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Arnau;3194931 said:
Yeah yeah. That goal probably makes me think he's better than he is. I love Gio.
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Question of the Week: Players who messed up their careers
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Yeah yeah. That goal probably makes me think he's better than he is. I love Gio.
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Michael Ricketts (who?)
He started his Bolton career in impressive style, scoring 24 times as Bolton won promotion to the Premier League through the playoffs. His finest moments at Bolton Wanderers include sealing victory against Preston North End in the Division One Play Off Final in 2001 and scoring the winning goal at Old Trafford in a 2-1 win for Bolton over Manchester United in the 2001–02 Premier League season. Ricketts continued scoring in his first season in the Premier League, hitting 15 goals by February, and this form led to his call-up for England's friendly against The Netherlands in February 2002. In January 2003, Middlesbrough spent £3.5 million to sign him from Bolton. He failed to recapture his goal-scoring form, netting just four times in 38 matches. It got worse, including being released by PNE for being overweight and beating up his ex-girlfriend.
He started his Bolton career in impressive style, scoring 24 times as Bolton won promotion to the Premier League through the playoffs. His finest moments at Bolton Wanderers include sealing victory against Preston North End in the Division One Play Off Final in 2001 and scoring the winning goal at Old Trafford in a 2-1 win for Bolton over Manchester United in the 2001–02 Premier League season. Ricketts continued scoring in his first season in the Premier League, hitting 15 goals by February, and this form led to his call-up for England's friendly against The Netherlands in February 2002. In January 2003, Middlesbrough spent £3.5 million to sign him from Bolton. He failed to recapture his goal-scoring form, netting just four times in 38 matches. It got worse, including being released by PNE for being overweight and beating up his ex-girlfriend.
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Done a little boozin have ya?Dytza;3196627 said:
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I agree about SWP but I generally thing Shevschenko lost that yard of pace due to physical reasons and that he would have declined that season whether he had stayed at Milan or not, even though older players find Serie A easier. It was just a bad buy.rony31;3194876 said:He had 26 and 28 goals in 40 games in each of his last 2 seasons with Milan, so I wouldn't say he was on the decline either. Chelsea has a knack for ruining careers though, as per Az's mention of SWP
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Think Ronaldinho really had the potential to end up as one of the best players ever known. Unfortunally things didn't work out as we hoped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB4bkEAFYdg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB4bkEAFYdg
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That wasn't because of a transfer though, that was because of lifestyle and diet.
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Ronaldo too to an extent. He was just so talented it took longer.
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Filipower;3198608 said:
I think one can make an argument that his one year at Barca (and probably his year at PSV too, but I don't know anything about it) was the best any player has ever played for a full season. The problem is that he was never the same after that breakdown he had before the world cup final. But my god, this highlight package looks like someone playing FIFA on the easiest setting.
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ShiftyPowers;3198605 said:
Ronaldo won the World Cup and the Champions League and played a significant part in winning a lot of titles with the various world class teams he played for. Looking at these facts you can never call his career messed up then, I think. No matter what.
Same goes for Ronaldinho, as far as that goes.
But it is true that both could've had even better careers, if they had done things differently and (mostly in Ronaldo's case) weren't as injury prone.
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He didn't lead anything in 1994.