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Which player had the biggest purple patch followed by the steepest decline?
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The hate is powerful. The 'is it time to burst Rashy's bubble' thread remains a low for the forum and for football in general.
That English rightback from Liverpool that almost went to the WC 2014 after 1 season in the team, then fell off and completely disappeared.
fecks sake I need to start reading the updated posts before commenting.
Clyne, you mean?
We definitely cashed in at the right time, although he scored 29 in Austria the season before he joined us, so that's arguably 3 good years before dropping off a cliff.One that I can think of that roughly defines this is Jelavic. Had two good seasons with Rangers and we signed him in Jan. He scored 9 goals in 13 PL games and I thought he would be amazing for us. Went on to score 7 in his next 46 games.
Didn't realise he scored that much in Austria! Fair play.
Cruz, Benjani, Berahino all had a stand out period then reverted.
I seem to recall City having a few players that suddenly performed then went back to average, Stephen Ireland, Elano etc. Blackburn had a good few too actually.
I seem to recall City having a few players that suddenly performed then went back to average, Stephen Ireland, Elano etc. Blackburn had a good few too actually.
Fernando Torres - just never understood his career trajectory.
Was always a good player for Athletico. Had an amazing 3-4 year run at Liverpool. Won the Euros and WC with Spain.
Then joined Chelsea and turned completely to sh*t. An incredibly abrupt and steep decline for seemingly no reason.
Was always a good player for Athletico. Had an amazing 3-4 year run at Liverpool. Won the Euros and WC with Spain.
Then joined Chelsea and turned completely to sh*t. An incredibly abrupt and steep decline for seemingly no reason.
His injury caused it. Nothing's strange here.
Wilfried Bony should be remembered.
Nothing’s strange??
Yes I understand that was the start of the decline but he was an absolute world beater before. Lot of footballers come back from injuries.
He just completely lost all confidence infront of goal.
Darron Gibson
Tom Cleverley
Tom Cleverley
Granite in 2008/09. Won the league with Wolfsburg, scoring 28 goals in 25 games (35/31 in all comps), unsurprisingly becoming both the league’s top scorer and best player.
With this great goal against Bayern as an icing on the cake:
Went back to scoring 11 league goals next season (which matched his tally for 07/08) before transferring to Al Ahli
With this great goal against Bayern as an icing on the cake:
Went back to scoring 11 league goals next season (which matched his tally for 07/08) before transferring to Al Ahli
Papiss Cisse - the goal against Chelsea was something else.
No, i meant Flanagan. Had to look him up. Was one of the standby players for the World Cup in Brazil. Barely played since.
It's an odd one. He was a big prospect from 17-18 and did well for a fairly defensive mid-table Atletico side. But what you're saying is backed up by how many shots he took for every goal he scored:
2005/06: 6.3
2006/07: 6.3
[Joins Liverpool]
2007/08: 3.9
2008/09: 6.1
2009/10: 4.4
2010/11: 11.1 [Joins Chelsea in January]
2011/12: 10.0
He has those 3 years of turning everything to gold. Went off the boil before he moved to Chelsea. Injury seemed to rob him of that extra gear of pace he had over everybody, but he still got into good positions to get chances which he mostly ended up squandering. So perhaps it was his confidence that was shot on the back of losing an edge, which could explain his comparative wastefulness in front of goal.
Stephen Ireland.
Van de Beek.
Wes Brown elevated his game in 07/08.
Van de Beek.
Wes Brown elevated his game in 07/08.
goals* scored 2 worldies in 1 game
Adriano
Jarrod Bowen - throwing it out early
Papiss Cisse - was incredible for 6 months
Demba Ba - also incredible for about a year until he moved to Chelsea
Michu
Papiss Cisse - was incredible for 6 months
Demba Ba - also incredible for about a year until he moved to Chelsea
Michu
Luka Jovic
Aaron Ramsey.
I must have blinked when Lingard went to "incredible". Always been bang average for me while having Dan James moments of hope.
He stopped being good because too many people died.
He was the world's best striker at one point. It was just serious injury which meant he was never the same again.
He had a sublime 6 month run that was never replicated after.
My nomination would be Victor Moses. He was a beast for precisely 8 months after Conte switched to wingbacks.
He was but didn't Conte abandon that in his second season?
Lingard - Pre West Ham - West Ham - Post West Ham
It was a ridiculous call, Mendieta was one of the best midfielders in the world for a good few seasons.Hi Mrs Mendieta
Gus Payet was genuinley a top 5 player in the world for a brief period.
Amr Zaki?
Mista and Guiza.
Papiss Cissé
Can't work out if you mean Gus Poyet or Dimitri Payet
Is that Gus Poyet and Dmitri Payet's son?
Papp
Was going to say him too, but then he did score 37 in 65 in 2 years in Germany just prior to joining Newcastle.
Also got 11 in 22 in 14/15 which is a top notch strike rate. Nothing like the 13 in 14 when he first joined but that was other worldy.
Was going to say him too, but then he did score 37 in 65 in 2 years in Germany just prior to joining Newcastle.
Also got 11 in 22 in 14/15 which is a top notch strike rate. Nothing like the 13 in 14 when he first joined but that was other worldy.
Oddly enough, he's the first one who came to mind for me.
Had that unreal scoring streak at the start of the 2008-09 season where he looked absolutely unplayable. Got linked to a bunch of top clubs as a result, but then fell out with the club management and quickly returned to being shit.