| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... 14:54 - Apr 29 with 4231 views | Libero |
1. Shane Supple, GK
2. Gary Croft, DR
3. Matt Richards, DL
4. Titus Bramble, DC
5. Thomas Gaardsoe, DC
6. Teddy Bishop, MC
7. Josh Carson, MR
8. Owen Garvan, MC
9. Dean Bowditch, CF
10. Connor Wickham, CF
11. Ulrich LePen, ML
Sub: Ian Westlake [Post edited 29 Apr 2020 14:55]
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:02 - Apr 29 with 2719 views | cbower |
Harsh on Titus who played most of his career in the Premier League. What promise did Le Pen show in a Town shirt in the handful of minutes he played btw? |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:04 - Apr 29 with 2711 views | BlueBadger |
Thomas Gaardsoe who went on to play in the Premier League with West Brom and won a couple of caps for Denmark? |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:04 - Apr 29 with 2709 views | urbanblue |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:02 - Apr 29 by cbower |
Harsh on Titus who played most of his career in the Premier League. What promise did Le Pen show in a Town shirt in the handful of minutes he played btw? |
I was there on his debut and for the 9 minutes he played before he got injured he looked mint! |  | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:10 - Apr 29 with 2689 views | Libero |
Re: Titus and Thomas, I put them both in as in my opinion when they both broke into the scene they looked like they could go all the way and become regular internationals. Indeed Titus in particular was being touted as a potential England player.
Both of course had fine careers, although Gasrdsoe’s was cut short due to injury, however neither delivered on their early promise in my opinion. | | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:19 - Apr 29 with 2652 views | Roberds |
A few more for you:
Jaime Peters
Danny Haynes (THAT goal aside)
Pim Balkenstein
Luke Hyam |  | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:21 - Apr 29 with 2643 views | Garv |
Ian Westlake was an absolute star. For someone so young he had such a good engine and half decent goals record over his time. Good example of the good times under BFJ.
Also a good swimmer - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3965687.stm |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:22 - Apr 29 with 2633 views | Garv |
Civelli. | |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:22 - Apr 29 with 2633 views | Libero |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:21 - Apr 29 by Garv |
Ian Westlake was an absolute star. For someone so young he had such a good engine and half decent goals record over his time. Good example of the good times under BFJ.
Also a good swimmer - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3965687.stm |
Indeed he was great for us, again I just don’t feel he fulfilled his potential. Just look at the state of his post Ipswich career, rapid demise. [Post edited 29 Apr 2020 15:23]
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:23 - Apr 29 with 2627 views | homer_123 |
Le Pen never showed any promise.
Swap him for Civelli who was looking the part until his injury. |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:24 - Apr 29 with 2623 views | Libero |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:22 - Apr 29 by Garv |
Civelli. |
Civelli in for LePen.
Add Jaime Peters to the squad too, can’t believe I forgot him! | | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:24 - Apr 29 with 2624 views | homer_123 |
To be fair - there is only 1 player - Dalian Atkinson
The guy could be utterly unplayable at times but never fulfilled his potential. | |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:26 - Apr 29 with 2613 views | Libero |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:24 - Apr 29 by homer_123 |
To be fair - there is only 1 player - Dalian Atkinson
The guy could be utterly unplayable at times but never fulfilled his potential. |
Before my time I’m afraid but I have seen videos of him in beast mode. | | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:33 - Apr 29 with 2588 views | Ewan_Oozami |
Sito |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:33 - Apr 29 with 2589 views | GeoffSentence |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:10 - Apr 29 by Libero |
Re: Titus and Thomas, I put them both in as in my opinion when they both broke into the scene they looked like they could go all the way and become regular internationals. Indeed Titus in particular was being touted as a potential England player.
Both of course had fine careers, although Gasrdsoe’s was cut short due to injury, however neither delivered on their early promise in my opinion. |
I thought Gaardsoe looked a bit lost on his debut, but he got better and better and in the end we were mugged off with his transfer fee. Defo wouldn't include him on this list. Likewise Bramble. |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:34 - Apr 29 with 2588 views | SWGF |
There are three Premier League footballers in that list. What's the measurement criteria?!
Grant Ward
Unless I missed him scoring hat tricks in each subsequent appearance after his debut. |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:34 - Apr 29 with 2583 views | Mookamoo |
Chris Casement. |  | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:34 - Apr 29 with 2584 views | Libero |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:33 - Apr 29 by Ewan_Oozami |
Sito |
I always thought Sito overachieved considering the level he’d played at for most of his careeer before joining us! | | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:38 - Apr 29 with 2565 views | GeoffSentence |
I'd have Ellliot Hewitt and Sam Parkin in that list.
It might just have been me but I really thought EH was going to go on and be one of Wales' star players.
As for Sam Parkin hopes were so high when he arrived, and he ended up being not really that good after all. | |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:47 - Apr 29 with 2549 views | Libero |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:34 - Apr 29 by SWGF |
There are three Premier League footballers in that list. What's the measurement criteria?!
Grant Ward
Unless I missed him scoring hat tricks in each subsequent appearance after his debut. |
It’s different for each player as each player showed a different level of promise.
Yes, Bramble had a good career but in his first season in the Premier League he looked like he would go on to be a big name and play for clubs of much greater stature than the likes of Wigan, Sunderland, etc. | | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 16:18 - Apr 29 with 2486 views | factual_blue |
Lee Bracey
Michael Clegg |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 16:34 - Apr 29 with 2465 views | Churchman |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:38 - Apr 29 by GeoffSentence |
I'd have Ellliot Hewitt and Sam Parkin in that list.
It might just have been me but I really thought EH was going to go on and be one of Wales' star players.
As for Sam Parkin hopes were so high when he arrived, and he ended up being not really that good after all. |
Parkin came with a reputation for scoring goals, but 45 minutes was enough to show he wasn’t good enough for Championship football. Of the players mentioned, for me it is Bowditch that fits the title of this thread best. I really thought he was going to be a good player, but it happens with some young players.They just go backwards.
For the older generation, one of the few players that Robson bought that never fulfilled his potential for me was Kevin O’Callaghan, bought from Millwall with a big reputation as a young player. It just never happened for him. |  | | |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 16:37 - Apr 29 with 2462 views | hoppy |
Dean Bowditch should definitely captain that side, given how many contract renewals he had in the hope that he would push on, without fulfilling his 'potential'. |  |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 16:40 - Apr 29 with 2453 views | Garv |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 15:22 - Apr 29 by Libero |
Indeed he was great for us, again I just don’t feel he fulfilled his potential. Just look at the state of his post Ipswich career, rapid demise. [Post edited 29 Apr 2020 15:23]
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Yeah, I was trying to work out what happened. Other than knowing he went to Leeds for 400k I don't know really? Being pre-take over I assume that was a discount price, but did he fizzle out while still here? | |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 16:41 - Apr 29 with 2444 views | hoppy |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 16:18 - Apr 29 by factual_blue |
Lee Bracey
Michael Clegg |
Clegg out! | |
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| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 16:43 - Apr 29 with 2433 views | Radlett_blue |
| Ipswich Players who never lived up to their early promise eleven... on 16:41 - Apr 29 by hoppy |
Clegg out! |
It's hard to work out which of the two Cleggs was worse. |  |
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