that severed artery was one of the worst non-bone breaking injuries ive ever seen
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TrixyStevens
Player Valuation: £30m
Always think highly of Vaughan as he was my first favourite Everton player and coming into the side at that age and scoring goals, idol for me. Shame about the injuries, could have been a talent for sure.
hinchcliffesleftfoot
Player Valuation: £750k
For me, 2 spring to mind...Rodwell and Barkley.
Honestly, when Rodwell & Ross first broke into the team they looked a level above to me (as did Rooney). Seriously the level of play for there age was phenomenal....
Sadly thru bad advice and self doubt, Ross will never fulfill what he could of been I fear & Rodwell was doomed once he was sold onto Man City...
Honestly, when Rodwell & Ross first broke into the team they looked a level above to me (as did Rooney). Seriously the level of play for there age was phenomenal....
Sadly thru bad advice and self doubt, Ross will never fulfill what he could of been I fear & Rodwell was doomed once he was sold onto Man City...
Abraders
Player Valuation: £60m
Tbf we got a good price for a broken Rodwell. He had potential though never really looked to progress once he broke into the team
Oumar Niasse had great comic potential in his first games with us.
Wasted it.
Wasted it.
Speaking as an Evertonian, Wayne Rooney...
That was the club's fault, though...not his.
That was the club's fault, though...not his.
artetas_biggest_fan
Player Valuation: £6m
Rodwell was bang average. Had he been another nationality there wouldn't have been a word about him. Deulofeu for example is a far more gifted player. Rodwell made that one run (unopposed) and struck the ball into the corner of the net and the hype machine took off. He did little else. He wouldn't have been a regular here had we had money to spend at the time. Man City threw money around at anyone that moved. They soon realised they had been had.
Very few players don't fulfill their potential. They generally find their level. Would only say a player didn't achieve their potential if they looked great at the highest level then suddenly dropped from the level they had set. Serious injury, mental breakdown, or moving to a club that ask too much of a player are probably the only reasons for not fulfilling potential, and those things aren't that common. Michael Owen would definitely be someone that didn't fulfill his potential and that was due to injury.
Jeffers has been mentioned. He possibly could have done more with his career. The problem is he went to Arsenal and the gulf in technical ability between him and Henry, Kanu, Pires and co. was vast. Wenger wanted a 'fox in the box', someone to get on the end of stuff, but that was never going to be enough for that Arsenal side. He looked like an imposter and was never equipped to fit in with their fluid attacking style. Jeffers at best was a UEFA Cup level striker.
Richard Dunne had an excellent career for his ability.
Anichebe was very limited technique wise, there are plenty of more gifted forwards than him in the lower leagues. His physicality gave him a better career than more skilful players. If anything he has over achieved and made a good living.
Vaughan is another lower league level forward.
JP Kissock we never saw hit any kind of level so it's impossible to know if he could have done more.
Ross Barkley is only youth player from the club who I would say has unfulfilled his potential thus far. He has shown snippets of real quality. The serious injuries and the style of play here with shoddy managers didn't help his development, and it could be too late for him.
I reckon it is going to become an increasing phenomenon in the coming years and not just at Everton.
Many of these kids are millionaires while still in their teens these days and the sense of entitlement totally eclipses the need to keep working at their game.
Joe Parkinson, Billy Kenny and Simonsen goalkeeper we bought from Tranmere.
Jamo Martinez
Player Valuation: £70m
Rooney. I know he's had an amazing career but expected more from him to be honest. I always thought he had all the footballing attributes to have been on the Ballon D'Or pódium along with Messi and Ronaldo for the last decade.
..Brewster.
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