legendary talents yet underapprecated and unfulfiled

John O' Brien

Matt Le Tissier

Le Tissier.

dena wrote:John O' Brien

Who?

Joe Cole, Lee Miller, Aidan McGeady, Ashley Young

Scouser_Dave wrote:

Ridiculously talented player

Sir Tom Finney

In 2010, Spanish superstar Xavi revealed that Le Tissier had been one of his childhood inspirations, claiming that: "His talent was simply out of the norm. He could simply dribble past seven or eight players but without speed - he just walked past them. For me he was sensational"

That true?

That's quite high praise I guess

I reckon if Le Tissier was Brazilian or Spanish people would ejaculate.

I ejaculate already.

Also Freddy Adu was hailed as the next big thing when he was like 15, and now he's just faded away.

Grønkjær comes to mind here. Daniel Agger too.

Wasn't Le Tissier's "problem" that he was way too loyal to come to a really big club?

Thuda wrote:Grønkjær comes to mind here. Daniel Agger too.

Wasn't Le Tissier's "problem" that he was way too loyal to come to a really big club?

Yeah. Think he's admitted it himself if he wasn't so loyal to Southampton he'd have become much more of a player.

Every single Leeds player from the 2000/01 team bar Rio Ferdinand & Robbie Keane.

Danny wrote:

Thuda wrote:Grønkjær comes to mind here. Daniel Agger too.

Wasn't Le Tissier's "problem" that he was way too loyal to come to a really big club?

Yeah. Think he's admitted it himself if he wasn't so loyal to Southampton he'd have become much more of a player.

Doesn't explain why he didn't play for england much

mouseboy11 wrote:

Danny wrote:

Thuda wrote:Grønkjær comes to mind here. Daniel Agger too.

Wasn't Le Tissier's "problem" that he was way too loyal to come to a really big club?

Yeah. Think he's admitted it himself if he wasn't so loyal to Southampton he'd have become much more of a player.

Doesn't explain why he didn't play for england much

Because he wasn't at a big club.

If Kyros sayin Rooney.

Vela. Im the only person who loves the bloke.

Álex Aguinaga, seriously, Milan tried to sign him in 89', but Necaxa had already signed him for about 200k. With Necaxa he was undoubtedly the best player in Mexico in the 90's, and lead them to three championships. He never triumphed with Ecuador because he didn't have an overly decent team around him to help. He was simply phenomenal.

Cassano

i reading hitory about le tissier

apparently england coaches not like his work ethic or fitness maybe. and he play 1 particular game for england where he made many mistake and never seem to get another chance after that

Sean CFC wrote:Joe Cole, Lee Miller, Aidan McGeady, Ashley Young

Seriously?

Joe Cole - was great for West Ham and in his early days for Chelsea, has seemingly gone downhill recently though
Lee Miller - never seen him play but looking at his CV on wikipedia it doesn't look as if he's achieved too much
Aidan McGeady - great dribbler, no end product though
Ashley Young - one of the most overrated players in the prem, diving shithouse as well

in joe cole early day he was being compare to gascoigne. in a england under 19 match he score 9 goals against spain just dribble past everyone basically

he was really skilful like a english denilson

but when he going to chelsea mourinho told him stop making skill

i think it made him better overall player,but not skillful like he use to. he surely could of been one of best player of all time perhaps if he move at early age to league that appreciate his skill

but he was very immature player anyway in term of his end product. he is much more mature these day,his crossing and pass is perfect but his skill is nothing like old day

James ♠ wrote:Heskey.

This.

Thuda wrote:Grønkjær comes to mind here. Daniel Agger too.

Wasn't Le Tissier's "problem" that he was way too loyal to come to a really big club?

And the fact Glenn Hoddle hated him with a passion.

We could have won the World Cup in '98, if we had taken either Le Tiss, or Gazza.

Nikica Jelavic

David Pizarro, Ariel Ortega, JR Riquelme, Adriano, D'Allessandro.

May be tempted to say Veron. Ok, he didnt have a good time in England, but he had his moments at United, enough to show he is a quality player- which he's proved back home in Argentina, and even in his mod 30s looked pretty good in the WC.

Is this thread about players that people underappreciated (underrated) or players that never reached their true potential (overhyped, for example)?

Not sure, but I think both.

The two players I mentioned (Grønkjær and Agger) are both in the last category (weren't overhyped, but never reached their potential).