Players who didn't live up to expectation

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   I've been having a look through some of our underage squads the last few years and it really hit me how many players we have hyped up as fans when they were underage and never quite hit the heights expected of them. In fact most players who play underage for us don't even go on to play with the senior squad at all or have successful careers in England.
In your time following Ireland, who was the one that you were convinced was going to become a major player for us and never hit the heights?

Mine has to be Conor Clifford, I was convinced he would go on to be our star man in the middle of the pitch for years to come when he won the FA Youth Cup with Chelsea in 2010. I've listened to several interviews with him over the last year or so and it sounds like he has a few regrets in his career, it must be tough for him thinking he was the star man underage but so many of his underage team mates have gone on to have relatively successful careers.