[Albion] albion unfulfilled talents

[wallyback]

Alan Duffy never fulfilled his potential due to a liking beer and grub.

 

[Grombleton]

Could we include David Livermore? Was quite excited when we saw him (good pedigree at higher level than we were at the time) but it turned out he was shite.

 

[BensGrandad]

Glen Geard who Alan Mullery said would play for England, didnt say 1st team or amateur but neither happened.

 

[blue'n'white]

Dave Clarkson

Joe Gatting

John Piercy

Torbjon Agdestein

Augustin Battipiedi

Nathan Elder

 

[piersa]

Peter Smith. Very good first season. Exciting, attacking full-back and was awarded player of the season. Absolute rubbish for the next 4 seasons. It was almost like he forgot how to play the game. Probably lost his confidence and desire due to the off field problems.

One of the worst players I have seen play for the albion!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Jack Robinson, absolute bottler in tackles, that's what cost him.

 

[piersa]

how about this chap? Baring injury, would surely have been a regular in the premier league.

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

He wasn't Albion for long at all but I'd say that Abdul Razak is so far failing to deliver on what was seemingly a lot of potential.

He's still got plenty of time to sort it out but I find it hard to believe that the player I saw against Ipswich isn't now somewhere in the PL, playing regularly.

 

[rool]

how about this chap? Baring injury, would surely have been a regular in the premier league.

He did go on to play Sid in Toy Story though.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Arguably, Kazenga Lua Lua

 

[Clive Walker]

mark flatts

 

[dejavuatbtn]

One of the worst players I have seen play for the albion!

Having watched all bar 3 of our games at Gillingham, Smith would be no where near the top of my all time worst players list.
Someone else reckoned that Dean Saunders never fulfilled his potential. TBH we got him for nothing, made him into a decent goalscorer and just let him go off to Oxford for tuppence. On the basis that he was sold a few times for a million quid and played international football, I don't think he did too bad in his career.

 

[Robert Codners Nostrils]

Nicky Rust Rust Rust. England youth international. Great couple of seasons. Career over by mid twenties!

 

[Philzo-93]

Arguably, Kazenga Lua Lua

Cristian Baz for me!

Chris Holroyd too! My god was he woeful!

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Nicky Rust Rust Rust. England youth international. Great couple of seasons. Career over by mid twenties!

Did we not let him go and he then signed for Barnet and on his first game for them promptly let in seven ?? correct me if i am wrong.

 

[Robert Codners Nostrils]

Did we not let him go and he then signed for Barnet and on his first game for them promptly let in seven ?? correct me if i am wrong.

Something like that. Or was it more than 7? Pretty much sums up the end of his career in football, which is a shame given how brightly it started.

 

[poidy]

Being from stockport i watched tunnicliffe a few times last season, he was that bad he retired from football end of the season! Just didn't look interested! And if he can't perform in the conference north then God help him

Really surprised about his demise.

We signed him in 2009 at the age of 21 and I though he looked like a good prospect.

Big centre half, comfortable on the ball and plenty of time to develop.

Real shame

 

[WASH]

Unless he learns to do more than just stand on his right foot I think Solly March could end up getting added to this list. God he's frustrating to watch at times!!

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Absolutely not. No fishing going on here.

This thread is about players not FULFILLING their potential.

KLL is a good player, in fact one of my favourites. Has he developed as much as I would have hoped compared to when he burst on to the scene around 2010? Not for me.

 

[Munkfish]

Leon Knight top of this list, although he did it at the Albion.

Not many players in my life time who have really had much expected of them.

Michael Standing I guess could be seen as a talent that was never forefilled.

Sullivan and Martin both played for England Under 18s.

JFC may be a name on this list in the future.