Sports people who never fulfilled their

[ThinAir]

Graeme Hick, Never repeated his county form in the test arena despite having hit 405 not out in a county match
Michael Owen (due to far too many injuries) After he scored the goal against Argentina in the world cup, my Brazilian in laws all thought he would be one of the greatest players the world had seen and it never quite happened.
Dare I say Wayne Rooney. He has never quite played to what people have considered his potential could be despite some flashes of brilliance.

To follow on from this Andy Carroll? Worth the enormous transfer fee? Nope.

 

[Yellow Fang]

David Rocastle seemed to go off the boil once he hit his twenties.
Stewart Robson was talked about as being Bryan Robson's successor when he was a youngster.
Jonathon Woodgate was injured too much.
Even Joe Cole has disappointed slightly. He was talked about as the next great thing in his teens.
Elliot Bunney was a junior European champion at 100m. He had a PB of 10.20 in the mid 80s, but I think he gave up athletics to study medicine.
Wasn't there a 400m sprinter who looked like Morrisey. Whatever happened to him?
Mike Tyson was never the same again after his manager d'Amato died.

 

[Fnaar]

he's now playing for the mighty Billingham Synthonia

I saw them play Mozart Classics at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill.

 

[Chromatic]

David Rocastle seemed to go off the boil once he hit his twenties.
Stewart Robson was talked about as being Bryan Robson's successor when he was a youngster.
Jonathon Woodgate was injured too much.
Even Joe Cole has disappointed slightly. He was talked about as the next great thing in his teens.
Elliot Bunney was a junior European champion at 100m. He had a PB of 10.20 in the mid 80s, but I think he gave up athletics to study medicine.
Wasn't there a 400m sprinter who looked like Morrisey. Whatever happened to him?
Mike Tyson was never the same again after his manager d'Amato died.

He kept starting but couldn't finish.

 

[Chromatic]

She was rather lovely.

Andrea Temesvari was lovelier.

 

[Beebo]

He kept starting but couldn't finish.

Yes I remember him too, he was a Charming Man.

 

[green1]

Yes I remember him too, he was a Charming Man.

Obviously not related to Morrisey then, lucky man.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Obviously not related to Morrisey then, lucky man.

Lucky man, you're thinking of Richard Ashcroft.

 

[Peteaud]

Fred Jones from Chard FC

 

[Chromatic]

Lucky man, you're thinking of Richard Ashcroft.

Greg Lake, surely?

 

[AndyRM]

I'll be speculative and chuck Dean Shiels into the mix.

A phenomenal player for Kilmarnock who chose wages over wisdom by slumming it with 'The Rangers'.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Greg Lake, surely?

No. Definitely No.

 

[The Horse's Mouth]

George Best!

 

[Durian]

Fred Jones from Chard FC

Fred was never the same after playing against the 'mighty' Seaton Town FC!

I'll add Colin Montgomerie to the 'should have done better' brigade.

 

[Shortmember]

Stirling Moss, who could drive anything with 4 wheels attached faster than just about anyone else around, including Fangio.