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Good players who lost it quite early

Discussion in 'World Football' started by ILoveTheCeltic, Mar 15, 2013.

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  1. Celtic_magic

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    Michael johnson?
     
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  2. The Golden God I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds Gold Member

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    Ronaldinho? What age was he when he left Barca?
     
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  3. Cmcgregor90

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    Shevchenko! These names don't come down as lost it title should be changed to who you expected more of would still take any of these in my team easily.. A lot of its down to bad moves
     
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  4. Fiferbhoy1991

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    Gianluigi Lentini. Was AC's best player. Would have been on level of Zidane, C.Ronaldo etc but crashed his motor at high speed and was never the same player again
     
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    Robiniho.
     
    therealfenian, Mar 16, 2013
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  6. Slaw

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    Here's one... Alexandre Pato. He's 23 when only a year or 2 ago he was 'it'. The next big thing.
     
    Slaw, Mar 16, 2013
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  7. therealfenian

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    He went back to Brazil didn't he?

    Hit and miss merchant.
     
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    The thing about Pato is that he has had serious issues with thigh injuries. The move back to Brazil could be very beneficial to him since they have excellent medical facilities over there whereas the Milan medical team had given up on him.

    Corinthians spent a huge chunk of cash on him so it's massively in their interests for them to fix him up and scoring goals so they can sell him back on to Europe for a good fee.

    Certainly not the end of the road for him.
     
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    Thomas Brolin!
     
    mygirlmaria, Mar 16, 2013
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    He's the first guy i thought about straight away. Peaked way to early. Still one of the greatest ever to watch.

    Torres was incredible at both Liverpool and Athletico Madrid And just looks like half the player. Your were thinking after already playing in England before moving to Chelsea he would of been class for them.

    And Shevchenko, * absolute goal machine at Milan, one of my favourite players at the time just turned pure pish over night. Maybe the English game didnt suit him.
     
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  11. Haywood Jablomi

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    My mate Dave.
     
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    George Best was more or less finnished at 26 just when he was reaching his peak years.
     
    imacdiar, Mar 16, 2013
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    The great Joe McBride, could have been world class if he had not suffered injuries, an opinion that both Jimmy McGrory & Fergie both subscribed to:50:


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    Just ordered his book been meaning to get it for a while, its crazy like Lampard or Zidane giving up the game just before their peak. Jock Stein called him our Beckenbauer, praise indeed.
     
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    he was rarely used as a striker, mainly midfield. i kid you not he was seen as roy keanes replacement
     
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    Torres, Joe Cole.
     
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    How old was Edgar Davids when his career went on the slide?
     
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