Players who lost form dramatically
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Topic: Players who lost form dramatically
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Subject: Players who lost form dramatically
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:12pm
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Talking players who’s form fell off a cliff, and not because of their age or being done David De Gea Fernando Torres after Liverpool
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:26pm
| Alexis Sanchez |
Posted By: killer kilbane
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:28pm
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Gary Birtles when he signed for man utd and can't think of his name but they called him pineapple head on Bladder and skinner bout the time of euro 96...he played for forest ------------- And it's come through now to mackay... and it's there |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:28pm
Playing really well for Inter
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Roberto Baggio wrote:Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:31pm
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Antoine Griezmann ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: deco911
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:32pm
Jason something
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:36pm
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Jason Lee. He was never good. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:42pm
| Joe Hart. Basically went dramatically south when Pep showed up and decided he was surplus to requirements. Poor spells at Torino and West Ham, sold to Burnley for a relatively modest sum who have released him. Lost his England Number 1 slot, and his squad place before the 2018 World Cup. All since Euro 2016. |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:48pm
+1 Was always sh*te
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:49pm
Good one |
Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:51pm
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Shevchenko, the original Torres He could never get Jerzy Dudek's knobbly knees out of his mind ------------- Edited by Trigboy 10 at 10:03pm |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:09pm
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Harry Kewell Ljungberg Joe Cole Fowler All come to mind. Injuries took their toll though i guess but they largely went to sh*te. Adriano is a massive one. ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:11pm
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David Bentley. Just overhyped because of the next beckham tag? ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:16pm
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Nigel clough ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:21pm
| Firmino |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:29pm
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Paul Parker and Lee Sharpe. Parker was a regular at right-back for Man United between 1992-1994 and then lost his place first to David May and then Gary Neville (a serious injury in 1994 didn’t help), but he ended up leaving United in 1996 and started a bit of a journeyman career down the leagues. Lee Sharpe left the same year and had an injury hit spell at Leeds before retiring relatively early.
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:34pm
| May played right back? |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:35pm
Early in his Man United career, yep. It was 96/97 when he had that amazing season in the middle and got the five year deal.
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:36pm
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Andre Schurrle who has retired at 29 Mario Goetze Neil Webb ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:49pm
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Lee Sharpe is a good one. Was my first fave player. The corner flag celebration 😎 ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 11:55pm
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Jim Leighton Toto Schillaci ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 12:01am
| Good few of the Brazilian lads. Ronaldinho, Adriano, kaka and the original Ronaldo although he had a bit of a resurgence |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 12:02am
| Robinho and Denilson maybe? |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 12:09am
| yeah you could throw them in. We use to joke about it that once you hit 28 and your Brazilian you’re over the hill |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 12:11am
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Gandhi. He made one great appearance and then we never saw him again. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: theheff1989
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 6:48am
May's last four seasons with United saw him make only 12 appearances in total for the club. Was a player I forgot about till I saw him on the squad. Fergie even gave his squad number to Veron.
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 9:15am
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Francis Jeffers. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: OnTheOneRoad
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 9:16am
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Amir Zaki. Came to Wigan, nobody had ever heard of him, took the piss out of the league for about 10 games and then disappeared as quickly ------------- No thank you Turkish......I'm sweet enough |
Posted By: coyne
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 9:18am
Michu exactly the same Took the piss out the Premier League.. Then couldn't even get a game in the lower Spanish divisions, wtf is that all about
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 9:24am
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His legs were f**ked - shin splints i think. Zaki is a great one Dave Whelan saying he was Shearer MKII------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 9:31am
| The Italian chap who went to Rangers and scored 25 in 12 games or something. |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 9:37am
Whoops, was thinking of Jelavic
------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 10:06am
Take that back. Injuries hurt him badly. The booze and women obviously didn’t help his career but I don’t think he lost his form. Kaka in the other hand completely lost his form. He is a holy wan so doesn’t drink or do threesomes etc He just went to crap. Ronnie somewhere in the middle of those 2. ------------- |
Posted By: Paulie
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 10:26am
| Veron and Crespo. |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 10:30am
------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 10:58am
But one of those 12 appearances was when he scored two goals and was captain, man of the match and superhero when Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final. ------------- Edited by Trigboy 10 at 10:03pm |
Posted By: ErsatzThistle
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:16am
Had forgotten all about him. He had talent but was also a bit of a zoomer. I remember for about six months the Daily Record (a paper made by morons, for morons) one week would link him with an "imminent" transfer to Celtic and the next week "is expected to sign" with Rangers.
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Posted By: BaileNuisBhoy
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:29am
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Damien Duff ------------- Say no to Egg Chasing!!! |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:50am
Yeah you are probably right he doesn’t fit into the same category of completely losing form. I do remember there was a time where he had dropped but was from a very high level where he was the best striker in the world by a good distance but then he came back down to a level that was more around the same of other top strikers, he occasionally hit form patches but was never as prolific.
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:54am
| Artur Boruc |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:54am
| Paul Robinson is another one. At one time he looked like he'd be Spurs' long term keeper, but seemed to peak at around 26 or so, and his last season at Spurs was poor, and he fell out of the England team too at the same time. |
Posted By: BigPodge
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 12:10pm
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Jesse Lingard ------------- 
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 12:27pm
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I remember Paul Robinson agreed a 7 year contract at one time at Spurs. Bonkers.
------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: coyne
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 6:39pm
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Michael Ricketts is up there with Michu and Zaki. 31 goals in 2 seasons then went 6 seasons without scoring
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 6:52pm
| Aiden McGeady's form post Euro 2012 might be construed as a fairly dramatic dip. He had something of a bounce at Preston, but on the whole, I would have thought it very disappointing that he ended up out of the Irish team before he turned 32. |
Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 7:26pm
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No doubt his time at Everton was a disaster, but he was player of the year at Preston and Sunderland and named in the Championship side of the year too. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: NewtNewbie
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 8:39pm
Good shout. McGeady was 27 when he joined Everton, and from there his form and career plummeted dramatically. Desperate when you consider his level of natural ability and how highly he was once rated.
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 9:28pm
But would that not be more a case of tracking a decline, as oppose to staying on form, particularly the form he had generally been in before Euro 2012? There was always a PL player in McGeady, but to have become a League 1 Player and out of the Irish reckoning by 32 is still a fairly disappointing outcome for a player who had ripped up the Scottish League in his early days and had performed very well in Moscow, while also being capped almost 90 times by Ireland by the age of 30.
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 7:35am
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Posted By: E2016
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 8:37am
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Morgan Schneiderlin. Jack Wilshere. Danny Welbeck. Dropping down a tier Ross McCormack. Bojan. Stephen Ireland. Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke. Christian Benteke. |
Posted By: brissy
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 9:40am
| Stephen Ireland |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 9:49am
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Has Rooney been mentioned? Also Gazza. As soon as he was left out of WC 98, that was it.
------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: coyne
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 9:53am
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Rooney far from lost form. He only got slower. Even then he took the piss out the MLS and still doing okay at Derby, nothing special.
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Posted By: deco911
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 9:57am
More to do that he was a raving alco and druggie addiction than form I’d say
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Posted By: Yiksheemash
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 11:32am
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Winston Bogarde ------------- In my country we fak, my wife she isa dead |
Posted By: Yiksheemash
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 11:32am
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David Ennis ------------- In my country we fak, my wife she isa dead |
Posted By: deco911
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 1:29pm
| Marcus Stewart |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 1:32pm
------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Yoco Santos
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 1:41pm
Could easily slot into the 'Players who lost grannies dramatically' thread too.
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Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 11:03pm
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oillie Cahill ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: darmack
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 4:56pm
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Kevin Foley. After being dropped as a back up from Traps 2012 squad never seemed to have heard of him again.
------------- The dark side.. And the light |
Posted By: NewtNewbie
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 5:58pm
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Stan Collymore. Looked great at Forest and got a big move to Liverpool out of it and from there his career went to pot. Tony Yeboah. Looked Amazing for a while and then got fat and went to sh*t. |
Posted By: NewtNewbie
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 6:07pm
| Mario Balotelli. 29 years old and is being linked with a move from relegated Serie A side, Brescia to Serie C team, Como. |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 8:09pm
| Matt Jansen |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2020 at 10:31pm
A near fatal motorbike accident would do that to you ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2020 at 10:39pm
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Andrew Reid Lost weight to impress Trap then went to sh*te. Steven Reid. Hardly played after his injury at Blackburn. Alan Smith (The Leeds one). Good debut at Utd then disappeared. Kenwyne Jones. 'Mr.Unplayable'. Too right. Nobody played him after 2009 or so. Jim Leighton. Dropped by Fergie then went to pot. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2020 at 10:44pm
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Darron Gibson. Left Utd and had a half decent season or so at Everton then went to pure sh*te. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2020 at 10:48pm
------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2020 at 10:57pm
------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |