Whatever happened to ... ?

[Chucklevision82]

Whatever happened to zin ...? Disappears for three years without even so much as a goodbye!

:dierpochhug:

Spoiler

This place is shit now, mate, get out while you still can!

 

[Danny Blanchflower]

Darren Caskey always stays in my mind.

Same age group as me, he was the England under 18 captain who won the UEFA tournament for their age group.

He just never amounted to much in the professional game.

Amazing how many 18-21 year olds who look great never really kick on.

(Chris Day played in that England team as well -spurs youth player he ended up at Stevenage FC, a Stevenage lad and also a big Spurs fan)

Bit harsh....
I believe Caskey was a mainstay (and captain?) of Reading midfield for years....

Never top level, but a good career as a professional.

 

[peter merison]

He got an ice pick

That made his ears burn

 

[Dr Rocktopus]

Not Spurs.....but

Freddy Adu was being touted as (another) "new Pele" at the age of 14!!
Bloody ridiculous.

"From before the time of his signing with D.C. United at the age of 14, Adu was spoken of and treated as the future of United States soccer;[2] even being referred to as "the next Pelé".[3] However, he failed to live up to the expectations and, after leaving D.C. United in 2006, he became a journeyman,[4] playing for fourteen teams in eight countries: the United States, Portugal, Monaco, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Serbia, and Finland. "

Don't forget the US league was proper shit then

2004–2006	D.C. United	87	(11)
2007	Real Salt Lake	11	(1)
2007–2011	Benfica	11	(2)
2008–2009	→ AS Monaco (loan)	9	(0)
2009	→ Belenenses (loan)	3	(0)
2010	→ Aris (loan)	5	(1)
2011	→ Çaykur Rizespor (loan)	11	(3)
2011–2013	Philadelphia Union	35	(7)
2013	Bahia	2	(0)
2014	Jagodina	0	(0)
2015	KuPS	5	(0)
2015	→ KuFu-98 (loan)	3	(2)
2015–2016	Tampa Bay Rowdies	12	(0)
2018	Las Vegas Lights	14	(1

This reminds me of one of those rare moments when the hype turned out to be justified.

Before USA ‘94 The Mirror (of all papers) ran a double page hype piece about the ‘new Pele’. An unknown 17 year old called Ronaldo.

One of the most annoying things about Greasy Ron is that most people think of him rather than Real Ronaldo. Greasy Ron even played for Real, purely to make it more confusing.

 

[zin]

Saw mention of Massimo Luongo in the youth thread that he's joined Sheffield Wednesday from QPR so started doing the usual Wikipedia search to see how his career has gone

Honours

Australia

• AFC Asian Cup: 2015

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 2014–15 League One
• AFC Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2015
• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2015

So thought I'd create this thread about not just former players but also players we were linked with in the past. Who remembers this gem?

Emmanuel Mbola - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Although linked in February 2010 with a move to English club Tottenham Hotspur[3] and having been on trial at Woolwich in autumn 2010 he was involved in an ongoing transfer saga over his move to Pyunik Yerevan and a subsequent move to a Congolese club, TP Mazembe.

This was resolved in September 2010 when FIFA ruled that the Armenian club had been wrong in arranging for Mbola to sign a professional contract when he was underage, which resulted in FIFA canceling the International Transfer Certificate (ITC) held by the Armenian club. This ruling meant that Mbola could officially join TP Mazembe.

 

[Sean]

Steve Slade , Rory Allen

 

[SchmoodSpur]

Saw mention of Massimo Luongo in the youth thread that he's joined Sheffield Wednesday from QPR so started doing the usual Wikipedia search to see how his career has gone

Honours

Australia

• AFC Asian Cup: 2015

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 2014–15 League One
• AFC Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2015
• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2015

So thought I'd create this thread about not just former players but also players we were linked with in the past. Who remembers this gem?

Emmanuel Mbola - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Although linked in February 2010 with a move to English club Tottenham Hotspur[3] and having been on trial at Woolwich in autumn 2010 he was involved in an ongoing transfer saga over his move to Pyunik Yerevan and a subsequent move to a Congolese club, TP Mazembe.

This was resolved in September 2010 when FIFA ruled that the Armenian club had been wrong in arranging for Mbola to sign a professional contract when he was underage, which resulted in FIFA canceling the International Transfer Certificate (ITC) held by the Armenian club. This ruling meant that Mbola could officially join TP Mazembe.

Luongo has been a great player for Rangers. Where I live, every fucker is either Rangers or Chelsea so easy to keep tabs.

Arguably one of the most consistent Champo performers of the last 5 years.

 

[SchmoodSpur]

Saw Jonathan Obika joined St. Mirren.

 

[Pete27]

Saw Jonathan Obika joined St. Mirren.

Was in my daughter's class at primary school, in Worcester Avenue.

 

[Totti]

True, let's do it another way then. Guess the player!

Kevin Stewart, I think.

They also signed our young French goalkeeper at the time too. Think it might have been Inglethorpe who snapped them up when he went to Liverpool.

 

[reachingforthestars]

Who was that Irish lad we had a while back ?

Think he was a striker & was touted as a real talent

Souleymane Coulibaly

Not Irish though, but I see why you get the flags mixed up

 

[Yid7]

Darren Caskey always stays in my mind.

Same age group as me, he was the England under 18 captain who won the UEFA tournament for their age group.

He just never amounted to much in the professional game.

Amazing how many 18-21 year olds who look great never really kick on.

(Chris Day played in that England team as well -spurs youth player he ended up at Stevenage FC, a Stevenage lad and also a big Spurs fan)

Sure he took over the Crooked Billet in Symonds Green at some point also.

 

[Ossie Wembley]

Spase Dilevski
Diego bortolozzo
Rodrigo defendi
David Limbersky

 

[Kekerinho]

John Bostock
Thought he was the next big thing

 

[AG67]

John Bostock
Thought he was the next big thing

He was spoken about in almost revered terms as the great white hope in English football when he started to get some attention.
Played for Palace for a bit didn’t he ? No idea where he is now though.

 

[Paul Allen's Omen]

Andy Turner?? Looked promising at one stage....

Ah Billy Wizz. He scored a last minute winner at my first game at the lane. Seemed to get game time under the Clemence/Livermore combo but didnt get game time under ossie

 

[BernardMatthews]

That’s the chap

He’s signed for Baldock this season.

Step 5. The league my non league team are in.

 

[RealCoolYid]

Johnnie Jackson looked cracking on his debut

 

[Dr Rocktopus]

Quinton Fortune was in our youth team. Around the same time as Andy Turner, Caskey, and Judas.

The brother of a mate of mine when I was at school was in the Spurs youth team at the time. I can’t remember his surname. Barmby had just broken into the team and was my idol. Just a few years older, and billed as the next big thing. I thought Turner was going to be great, but it never worked out.

Judas was the one they were all excited about...as a striker. He even scored on his debut as a striker for us against Chelsea. I loved that guy. What a fucking cunt he turned out to be. I guess for younger fans it’s hard to understand the hate he invited upon himself. Just imagine Kane leaving on a free and showing up out of the blue grinning away in a Gooner shirt.

Anyway, Gudni Bergsson. Used to think he was this exotic foreign star. He’s a lawyer now.

 

[Don Giovanni]

Nathan Oduwa - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Filip Lesniak - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org