Biggest waste of a talent in football (5 Viewers)

[Raz]

Definetly Paro.

Oh and there was some german dude 5-10 years back that was supposed to be next best thing, but due to some psycho issues never made it.

 

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[Deep C]

Someone mentioned Palladino and I think that's an excellent shout. I don't think I know a Juve fan who didn't expect him to be the second coming. But perhaps harsh to call it a "waste". At least on an Adriano/Cassano level, anyway.

Maybe one could make a play for Mirko? I honestly think he could have been a super star were it not for his obvious issues with putting the work in day in and day out.

 

[Powis]

Gilardino.

 

[Dostoevsky]

Poachers and talent in one sentence...

 

[Fr3sh]

Maybe one could make a play for Mirko? I honestly think he could have been a super star were it not for his obvious issues with putting the work in day in and day out.

Most definetaly sometimes you watch him play and you are simply awed. His game vs Chelsea when he as Roma

 

[Gian]

Pato - I thought he was going to become a star. Injuries murdered his career.

Fernando Torres - I think he was one of the best #9 when he was at Liverpool but he turned in to shit after he moved to Chelsea. Dude got some mental problems.

Samir Nasri and Hatem Ben Arfa - I had high expectations from those when they were one of Europe's biggest talents back at Marseille but for all their time in England none of them has performed consistently.

 

[Powis]

Poachers and talent in one sentence...

Did you hear the fact that Inzaghi have never scored from outside of the box during his career? Crazy, but that is true and it's a talent.

 

[3Star]

I think there a few, but in my opinion Freddy Adu is one I know about.

 

[Fr3sh]

Pato - I thought he was going to become a star. Injuries murdered his career.

I would still take in Pato at Juve with no hesitation! Great player!

 

[Xperd]

Definetly Paro.

Oh and there was some german dude 5-10 years back that was supposed to be next best thing, but due to some psycho issues never made it.

Deisler ?

 

[Red]

Definetly Paro.

Oh and there was some german dude 5-10 years back that was supposed to be next best thing, but due to some psycho issues never made it.

Robert Enke?

 

[Bayernstar]

Definetly Paro.

Robert Enke?

Oh and there was some german dude 5-10 years back that was supposed to be next best thing, but due to some psycho issues never made it.

it's Sebastian Deisler you mean, former bayern player, he was indeed a big talent but he had unfortunately depression and couldn't play anymore, he was mental weak and the pressure as a professional footballer was too much for him.

 

[Martin]

Let's not forget about Bendtner

 

[Dostoevsky]

Did you hear the fact that Inzaghi have never scored from outside of the box during his career? Crazy, but that is true and it's a talent.

I agree you really need to be talented in order to be handicapped and never score outside of the box.

 

[3Star]

I would still take in Pato at Juve with no hesitation! Great player!

Doesn't Pato get substituted a lot now in Brazil?

 

[swag]

I think the US soccer fan base were hoping, more than anything.

Besides, he's hardly the first ethnically African player to explode at youth level and then disappear to nothingness. He might well have been fantastic back then, and you can only base hope (and hype) on that.

He did get the lion's share of MLS contract exceptions/salary cap blowouts at the age of 15 or something ridiculous like that.

 

[Trequartista]

Let's not forget about Bendtner

Was he that talented in the first place?

 

[Martin]

Was he that talented in the first place?

Is the Pope Spanish?

 

[Trequartista]

Is the Pope Spanish?

 

[Bianconero81]

Gravesen

Actually, I think that cuntbag provocateur extraordinaire is the complete opposite. A player with an incredibly limited skill set who got incredibly far.

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Definetly Paro.

Oh and there was some german dude 5-10 years back that was supposed to be next best thing, but due to some psycho issues never made it.

Diesler