The Curious Case of Dele Alli | Emotional Overlap interview (p 19)

[yankblue]

David Bentley retired very young, said he just grew to hate football despite being a very decent premier league player
Similar in some respects to Stephen Ireland
Hasn’t Danny Rose gone from the England team to second tier of non league in about four seasons?

Was good at Blackburn, but alas moving to Spurs can probably suck the enjoyment out of life for anyone

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Not comparing the person (or personal affairs), just the situation, MES. And in that regard, they are somewhat comparable, unfortunately.

And now that you have brought up Ravel Morrison (who I think we can agree is much worse than Dele Alli in the personal affairs category), I hope we’ll be able to put Mason Greenwood on this list.

Also, anyone know what Jordan Ibe is up to these days?

But the cause of the situation was different for both Michael Johnson and Paul Lake compared to Ali, Ireland, Morrison, et al.

Debates can go on all day as to "whatever happened to.....?"
But Lakey and Michael Johnson we know how and why.

If i was Lakey and saw my name on a list of players such as those mentioned above I'd be really furious.

 

[SebastianBlue]

But the cause of the situation was different for both Michael Johnson and Paul Lake compared to Ali, Ireland, Morrison, et al.

Debates can go on all day as to "whatever happened to.....?"
But Lakey and Michael Johnson we know how and why.

If i was Lakey and saw my name on a list of players such as those mentioned above I'd be really furious.

A list of players that never realised their potential, for varying reasons?

I can’t imagine Lake is that self-obsessed.

I think you are making a different list to the intention of this thread, perhaps because of your dislike for Dele Alli?

This isn’t meant to be a discussion of terrible people that were also footballers that never reached their potential (I think that is fairly plain from my OP).

By the way, I never compared Lake to Morrison!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I ended up watching the beginning of (I think) The One Show on Tuesday where there was a feature on Jermaine Pennant who gave a string of incidents that blighted his career - and is now claiming it was all down to a now diagnosed case of ADHD.
I turned the TV over.....

 

[The Colonel]

Jack Wilshere.

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

Buying him was yet another Questionable Everton Decision.

 

[TonyM]

It'd be beautiful if after his football career comes to an end he finds lifelong happiness running a deli in an alley.

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

Danny Rose went to Watford. Walcott was OK for us but his biggest problem, like Delph, is being an injury magnet. Wilshere was even worse. David Hirst’s career got tanked by injuries too.

 

[Roy Munson]

Danny Rose went to Watford. Walcott was OK for us but his biggest problem, like Delph, is being an injury magnet. Wilshere was even worse. David Hirst’s career got tanked by injuries too.

David Hurst was fantastic. Two-footed, strong, quick, decent in the air. He'd have been a superstar in the modern game.

 

[simmo]

Some players have a 2 year meteoric rise then fade away just as quick. Got to be dedicated to play at top level and highly motivated to keep your place.

Arnautovic from Stoke and West Ham.

Wilfred Bony was scoring goals for fun at Swansea and went down hill fast after leaving us.