Failed to get into the side ahead of Nesta and Maldini…:rolleyes:
Anyway he got it back again at Aston Villa where he proved himself as one of the finest defenders in Europe.
Francesco Totti at international level was mysteriously poor. A striker playing with one of the best international sides he finished up with a record of 58 caps and 9 goals.
Those with better records include:
Clinton Morrisson 36 caps , 9 goals.
Peter Crouch 35 caps, 18 goals.
Sylvian Wiltord 92 caps 26 goals
James McFadden 44 caps, 15 goals
John Hartson 51 caps, 14 goals.
David Healy 77 caps 35 goals
Any more relatively average strikers, midfielders to add?
[quote=“KIB man”]Failed to get into the side ahead of Nesta and Maldini…:rolleyes:
Anyway he got it back again at Aston Villa where he proved himself as one of the finest defenders in Europe.
Francesco Totti at international level was mysteriously poor. A striker playing with one of the best international sides he finished up with a record of 58 caps and 9 goals.
Those with better records include:
Clinton Morrisson 36 caps , 9 goals.
Peter Crouch 35 caps, 18 goals.
Sylvian Wiltord 92 caps 26 goals
James McFadden 44 caps, 15 goals
John Hartson 51 caps, 14 goals. David Healy 77 caps 35 goals
Any more relatively average strikers, midfielders to add?[/quote]
by your conclusive and logical reasoning that by scoring more goals, no matter who the team you play for is, or the position you play, David Helay is a better player than Zinedine Zidane who only scored 31 goals in over 100 games. clown.
spot on farmer, and as cumspot also says, he was only 23 and wasnt the finished article when he joined. I suppose paying a world record over the odds for a player who has the potential to be the best was the bad call. he could well have been, but ifs and buts dont make great players.
right too about Papin, altho I still thought he was decent. he never really settled. scored an unreal goal against Lazio volleying first time on a long ball coming over his shoulder. a quick look on wiki says he is still playing now at the age of 45.
Point out where I said those players were better than Totti.
Totti’s international record is abysmally poor for someone who was a striker in one of the best teams in world footballer for a long period of time. I’m open to correction on this but did Totti also take the penalties for the Italians?
Bit of a mystery why his record is so poor and why there is a bit of a clamour for his return beats all.
Even Zola who was pretty much booted out of the squad when he moved to Chelsea has a record of 35 caps and 10 goals, Luca Toni 47 caps 16 goals, Di Natale 29 caps 9 goals, Del Piero 91 caps 27 goals.
Does “losing it” usually come following an injury of some sort with regards to this thread? Lentini is a harsh one as has been said before. Michael Owen probably had it and lost it, but was it just due to injury?
Lee Sharpe is the poster child of this thread, as would Keith Gillespie, although whether he ever really had it would be up for debate I guess.
[quote=“myboyblue”]Does “losing it” usually come following an injury of some sort with regards to this thread? Lentini is a harsh one as has been said before. Michael Owen probably had it and lost it, but was it just due to injury?
Lee Sharpe is the poster child of this thread, as would Keith Gillespie, although whether he ever really had it would be up for debate I guess.[/quote]
Gillespie was a fantastic crosser of a ball but a degenerate gambler.
Fergal Hegarty was Clare’s best player in 1996. His form went completely afterwards.
Lee Sharpe is the poster child of this thread, as would Keith Gillespie, although whether he ever really had it would be up for debate I guess.[/quote]
But is it mysterious why Sharpe and Gillespie lost it? Can’t it be put down to a lack of discipline in both their cases?
From this thread I’d be looking for sportsmen who were brilliant and turned to shite for no good reason.
