I'll Start:
Owen Hargreaves, the Derrick Rose of Soccer.
>>63983003
Messi before there was a Messi
Fat Ronaldo
>>63982996
Hargreaves made the most of his abilities, he just got injured
he was never gonna be more than a very good defensive midfielder
>>63982996
ah yes what a pleasure it was to watch this man when he wasn't injured
a not particularly physical defensive midfielder who passed the ball sideways
>muh depression
>>63983023
he was literally the best player in the world. how much better could he have been
Could have been the goat defender
>>63983246
Forgot pic
You now remember young Pato.
>>63983349
>Alex, get in my office...I have to discipline you
>>63982996
Alan Smith and Louis Saha comes to mind.
Sports-related injuries treatment was pretty antiquated back then. They treated the injuries like how a car accident victims got treated.
Back then,the only place that has extensive treatment specifically for athletes was the US.
>>63982996
he was really good at bayern
Still hoping he'll prove me wrong tho.
>>63983300
b-but he's back
>>63983020
>>63983003
totally different players, you mong. aimar didn't reach his potential because the type of player he is was phased out because of faggots like messi.
/thread
>>63982996
who was that lad who bleached his hair and played up front for west ham? retired early through injury. him.
I remember he was hyped up a lot a couple of years back.
>>63983506
in terms of modern day football, absofuckinglutely. this little cunt is an absolute shitter now.
>>63983511
>>63983525
cheers lad. he was good, ashton
>>63983003
Is he really that good? I saw him played several times and other than occasional fancy footwork, he's pretty much a passenger in the team
>>63983516
That's because FIFA pacewhores think they know about football. Overrated/10
Harry Kewell
>>63983558
nah farfan was and still is good though
this stupid fucking idiot
IIRC Totti claimed he's the most talented player he's ever played with
![gale_sayers_1968_09_01[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/XUIwjEU.jpg "gale_sayers_1968_09_01[1].jpg")
Gale Sayers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNy7SvrLE9w
Tied a record for most tds in a game (when he was only a rookie)
Set record for most Tds in a season
>ctrl-F ledley king
>0 results
for shame. should have been the best CB of his generation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjxmyjLp9tg
>>63983546
when he was at benfica?
>>63983534
would have been the next Shearer
>>63983465
>le scoring a crazy goal every year for a new team man
>>63983589
always thought he had a bit of the sheringhams about him tbH
Adriano
![barry-making-people-fall[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/u8dhCd2.jpg "barry-making-people-fall[1].jpg")
Taken from Wiki
>He left football healthy, having gained 15,269 rushing yards, 2,921 receiving yards, and 109 touchdowns (99 rushing and 10 receiving). He retired within striking distance of Walter Payton's career rushing mark of 16,726 yards. Only Payton and Emmitt Smith have rushed for more yards than Sanders.
>Several years after retirement, with repeated refusals to discuss the abruptness of it, Sanders finally admitted that the culture of losing in the Lions' organization was too much to deal with, even though he said that he could still play and that Detroit had made the playoffs in five of his ten seasons. The Lions' went 5-11 in the season before his retirement. He explained that it robbed him of his competitive spirit, and he saw no reason to believe things were going to improve. When Detroit drafted quarterback Charlie Batch in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and it became apparent that Batch would become Detroit's full-time starter the next season, Sanders seemed unwilling to embrace yet another change in the Lions' seemingly endless carousel of quarterbacks and offensive philosophies. He had also gone on record to criticize Detroit's front office for releasing Pro Bowl center Kevin Glover for salary cap reasons.
>Sanders stated there were tears in his eyes as the Lions lost in the playoffs to Tampa Bay in 1998, because he knew in his heart he was never going to play another playoff game for Detroit. "I sobbed for 3 months," Sanders said
Hated the front office, hated losing, so he just retired instead of play for them anymore
>>63983668
When will Joe Thomas retire?
>>63983506
Haha yep. Amazing to think back to his debut season. He was the antidote to years of terrible English midfielders trying to play Hollywood balls every second pass and trying to win games single handedly.
Quick, clever, got his head up, never wasted a pass.
Wasted.
>>63983588
also
>malaysian
>watching anything other than EPL or local league (other than occasional el classico)
>>63983588
I'd assume so, that's when Aimar was starting to decline, but he still had a lot of fire in that team.
He was great at Valencia, if he went to a top 2 domestic club he'd probably reach world class.
>>63983577
He was all about the mula
>>63983668
Why didn't he just force a move to another team?
>>63983391
how the fuck did he score on his club owner's daughter ?
>>63983685
low blow Hans, low blow. But on a serious note its much harder to do what Barry did, he got lucky and only had to pay back a fraction of his signing bonus, Joe will almost certainly have to pay back all of it
>>63983516
>>63983558
he was easily one of
>Schalke's
best players for years
>>63983746
from Wiki again
>Sanders' retirement came somewhat unexpectedly and was a matter of controversy. Two years earlier, Sanders had renewed his contract with the Lions for $35.4 million over six years with an $11 million signing bonus. The Lions demanded that he return $5.5 million of the bonus. Sanders refused, and the Lions sued. On February 15, 2000, an arbitrator ruled that Sanders had to immediately repay $1.833 million (a sixth of the bonus), with the remaining bonus to be repaid over each of the three years Sanders had left on the contract provided he stayed retired. Before the ruling, Sanders offered to pay back the entire $5.5 million in return for his release from the team. The Lions refused, stating they would welcome Sanders back to the team; otherwise, they would honor his announced retirement. Sanders' agent David Ware lobbied the team to trade his client. However, it had been a long-standing practice for the Lions to not accommodate players' requests for trades, and other teams were reluctant to discuss Sanders while he was still under contract.
highlights
http://www.nfl.com/videos/all-time-greats/0ap3000000476540/NFL-Legends-Barry-Sanders-career-highlights
>>63983466
For 3 games at most.
>>63983391
"y...yes"
Recoba and Adriano, both were meant to be goats
obvious one
>>63983749
Barbara personally picked him to be her boy toy, he's locked up in her bedroom
>>63983804
Ebin meem :^)
>>63983758
Damn. What a waste
>>63983504
the epitome of a meme player
>>63983170
>he was literally the best player in the world. how much better could he have been
The GOAT. He was already the undisputed best player on the planet at age 20/21. It's not crazy to think had he been able to reach 26/27 without his body failing him he would have ended the Pele/Maradona argument sooner than Messi did (or nearly has)
Rooney
Looked like he was gonna be a future Ballon d'Or winner for sure when he was 18, but he's never even come close. He lost all the flair he had by age 21.
>>63983909
literally this, people forget how good he was at the age of 20 ripping up the euros scoring blooters for fun at club level, he's not a modern footballer he needs rest to play like he wants to but he ends up playing at 60% in 50 games a season and it's ruined what he could have been
>>63983909
He has been a world class striker for ten years, the only way he hasn't fulfilled his potential is with his international tournament performances with England, and lets face it he's not the only one
>>63983804
LORD BENDTNER XXDDD EMILE HESKEY ROFLMAO XDDD LOLOL EPIC MAYMAYS
>>63983954
>He has been a world class striker for ten years
No he hasn't. He's had a few seasons where he was world class, but for the majority he has been wildly inconsistent.
>>63983841
>>63983966
Even if he's a full blown meme now he showed big potential but fucked it up by always choosing bigger clubs over playing time.
>>63983484
You now remember Freddy Adu
>>63984066
i actually forgot. i don't know if he actually had potential or the american media just hyped him up like the english media used to do to young players. the english have toned that down now since they all flopped.
>>63983954
He really hasn't, as >>63983986 says he's been very inconsistent, with weak seasons, in 2004 he looked like he was going to be a world beater even if stat wise his first seasons weren't that strong.
He always had problems dealing with his fatness which at some point was ridiculously blatant, also if I recall correctly he pulled some shitty shenanigans to get better wages which caused major butthurt in mancunians and SAF.
could have won so much more if he had just left Liverpool
>>63984287
but he did
>le rooney is shit meme
>if he doesn't score he doesn't do anything
Never change, /sp/
>>63982996
Was he as injury-prone in Munich?
>>63984426
No but that's where he started to pick up injuries.
>>63983577
He shouldn't bother with Serie A football anymore
maybe the new Parma can take him, Serie D football is where he belongs now
ROONEY
>Implying he wasn't absolutely immense until he got rich, went to United and then was repeatedly slaughtered by the media, played out of position because he was better at it than others and his favourite food is mcdonalds
![48244_1031_20111017113249356[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/l1oSEcg.jpg "48244_1031_20111017113249356[1].jpg")
A sad one, Victor Vázquez, played in the Barça youth system alongside Messi and Piqué (generation of 1987). He was the main player in the team (regarded as better than Messi). Injuries ruined his career and now he plays for Brugge in the meme league of Belgium. He has also broken his nose multiple times as you can see in the pic.
>>63984921
>He shouldn't bother with Serie A football anymore
I don't think he actually does. He barely plays and is always overweight.
Serie A clubs shouldn't bother with HIM.
>>63985169
Is this the iberian mick mccarthy?
Adriano, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jack Wilshere, Fernando Torres, Javi Martinez, Wayne Rooney, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
And Fat Ronaldo because this guy could have been literally better than Messi. Fuck knee injuries and MacDonald's
>>63983506
I agree completely, but having said that, Wilshere is still quite young, so could conceivably reach his potential...but heavily doubt it.
![1090620011_740215_0000000001_noticia_normal[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/B3ZeAqZ.jpg "1090620011_740215_0000000001_noticia_normal[1].jpg")
>>63986498
Quaresma too
>>63983782
right but I´m not sad for them really
one a brainless ghetto thug and the other a lazy fuck
>>63986674
>lukas padolsk
who the fuck is this?
>>63986736
Robert Enke. Very promising keeper but flopped at barcelona, went back to germany and commited suicide.
>>63986820
so sad, as a Barcelona fan it's specially sad for me
>le injuries man
>>63986843
May his soul rest in piece bro
-Michael Owen
-Bojan
-That Man City guy who sells houses now
-Wasn't Micah Richards good once too?
>>63986498
>Huntelaar
Absolutely furfilled his potential m8. He was/is a divine poacher, but was never able to do anything else. Never.
>>63986938
>That Man City guy who sells houses now
He was decent alright.
I genuinely believe this guy could have been the undisputable god of football if he didn't have an ego the size of the fucking sun
>>63986938
Bojan could still become a very good player, I hear he's doing well in cold, rainy nights in Stoke.
>>63986938
And yeah, Richards was also good but was plagued by injuries.
Knock 12/03/14 01/04/14
Hamstring 10/12/13 08/01/14
Hamstring 14/08/13 20/09/13
Cartilage Knee Injury 27/10/12 15/04/13
Ankle/Foot Injury 26/07/12 04/10/12
Head Injury 31/03/12 04/04/12
Hamstring 25/05/11 30/07/11
Calf Muscle Strain 23/02/11 28/02/11
Concussion 03/02/11 09/02/11
Back Injury 13/01/11 26/01/11
Hamstring 22/09/10 13/10/10
Knee Injury 09/04/10 21/04/10
Calf Muscle Strain 30/01/10 14/02/10
SWP was high class before he went to Chelshit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9L09aN1-Jg
>>63986982
He fucking failed in the eredivisie m8
>>63986990
Yes, he sucked in both Eredivise and Serie A, but he is not playing like he did there
>>63986938
>Wasn't Micah Richards good once too?
I remember him, was a god in FM. He also had some tapes leaked?
Ever Banega also was supposed to be great, then some tapes got leaked.
Football players and sex tapes, a match made in heaven
>>63986498
>Torres
He was world class before Chelsea.
Maarten Stekelenburg, Kevin Strootman, Ibrahim Affelay.
>>63986988
Micah Richards is >our captain now. and he is doing fairly well.
Stay fit Micah, p-please. . please stay fit
>>63987023
banega is doing alright at sevilla
it was getting run over by his car and generally being a dumbass that ruined him, not the sex tape
>>63986990
And he's now one of the better players in the premier league
>>63987013
I hope he gets out of that shit club
>>63987048
this guy was a meme
>>63986990
>play virtually the same style at Ajax
>after spending over 9000 years at Barcelona's academy and first team, as well as Luis Enrique's aborted Barcelona facsimile at Roma
I can see why he'd get bored and just coast
>>63983506
Wilshere's a fucking cunt and doesn't deserve to be good at football, he'll struggle for years to come and I'll fucking love that.
It's great how Ledley King can still become a legend and be commonly regarded as one of the best defenders to have ever graced the premier league despite being injured for his latter half of his career.
tl;dr Jack Wilshere's a cunt and I'm a yid
>>63984337
Rooney isn't shit, you just don't remember how good he was as a young lad. Media and his whore wife destroyed him
>>63986498
If Huntelaar played for a team like Bayern where the strikers get constant support then he'd be a 30+ goals a season striker. But he plays for Schalke who are just good.
>>63986573
honestly, what the fuck happened to him. I remember when he was the biggest midfielding prospect in Europe. Was it Russia??
>>63986954
sad story of this lad
>>63991232
a lazy dumb fuck who preferred to go for easy money
>>63983153
isn't he on a wheelchair today?
>>63991256
Tell me about it...
>Got injured
>Got bored
>Started gambling
>Started drinking
>Got so soft and fat he couldn't recover
>Packed it in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pFBhDczIAE
Touch of pure class about the lad too.
Genuine shame.
