jayramfootball wrote:swipe right wrote:Sorry but what did he do to waste his career? He was frequently injured. Which is not something one can control. What else?
Smoking cigarettes and cigars and partying like he was in 1980s/early 90s English football will not have helped him at all.
Then he had a big mouth off the pitch - yeah we all found it funny at the time, but when he got on the pitch you can bet that his opponents were itching to leave one on him.
He was unprofessional at a time when he needed to focus on football and taking the next step up, which could have been world-class.
You’re fishing for reasons to blame him. As you do with every player you don’t like. Smoking and running your mouth does not cause you to have weak ankles. We’ve seen that over the years. Wilshere, Rosicky, Eduardo, RvP, Diaby were all model professionals who were blighted by injuries. Whether you like them or not you should have some human sympathy for a person who’s entire life is football and then sees it fall apart for circumstances.