Prodigies that never did it

[PTP]

Apparently in real life he had a trial at Man Utd. So in some ways I'm glad he never made it and sullied all my memories.

If memory serves me right was he a AMR/FC

also think he signed for Inter

[dww]

You are right about his position (at least in CM terms). Apparently he is now playing for Twente Enschede in Holland. link

[Shaggy]

If we are talking about CM prodogies then Tonton Zola Mokokou and Kennedy Bakircioglu deserve a mention. And from CM2/3 everyone who has been born and can claim dual Swedish/Turkish nationality has let me down.

Tonton Zola Mokokou!! Good call! He scored something like 50 goals from midfield for me one year. He was 17 or thereabouts. Good eh?!

[andyinswinton]

I had a look for Tonton Zola Mokokou and this is what I found!

http://derbycounty.rivals.net/?sid=886&p=2&stid=8272116

And for the Swedish amongst us!

http://www.vf.se/vf/docs/visa_arkiv....tikelID=831397

He was a quality player in that game!

[JohnOK]

Sonny Pike - Ended up hating football in the end. Still musn't be that old though. Is now playing football for fun.

Jimmy Carter - Now he was ****e!

[Rowan]

Richie Humphries was supposed to be the English Van Basten when he broke through. He's now plying his trade for the Pool with all the Monkey Hangers. Chris Bart Williams was another. I used to play against a kid called Jamie Burt when i was younger and he used to make an arse out of me every time. He played for England Schoolboys with Owen as well. He ended up getting mixed up with drugs and the Blyth crew and stealing Phillipe Alberts wallet. last i heard apparently there was a hit out on him. Shame because he would have been one of the best.

Oh and for comedy value see Michael Branch, Danny Cademateri and Gareth Farrelly

[andyinswinton]

Evertons youth team provide a lot of comedy value!

[LFCman]

Kennedy Bakircioglu - My all time favourite CM player. I still look out for him now!

Anatoli Todorov is the greatest CM player ever!

An absolutely DEADLY striker.

How about that Rooney guy? Wasn't he suppose to win England some World Cup all on his own?

[Shaggy]

Richie Humphries was supposed to be the English Van Basten when he broke through. He's now plying his trade for the Pool with all the Monkey Hangers. Chris Bart Williams was another. I used to play against a kid called Jamie Burt when i was younger and he used to make an arse out of me every time. He played for England Schoolboys with Owen as well. He ended up getting mixed up with drugs and the Blyth crew and stealing Phillipe Alberts wallet. last i heard apparently there was a hit out on him. Shame because he would have been one of the best.

Hahaha! I know Jamie Burt - the wife's best mate went out with him for a few years as his career went down the pan.

I watched him play a few times before he got involved with the wife's bezzie mate and I thought he had the world at his feet. He signed for Chesterfield after impressing against them in the FA Cup for Emley and initially did brilliantly.

He was a total piss-head though, and Chesterfield eventually released him. He went to Carlisle when Steve Collins' hard case brother was in charge. He incurred his wrath a few times, notably on one occasion when Collins busted Burt (and a few others) in a local nightclub and he had Jamie pinned up against the wall.

Carlisle released him and he played for Scarborough, Whitby (sacked him after a week) and then Blyth Spartans. No idea what he's doing now as the relationship ended badly and the guy was seemingly hell-bent on ruining every opportunity life presented to him.