Clown Job Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Stylish Kid said: Josh something. On loan at Aberdeen. Possibly England youth captain. Absolutely bossed it, possibly against Bayern Munich. Disappeared and possibly retired early Josh Walker? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 20 hours ago, Jacky1990 said: Adam Strachan. Mind making his debut at Thistle. The first genuine youth prospect I had seen break through as a kid. Got you proper on the edge of your seat whenever he got the ball. Thought he was destined to be a star. Sadly passed away earlier this year after a heap of legal troubles and a bang average lower league career. Shame. He had talent but was such a bampot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Alex Harris. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar_Army Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 (edited) What about the expectations regarding the Scotland team that went all the way to the Under 16 World Cup final? A good few made a career out of football but could any of them deemed to have been in the underachieving category? I think their opponents in the final were all retired and collecting their old age pensions ten years after that final Edited December 24, 2022 by Sugar_Army 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 6 hours ago, Stylish Kid said: Josh something. On loan at Aberdeen. Possibly England youth captain. Absolutely bossed it, possibly against Bayern Munich. Disappeared and possibly retired early Mr Walker is playing for Dunbar United now. Nice guy too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 On 23/12/2022 at 21:05, The Other Foot said: For Hibs, at present, the obvious answer is Kevin Nisbet. Never mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Lyle Lanley said: Alex Harris. Good shout. And Calum Booth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I mind hearing about Jack Grimmer, then watching him in one of the u16 internationals at Tynecastle where he was head and shoulders above the rest. I think he's at Wycombe now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 As a neutral (mostly) I have to say, some of amount of shite being quoted as the "next big thing" here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 22 minutes ago, The Other Foot said: Good shout. And Calum Booth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I thought Liam Lindsey would have a carved a better career, especially at international level. Preston are decent enough I guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 11 hours ago, dezz said: Paul Slane. The laddie openly admits he'd never have made it due to anxiety. 10 hours ago, Tynie Bagstock said: Ricky Gillies. His manager Tony Fitzpatrick said he was good enough for AC Milan. Ivano Bonetti said Gavin Rae could play for Juventus (or some other equally preposterous nonsense.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Craig Wighton is our obvious one. I know he's a slaver at the best of times but Bomber Brown basically put all the pressure in the world on him as he applied for permission to play him at 15 (but was denied by the SPFL/SFA whomever is in charge of such decisions) and then pretty much said he's one of the best players he ever worked with and ranked him alongside talents such as Barry Ferguson. Peter MacDonald also said he was the best young talent he'd 'ever seen'. MacDonald went on to say that Wighton was even teaching him stuff in training at just 16. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 I've said it numerous times but Craig Wighton should have went abroad when he had the chance. He'd have had a very different and more successful career. The mi use he was told to bulk up it absolutely ruined him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Couple more Pars ones. These guys were never going to massive players but seemed destined to be big players for us, or even move on to bigger things. Chris McGroarty was a regular starter for us in the SPL. He got called in some Scotland under 21 squads. He played well for us. Then something happened and he very, very quickly sank down through the levels, all the way down to the juniors I think. Chris Templeman was a highly promising youth player at East End. He was regular said to be the standout in reserve games and began to feature in the squad for the first team. However, he never made it in to the first team, only amassing a handful of appearances. He'd have a decent career further down the leagues though, including Morton paying a ludicrous transfer fee for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: I've said it numerous times but Craig Wighton should have went abroad when he had the chance. He'd have had a very different and more successful career. The mi use he was told to bulk up it absolutely ruined him. Was it Neil McCann that did that? I know Hartley was famous for telling players to pretty much not bother with trying to put on 'mass' and just focus on cardio instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Was it Neil McCann that did that? McPake pushed him into it. They were both out long term at the same time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Alex Williams for Morton. We signed him for £50k from Stirling when we’d just been relegated to the Third Division, and by that point he’d already had a brush with the law involving a golf club and someone’s napper iirc. Scored a shit-ton of goals to help us to the title, won the division’s player of the year and was top goal scorer. Scored a couple of goals in a cup win at then First Division Ross County and took his form into the following season as Morton took the Second Division by storm. That was of course the season of our most infamous collapse (there’s been a few) and the alleged betting scandal, to which Williams’ name was prominently linked. He eventually left the following season and did reasonable jobs at Clyde and Ayr, significantly being part of Clyde’s team that beat Celtic and scoring in an Ayrshire derby in the cup, but he was never the player he was in that first season at Morton. I remember someone saying he’d either play for Scotland or end up in the jail. He ended up doing time at some point further down the line. Never seen a better natural finisher in all my time watching Morton though, and even after years of playing at a higher level, he’s still thought of fondly by a certain generation of Morton fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 On 23/12/2022 at 22:01, Jacky1990 said: Adam Strachan. Mind making his debut at Thistle. The first genuine youth prospect I had seen break through as a kid. Got you proper on the edge of your seat whenever he got the ball. Thought he was destined to be a star. Sadly passed away earlier this year after a heap of legal troubles and a bang average lower league career. Shame. I had missed the story about his passing. I take it he took his own life? What a sad end. I read up online in the Daily Record and was enraged to see a comment from some wee jobbie in a tinfoil hat about SUDDEN FOOTBALLER DEATHS SKYROCKETING COZ OF COVID VACCINE!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Sergei Baltacha Jr for me. As a young player he looked like a potential star. Somehow he just lost it all very rapidly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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