Players who just completely lost it

[Unknown_Genius]

Mateja Kezman. Didn't really do anything after leaving PSV.

 

[MERLIN21]

Was watching premiership years today and thought of David Bentley. Did well at Blackburn, scoring that Hat trick vs United, but has since fallen away.

To think, we were linked with him under Hughes.

 

[citysince88]

Willo Flood and Lee croft. I remember them doing well and then being sold for peanuts to championship clubs, not suggesting they would have been world beaters though.

 

[Timmmmahhhh]

Eidur Gudjohnsen, if memory serves me correctly, don't think the Barca move helped him much.

 

[droylsdenblue]

David Mills, the first £500.000 player (Middlesbrough to WBA)


Mills scored on his first full appearance for West Brom, but despite the huge sum of money invested in him he was not given many opportunities to prove himself, with injuries, loss of form and a switch to midfield limiting his goals. After scoring only six goals in 59 appearances, he was loaned out to Newcastle United.

At the end of the loan, he moved to Sheffield Wednesday for just £30,000, but he only remained there for a short time, moving back to Newcastle on a permanent transfer.

 

[jobley]

Peter Marinello springs to mind
Classic case of moving to Larndan
<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Marinello" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Marinello</a>

 

[NICKS BACK]

Peter Barnes turned from Pure Gold to steamed shit!!!! Young Player of the year!!!

After his 1st few season's an England regular, he seemed to go to absolute crap after England lost
4-3 to Austria in about 79'. He rarely got a game for England again.

Atkinson bought him twice, once for West Brom and then took him to Man Utd. Where he was abysmal.

Still wonder what went wrong with him.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Stu Taylor.
Initially class and then turned to muck,and still to this day doesn't seem bothered.

Steve Redmond.looked outstanding at one point.

Superman.

 

[n_mcfc]

Adebayor (every 2 seasons) ;-)

Francis Jeffers - especially when you consider the honours he could have had.

Big mention for Michael Ricketts and Malcolm Christie. I think Middlesbrough bought them at the same time in 2002-3(?) and they were both, at one time, decent strikers who could've flourished.

Harry Kewell never did anything after Leeds either. Turned to absolute crap.

 

[Pigeonho]

I remember a player called Billy Kenny who came through at Everton, perhaps around the mid 90's. He looked like a bright prospect but then fucked it all up with a coke addiction. I remember an interview with him around 2001 and he was in a council flat in Oldham somewhere, reflecting on his career.
That, Jeffers and Cadamarteri are players I associate to what the OP is asking about. A few been put on here who have medals galore and were class players.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

What was the name of that mongol we signed from the rags?
He was brilliant and then turned into utter shite

Do you mean Mongolian? Can't think of any mongolian players to have ever played in the prem?

Not to give this shocker of a post any credibility, but does he mean that Terry Cooke?

 

[Unknown_Genius]

What was the name of that mongol we signed from the rags?
He was brilliant and then turned into utter shite

Do you mean Mongolian? Can't think of any mongolian players to have ever played in the prem?

Not to give this shocker of a post any credibility, but does he mean that Terry Cooke?

I'm assuming its Tevez.

 

[penguins4kompany]

Eder

 

[noely]

Elano -should be at a top club still
Babel - this guy looked the real deal went to Liverpool too much too soon
Michael Hughes - again looked the real deal went abroad ended up at Wimbledon
Royston Drente - Same as Babel now struggles to get in Evetons midfield
Jody Morris
Willo Flood - read about Flood in Denis Tuerts book sad story

 

[Carver]

Elano -should be at a top club still
Babel - this guy looked the real deal went to Liverpool too much too soon
Michael Hughes - again looked the real deal went abroad ended up at Wimbledon
Royston Drente - Same as Babel now struggles to get in Evetons midfield
Jody Morris
Willo Flood - read about Flood in Denis Tuerts book sad story

For Flood are you talking about the burglary and how it affected him or his injury at Middlesborough?

 

[noely]

Elano -should be at a top club still
Babel - this guy looked the real deal went to Liverpool too much too soon
Michael Hughes - again looked the real deal went abroad ended up at Wimbledon
Royston Drente - Same as Babel now struggles to get in Evetons midfield
Jody Morris
Willo Flood - read about Flood in Denis Tuerts book sad story

For Flood are you talking about the burglary and how it affected him or his injury at Middlesborough?

the robbery turned him into a wreck poor lad

 

[Wheelsy]

Funny to see so many of the names in this thread ply their trade in the league where football goes to die - the Hyundai Oi-League.

Kewell, Bridges, and Jeffers for a start, with honourable mentions to Colosimo, Ridgers, Greenacre, and Allsopp.