ITT Players who genuinely had great potential but had a fucked

>>77208144
>genuinely had great potential
>genuinely
>potential

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>>77208144
Fuck i was just about to post that

>>77208144
he didn't have potential to begin with

not his fault he was overhyped tho

>>77208150
>>77208206
He was amazing whenever he played.

>>77208231
I was about to consider your opinion valid but then I saw your flag.

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valerkata

>>77208243
Wow great retort. You sure showed me.

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>>77208231
You're right, my nigga. He was great until >Milan appeared.

His injuries in less than 2 years.

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>put up good numbers since your rookie season
>become captain of the team
>nearly win Stanley Cup
>everything in the world going for you
>get traded to Los Angeles and become a coke-head
>career ruined during what should be your prime and no team wants to sign you

JUST

85% of players Real Madrid buy that are under 22.

>>77208298
>micah richards
>mike richards

I don't know luck puck, was this guy really called mike richards and was he really a wasted talent

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No debate

ronaldinho

still had an amazing career, but could've done so much more

>>77208326
I never bought into that meme, feel like its just an urban legend, he was never that good.

>>77208321
>Concussion
wtf

Micah literally couldn't play football. Only in England

>>77208315

Yes, that's why I posted it, even though no one probably cares about a burnout hockey player

>>77208150
If the literally who in OP counts so does Pato

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>>77208321

>>77208347

>But could he do it on a sultry summer night in Madrid

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>>77208069
This guy had all the talent in the world. Then, he had an autistic outburst for 420weedbro and left during the prime of his career.

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Jean Chera
Ft. Gabigol and Neymar

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Bo Jackson, two sport monster until he broke his hip.

>>77208321
He's a meme.
When he came in Marseille in 2015 or something like that, he got injured in the middle of the medical check-up.

>>77208548
That doesn't add anything to the argument my north african amico.

His potential was high...we know he was injury prone and thats why he's in this thread.

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*thppppppplllll*

>>77208163
he's never been this lean ever again kek

>>77208574
What a weird career he's had. Isn't a DM in the League 2 or something now?

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>>77208069

>>77208347
This. As leaden-footed as they come

>>77208301
Vallejo will be world class m8.

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>>77208069
List of injuries in Finnish:

http://www.lahdensuomalainenklubi.com/litmanen.htm

manziel was ruined the second he was drafted by cleveland, not even memeing

they ruin every quarterback, if he was drafted by the packers, he'd be the next goat. organization matters

>>77208069
always remember city being a goal down against united near the end of the match, so he was right up on the halfway line for counters
then he pushed the defensive line back by picking evra up and walking forwards with him and dropping him anytime the ref looked over

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best english prospect in a decade and about to be sold to west ham

>>77208326
This always makes me sad

Nobody post Bebe?

>>77209351
whoa. That is like the Sammi Salo of footy.

>>77210146
>genuinely had great potential

Though in fairness a mid-table La Liga side is better than some of the players here.

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This nigger

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He was unstoppable until WC 2010

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that is, if he actually gave a shit

>>77208069
Tomas Kalas and other Chelsea loanees army

>>77210360
>genuinely had great potential

>>77210363
>fucked career
>WC + Euro + Champions league
???

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>>77208069
>every time someone says city ruined him

>>77208423
riki williams?

>>77208768

player/manager and plays holding role or striker for notts county

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He could have been the undisputed goat :(

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One of my favourite players at Newcastle, sold him to Madrid and he became a meme

>>77209351
>a bottle cap in the eye
never forget

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>>77208423
I have no pity for someone who can't stop doing drugs to earn millions for playing a game

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>amazing potential
>So quick, and skilled
>Incredibly explosive

Unfortunately, he had a severe case of exploding knees

>>77210146
portuguese bebe? pace winger #33
jorge mendes was literally his owner (he had like 80 or 90% of his economic rights)

>>77211798
he fell for that movie (the one where a barsinso goes from dumbfuckwhere latin america to newcastle, than to halal) meme

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Dawid Janczyk looked great when he was young.

Also, pic related traded a future for immediate rubels.

>>77211448
>Won the Europa League
>Captain of the NT for quite some time
>Played a Copa America, will play a World Cup
>Played Champions League semis
>Top scorer of a team that just won Ligue 1 against a stacked-to-the-max PSG
>"""a fucked career"

>>77211222
Never forgetti, the next Pele they said

>>77212060
he's 22

>>77208326
I hate that picture on the left, when it's full size you can see the JUST in his eyes and the cunt with him is mocking him.

>Johnson added that he "would be grateful if I could now be left alone to live the rest of my life."

Very very sad.

>>77208768
>SAF buys him
>He's a striker
>Always has been
>SAF realises he's got too many strikers and needs a midfielder
>Puts Smith in midfield
>People complain that Smith is a shit midfielder, but they say it like they're actually surprised
>Gets sold
>"Maybe he would be better as a DM?"
>He isn't
>"Can't most DMs play in defence too?"
>Actually surprised he isn't a goalkeeper at this point
>Meanwhile SAF still needs a midfielder and with a blank cheque to spend you can guarantee he'll bring some GOAT in
>"Wayne, I need you to drop back into midfield"
>Genius

He was never a really great forward, but he had his career completely memed by joining United.

A lot of people in this thread don't seem to understand that "overhyped" isn't interchangeable with "potential". Jack Wilshit has had two good matches in his entire career, one against Brazil for England and one against Barcelona for Arsenal. That isn't potential, it's two good games.
"Hitting prime" isn't interchangeable with "potential" either. How many really excellent seasons did >Torres have, two? That's not "potential" that's hitting "your prime".
Then people start memeing off about what team achievements they've won like it's supposed to mean something. Bosingwa won two CL. TWO. Was he ever above shit? No he wasn't, but if you play for a good side then you can just ride their coattails to victory.
This is why the board is 18+ because children can't use common sense and rely entirely on their emotions because they like how their "argument" sounds. desu I wish you would all fuck off back to plebbit.

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Quite possibly the saddest story in NBA history

>>77212570
Wilshere was young player of the year at 18, how is that not potential?

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>has literally the most perfect tits on the planet and will never show them

fraud desu

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Where did it all go so wrong?

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Dude ran a 4.3 40 and repped 400+ pounds on the bench .... in high school

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>>77216465

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what could have been

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>>77208069
micheal beasley

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>>77208574

JUST

Remember when Brandon Jennings was the shit? Even got the shoutout in that dougie song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ElPvummoM

>>77208069
ken griffey
>inb4 his career was great

can you imagine what it would have been w/o those injuries

>>77210418
It's a shame he fizzled out at minardi

>>77208321
Genuinely better than Pogba.

>>77216545
wouldn't say he was lazy but he lacked the sheer drive world class players have. rooney is literally around the same tier as c.ronaldo in terms of raw natural ability, difference being one worked tirelessly every single day and the other went on benders every season break.

>>77216550
Dude could have been the GOAT

>>77209939
I wish there was a way to keep him intact, just for one season.

>>77208231
he was a really beautiful player to watch as a kid, lovely soft skills

>>77216618
This is bang on.

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Essien had a great carreer but I feel like he could be among the GOATs if he hadn't been made out of glass

>>77218941
he still had a good career imo
I would have gone to his birthday party

>>77216507
YPotY doesn't award potential (as potential is immeasurable), it just means he was already good at a young age. Turns out that may have been his peak.

>>77218996
He could be considered the greatest african had he playedin the 2010 WC, especially that game against Urgay in 2010

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>>77216530
Most betufil couple in fusball. Wont make porn
Why even live

>>77217064
Lol faggot

Soccer fags are so fucking gay

>>77209939
honestly they can still get something out of him

>>77216545
phiscally peaked at an early age
is a lazy scouser
was played everywhere in the midfield when he really is a cf
probably doesn't have the right mentality, not that he has a bad one, he might just not bother