He wrote Moon River and won the prem with City, so not completely.
Players who fell from grace almost overnight
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It's been revealed that Johnson was dealing with severe depression. He was mentally ill the poor lad. Looked a really top prospect.
My shout goes to Fabien Barthez. He was supposed to be our long term guardian at goal. A wonderful goalkeeper in his day.He had a truly spectacular first season for us and then began deteriorating after. What a fall from great heights.
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Thierry Henry's decline was abnormally sharp
You could argue or entire squad last season bar De Gea who was consistently very good
LVG has a job rebuilding the confidence
LVG has a job rebuilding the confidence
So hard to imagine right now though.
To lose form and skill as he did is quite crazy...
Salas
Veron had a pretty steep decline
Torres obvious one
Jeffers
SWP
Damian Duff
Harry Kewel
Bentley
Barthez
Denilson
Lucas Moura?
Robinho?
Veron had a pretty steep decline
Torres obvious one
Jeffers
SWP
Damian Duff
Harry Kewel
Bentley
Barthez
Denilson
Lucas Moura?
Robinho?
Smalling
Scott Sinclair
Shevchenko
Niko Kranjčar.
It wasn't overnight but it was pretty quick once it started I think.
He was considered a huge talent in Croatia, there was a time when there was a big talk about him or Modrić being better (although I found that kind of talk always stupid since they're different players). I think there are still some people here who rate him higher then Luka, mostly Hajduk Split fans cause he went from Dinamo Zagreb to Hajduk, they loved him for that.. Deluded...
Antonio Valencia.
Afer a brilliant 2011-12 season it all went downhill for him.
It wasn't overnight but it was pretty quick once it started I think.
He was considered a huge talent in Croatia, there was a time when there was a big talk about him or Modrić being better (although I found that kind of talk always stupid since they're different players). I think there are still some people here who rate him higher then Luka, mostly Hajduk Split fans cause he went from Dinamo Zagreb to Hajduk, they loved him for that.. Deluded...
Antonio Valencia.
Afer a brilliant 2011-12 season it all went downhill for him.
Saviola turned into a pretty wasted talent.
Smalling is a silly choice and Sinclair never looked anything special, even in Chelsea days he always looked like another "1"..
I no but Sinclair Just completely vanished after looking half decent at Swansea.
I'd disagree, doesn't look a lot worse than he ever was...
Bentley is a good shout for whoever said him, but I think he fell out of love with the game....
Xavi is one I haven't seen mentioned, who seemed to forget who to play football overnight, quite recently too.Kaká also comes to mind, as well as Ronaldinho, Adriano, Torres (As mentioned) and I would also say Puyol experience it, despite playing at such a high level for so long, when it dropped, it DROPPED.
Casillas in the world cup.
It has to be Kaka. He literally turned shite a day after he signed for Madrid (a world record fee for couple of days).
Yup. Then got completely overshadowed by Ronaldo coming in days later.
That isn't true at all, he did well at first at RM..
I'm not sure if anyone's yet mentioned Edgar Davids.
I thought he was the best defensive midfielder in the world at one point, especially when he had the partnership with Zidane under Marcello Lippi.
Then suddenly, during his last few years at Juventus, he just became average and ended up as a journeyman for the rest of his career.
I thought he was the best defensive midfielder in the world at one point, especially when he had the partnership with Zidane under Marcello Lippi.
Then suddenly, during his last few years at Juventus, he just became average and ended up as a journeyman for the rest of his career.
what??He was pretty good at Barca, after that age caught up with him.
A few from the top of my head...
Jose Antonio Reyes
Vermaelen (went from star CB to benched captain)
Yorke fell from grace fairly quickly
Bostock (the next Gazza
)
Giles Barnes (linked with everyone, then disappeared - think he is now in Canada)
Ravel must be up there.
Jose Antonio Reyes
Vermaelen (went from star CB to benched captain)
Yorke fell from grace fairly quickly
Bostock (the next Gazza
)Giles Barnes (linked with everyone, then disappeared - think he is now in Canada)
Ravel must be up there.
A few from the top of my head...
Jose Antonio Reyes
Vermaelen (went from star CB to benched captain)
Yorke fell from grace fairly quickly
Bostock (the next Gazza
Giles Barnes (linked with everyone, then disappeared - think he is now in Canada)
Ravel must be up there.
I back pretty much all LVG's decisions but Vermaelen made no sense and I am ecstatic we didnt get him.
Harry Kewell might be a shout.
Jim Leighton
Francis Jeffers
Francis Jeffers
Blatantly not true.
Rio.
He was outstanding in Sir Alex's last season and in the span of 3 months turned into a liability. Some blame goes on Moyes, but it's quite evident he's not the same player that he was only about 16 months ago.
He was outstanding in Sir Alex's last season and in the span of 3 months turned into a liability. Some blame goes on Moyes, but it's quite evident he's not the same player that he was only about 16 months ago.
I dunno, been too Bambi-Legs for too long now for me...
That and being injured 24/7.
it's not that he fell from grace or anything like that, but I really believed that Oscar Cardozo will end up in clubs like Liverpool, Newcastle or Everton at some point. I don't get that move to Trabzonspor, he's not even that old.
also, Diego. he never really recaptured his form from Bremen in my opinion.
also, Diego. he never really recaptured his form from Bremen in my opinion.
Good one, Rio's level last season was just shocking.
For me Lee Sharpe has to be up there. Went from a United star player and England international to ending his career age 32 in Grindavik, Iceland.
How Edwin van der Sar ended up playing three seasons for Fulham is also a great mystery, especially since we were still fecking about trying to find a decent replacement for Schmeichel at the time.
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