Players who were talented but did not have the mentality.

[Crouchinho]

Jayjay Okocha
Quaresma

in the case of Jayjay Okocha, he just didn't fit the demographic at the time, back then it was all about the south american flavour

Quaresma has/had a lot of talent. He really doesn't give a shit at all, he can pick and choose whether he's in the mood. Him and Cristiano are complete polar opposites

 

[bluethai]

Nasri

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

Has anyone mentioned Gazza?

Shoutout to Michael Branch, who went from one of Everton's bright young hopes to being banged up in jail for dealing drugs.

 

[The Black Shed]

What do we think of this lot? Class of Sven

• Rolando Bianchi (£8.8m)
• Gelson Fernandes (£4.2m)
• Geovanni (Free)
• Martin Petrov (£4.7m)
• Vedran Corluka (£11.7m)
• Javier Garrido (£1.5m)
• Elano (£8m)
• Valeri Bojinov (£5.75m)
• Felipe Caicedo (£5.25m)
• Benjani (£3.87m)

 

[roy.or.r]

Someone here mentioned Ronaldinho and I feel he is one of those players who could have been in contention for GOAT status if he took football a bit seriously. His displays for Barcelona around 2006 were some of the best I have ever seen in football.

 

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

What do we think of this lot? Class of Sven

• Rolando Bianchi (£8.8m)
• Gelson Fernandes (£4.2m)
• Geovanni (Free)
• Martin Petrov (£4.7m)
• Vedran Corluka (£11.7m)
• Javier Garrido (£1.5m)
• Elano (£8m)
• Valeri Bojinov (£5.75m)
• Felipe Caicedo (£5.25m)
• Benjani (£3.87m)

Most of them were pretty average to poor IMHO. I think Sven was a massively overrated coach.

 

[m32blue]

Matt Jansen Blackburn
Michael Johnson
Ravel Morrison

 

[Crouchinho]

Matt Jansen Blackburn
Michael Johnson
Ravel Morrison

Did Matt Jansen have a bad car crash or something? The boy had a lot of talent

 

[roy.or.r]

Off-topic but what are the views of people here on Owen? Does anyone think he could have achieved way more if he didn't have those injuries?

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Sir Joseph of Barton