kwylino 329 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Ever remember years ago a footballer abeit from the south american leagues or european leagues, any leagues for that matter had a massive load of hype around them in their younger days ..now they have seemed to gone missing and forgotten from all the huge hype, ethier by injury's or they just did not live upto the hype? i thought i would make a thread about them.Names like, Freddy Adu (Next pele), Kerlon (The guy famous for the seal dribble), Gai Assulin (Ment to be the Next Messi) spring to mindNot to say they are bad footballers just a thread for those who have gone missing or never lived upto the hype..along them lines :3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Half of the hype comes from football manager or FIFA believe it or not. People see stats and immediately think that because he is good on those games we should go for them, without actually seeing them play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 And due to the a conversation I've just had with rmpr: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Names like, Freddy Adu (Next pele)I remember watching him at the U20's World Cup a few years ago and he was head and shoulders above everyone else. I hadn't seen such a young player as gifted as him up to that point. Can't believe he hasn't made it on the pro level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg 1,824 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 David Odonkor, Walcott and Anderson are good examples, even if Theo is progressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Adriano.. Damn he was good, such a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanSnake 1,211 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Franco Di Santo, Cherno Samba, Kim Kallstrom, Alexander Farnerud, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rising Sun 711 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Robinho - good player but never became great, or stuck to a team long enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit 3,176 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 How can people not mention Ricardo Quaresma in the first place! His career has gone so downhill , it's not even funny!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chelsea 864 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 TorresSent from my iPhone using Genjutsu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 4:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Mido.LOOOOOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King11Didier 916 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 First players who comes to my mind are Valeri Bojinov and Quaresma.Two very talanted boys.Can't tell why Quaresma didn't make it,but he had great potential.Bojinov was an amazing striker.I remember his goals for Lecce and Fiorentina.But he chose the wrong way with nightlife,girls,drinks and so on.Shame on him,because he had the potential to play on top level long time for a big club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Remember when giovani dos santos was supposed to the next Ronaldinho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Arturo LupoliArsenal fans thought he was the next Henry, Italy were pining their future hopes on him and Rossi (atleast one made the grade).Know where he is now? playing for Grosetto who just got relegated from Serie B last season, his goal record their so far stands at 2 goals in 19 games.This guy alone is why i struggle to take Arsenal seriously when they hype players up as the next big thing, for one Fabregas their's a group that involves this guy, Pennant and Alliadiere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,326 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Bebe - The not so incredible Portuguese tramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Alliadiere. Tbf, he was doing pretty well in the French league last season.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Adrian Mutu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kakuta as the black zidane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 What about players who never fulfilled their potential to the full like say Guti at Madrid, who could have been so much more than what he was... Also Fernando Gago never lived up to the hype. John Fleck at Rangers crumbled under the pressure and never became what he was meant to be, which wasn't world class to any extent but better than the shite cunt he is now.Obviously Michael Johnson was a big one in the PL. Don't know what happened to him but the last I seen of him he was this big bloated fella with a beard. Javier Saviola too, hes had a decent career but he could have been massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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