Still one of greats though?
Footballers you honestly felt gutted for
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None, cause they all (at top flight anyway) earn more money in a week then most of the population do in a year.
Certainly.
Mata, he was on fire for chelsea until Mr anti football mourinho took over and preferred Oscar over him then sold to united but constantly played out of his favoured position for all his time here.
Zaha, signed by fergie but completely shafted by moyes and resurrected his career at crystal palace but was priced out of a more deserving move to a ucl club.
Van persie a little as well because he could have gone to city but choose us with fergie in charge and never flourished once fergie left and he probably would have faired better at city in the long run in all honesty
Zaha, signed by fergie but completely shafted by moyes and resurrected his career at crystal palace but was priced out of a more deserving move to a ucl club.
Van persie a little as well because he could have gone to city but choose us with fergie in charge and never flourished once fergie left and he probably would have faired better at city in the long run in all honesty
https://youtube.com/shorts/v2his8RXg3A?
Watched this and kind of did but then realised that he had won a lot anyway.
(Ballack)
Watched this and kind of did but then realised that he had won a lot anyway.
(Ballack)
Stevie G?
What hapoened to Adriano? I assume he's retired by now.
Great sneaky method of posting that gifStevie G?
Michael Johnson at City. Kid had the world at his feet, a move to a bigger club than us beckoned and his body just completely caved.
Stayed on unable to play while the club transformed around him and had to retire at 24 only playing 5 games in 3 or 4 seasons.
Then had a period of depression and other non football problems.
Stayed on unable to play while the club transformed around him and had to retire at 24 only playing 5 games in 3 or 4 seasons.
Then had a period of depression and other non football problems.
He was fecking sensational for his first 6 months of his first season.
I feel bad for the Brazilian players after the 7-1.
For differing reasons…
Fabrice Muamba
Alan Smith
Mason Greenwood
Paul Gascoigne
Ravel Morrison
Justin Fashanu
Fabrice Muamba
Alan Smith
Mason Greenwood
Paul Gascoigne
Ravel Morrison
Justin Fashanu
Martinez, he's so tiny.
Ronaldo, having to play in the EL, after 47 consecutive years in the CL 
Life can be so unfair
Life can be so unfairRooney. No matter how many times he tries to get away with it, there's always a CCTV camera catching him out!!
None. They are people I really don't know. I can't feel "bad" for average brained individuals fecking up their careers. What if they're idiots in real life? What if they're Benjamin Mendy?
Don't give a single feck what happens to them, to be completely honest.
In regards to bad career paths, there are a few like Pato, Balotelli, R9. I care as much to write this post, but this is where the buck ends.
Don't give a single feck what happens to them, to be completely honest.
In regards to bad career paths, there are a few like Pato, Balotelli, R9. I care as much to write this post, but this is where the buck ends.
Phil Jones comes to mind first, especially after that testimonial thingy. Chadwick as well, poor fellow.
With the likes of L. Ronaldo I'm not even sure who to be gutted for more — for him or for us that we've missed out on his absolute peak Same goes for van Basten even though he got a bit more time at the top — to retire at the age of 28 after missing two whole seasons... How did he manage to still win 3 Ballon d'Ors, I'll never understand.
And Adriano with the death of his father, he was a Haaland-esque figure — although he felt even more inevitable with his ridiculous shooting ability.
With the likes of L. Ronaldo I'm not even sure who to be gutted for more — for him or for us that we've missed out on his absolute peak
Same goes for van Basten even though he got a bit more time at the top — to retire at the age of 28 after missing two whole seasons... How did he manage to still win 3 Ballon d'Ors, I'll never understand.And Adriano with the death of his father, he was a Haaland-esque figure — although he felt even more inevitable with his ridiculous shooting ability.
Rodrigo Possebon.
The Rock of Gibraltar no doubt eventhough Roy Keane has warned Sir Alex about it
His dad died and he never really recovered, spiralling into depression, alcoholism, partying and all the usual deflecting addictive practices.
Got it some trouble with the law as well although eventually he was cleared of the drug trafficking charge.
Gary Speed
He was a tidy player, wasn’t the quickest but had a lot of qualities to his game
Deisler, Reus, Gotze. From United Phil Jones, Rashford in a way in terms of the expectation on him and how he was forced to play through injury, plus the racist abuse he continues to get.
Reus is a good shout. Arguably the most talented German player or at least forward of that generation, yet he didn't get to feature in their crowning moment.
You can say the same for Benzema as well.
Many have been mention already, I would add Hargreaves - way better version of O'Shea, could have been great for us.
Sebastian Deisler
Robert Enke
And the plethora of youth products who were highly rated but struggled with injuries and faded into obscurity or were forced to retire before their career had even begun in earnest
Robert Enke
And the plethora of youth products who were highly rated but struggled with injuries and faded into obscurity or were forced to retire before their career had even begun in earnest
Good shout, seemed destined for a bigger club till he got injured. Reminded me of David Hirst, wonder what his career could have been like if we'd signed him when we tried (although it would've stopped us signing Cantona). Injuries sadly took a steadier and steadier toll on him.
What the absolute feck
Our very own George Best
If it wasn't for his Alcohol addiction, he'd have been the greatest player that ever lived.
If it wasn't for his Alcohol addiction, he'd have been the greatest player that ever lived.
Rather strange that on a Manchester United forum nobody's mentioned Munich.
To pity him isn’t to condone what he’s allegedly done.
He’s thrown away a golden career, due to, in my opinion, being mentally unstable. I feel sorry for him.
He’s thrown it away because he’s a scumbag. I don’t understand how anybody could feel anything but disgust towards him.
For managers to have a favourable narrative, personality is really essential. Ole's personality puts him much lower in the people's minds than he deserves.
Someone like Rangnick has the perfect personality to brainwash people into thinking that he's a brilliant manager.
Greenwood is not a victim and deserves no pity.
United alone has had too many to mention, but these two would be at or very close to the top of my guttedness list
I feel particularly bad for footballers who got racially abused during matches.
I know he could be a bit of a prick but Michael Ballack's career is littered with runner up medals. Never won a CL, WC or Euros despite reaching the final in all of them.
2 players I feel absolutely gutted for:
Robert Lewandowski
Harry Kane
Robert Lewandowski
Harry Kane
Yeah Greenwood mate I feel gutted for you raping that girl.
I always felt gutted for Giuseppe Rossi. He had all the talent in the world to make it at Man Utd, but didn't get a proper chance. And then all the injuries that destroyed his career when he was 25 or something.