1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

o/t players who underachieved

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by DJBlackandamberarmy(No4), Sep 15, 2011.

  1. Hesfords heros

    Joined:
    Jun 7, 2011
    Messages:
    813
    Likes Received:
    2
    Joe cole,kieron dyer,aaron lennon,.....all the next maradonas.paul gascoinge and alan shearer(?)
     
    #21
  2. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    107,537
    Likes Received:
    64,733
    Alan Shearer?

    283 goals in 559 games in the Premier League and 30 goals in 63 games for England, I wish I'd underachieved that much.....
     
    #22
  3. andy payton's mullet

    andy payton's mullet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    5,750
    Likes Received:
    325
    Best and Gazza. Both tremendous talents that weren't fully realised and, as such, underachieved
     
    #23
  4. Hesfords heros

    Joined:
    Jun 7, 2011
    Messages:
    813
    Likes Received:
    2
    Not saying shearer wasnt the best striker the prem has ever seen..but if measured in silverware a man of his talents seriously underachieved,fergusons still shaking his head at big als decision to turn man u down.
     
    #24
  5. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    107,537
    Likes Received:
    64,733
    Fair enough, I suppose one PL winners medal is not very representative of what his ability warranted.
     
    #25
  6. Carmine Galante.

    Carmine Galante. Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    12,229
    Likes Received:
    5,146
    I can't open the link on my phone , is it Diamond Lights by any chance ?

    I remember bumping into a lad in town who was in the year above me at school at the time this ' song' in the charts .
    I remember we both had Sid Scarbrough carrier bags and the conversation turned to what we had just purchased .

    I'd just bought Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division and Songs to learn and sing by Echo and the Bunnymen .
    When I asked him what he had bought he said, "Diamond Lights by Glenn and Chris "
    I didn't know whether to laugh or cry .
    I just walked off dazed and confused without saying anything else .
    I made a point of never speaking to him again .
     
    #26
  7. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    107,537
    Likes Received:
    64,733
    It is indeed Diamond Lights.

    I'm still partial to a little Joy Division and the Bunnymen now.
     
    #27
  8. pock tiger 64

    pock tiger 64 Member

    Joined:
    Aug 24, 2011
    Messages:
    333
    Likes Received:
    0
    Every England team since '66.
     
    #28
  9. x

    x Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2011
    Messages:
    8,093
    Likes Received:
    2,540
    should of been the second bri marwood.
     
    #29
  10. Carmine Galante.

    Carmine Galante. Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    12,229
    Likes Received:
    5,146
    Went to see the Bunnymen a few years ago in Leeds .
    Best gig I've ever been to .
     
    #30

  11. Jobboshinpad

    Jobboshinpad Active Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    1,079
    Likes Received:
    3
    I know one 'Plaayeeer' who always fails to deliver..................Percy/TWF/McClean4England :) :) :)
     
    #31
  12. Febbos

    Febbos Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    4,475
    Likes Received:
    2,501
    Pff, Englands national team is overrated :)
     
    #32
  13. Carmine Galante.

    Carmine Galante. Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    12,229
    Likes Received:
    5,146
    Have Sweden got a national football team ?
     
    #33
  14. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    53,751
    Likes Received:
    43,955
    They come over here........
     
    #34
  15. DJBlackandamberarmy(No4)

    DJBlackandamberarmy(No4) Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    7,195
    Likes Received:
    5,504
    this is what i meant about waddle too...should have graced more big games for his talent, titles and european finals etc...whenever people talk about greatest england players of all time, he rarely gets a mention, yet hes one of the most talented players iver seen.
     
    #35
  16. Nick HCAFC

    Nick HCAFC Active Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    4,299
    Likes Received:
    1
    Was working with a French guy a few years back and he raved about Waddle, think he achieved things in France, pretty sure Marseilles were fantastic back then, but not over here, I remember watching Marseilles in the European Cup final but not sure if they won or even if he played.
     
    #36

Share This Page