers ??
I accept that some of the money swilling around in football can seem a bit obscene, but thankfully most footballers are decent. law abiding citizens.
Many only drink occasionally and can lead quite a boring existence, although we think it must be the ultimate thrill every day.
They already have advisers and most even lower league players can have a few highs, a little bit of adulation and a few disappointments but if careful most will have their mortgages paid off by their 30's.
Good luck to them I say, apart from the ones I dont like ;-)
Tubby Mondays
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He signed for Peterbrough in 1996 and that was the last I remember.
Surrey_Albion
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Defently a waste, I thought Chealsea were saying he was the next big thing, shame but thanks for info
Tricky Dicky
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Yup, failure.
larus
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i never knew that. Poor guy; always seemed like a little lost boy to me. Needed someone to offer decent advice/support to him.
larus
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I guess the implication is that he never achieved at the Test level what someone with his ability should have done. Same as Mark Ramprakash. Both top Class A players, but never really achieved at the highest level.
Without wishing to make light of serious issues, he was mad. At Italia '90 he's be knocking on other players doors in the middle of the night asking for a kick-about. Like you say, he needed support and advice. As it was he played the fool and everyone loved it, so he carried on.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Joe Cole. Career sort of tailed off earlydoors.
He had a test average about 32 - not the highest but would it really be classed as a failure. There are also some extenuating circumstances: he suffered at the whims of selectors. In one series he had an average of 40 and got dropped: it must be very hard for anyone to play to his full potential. He was also playing against some fearsome players: Donald, Waqar, Wasim, Ambrose, Walsh, Hughes etc. I'd agree it was disappointing but I really can't see him as a failure.