By Ollie Irish
In the last 20 years, some supremely talented English players have failed to make the most of their ability. For the purposes of this list, we’ve discounted players who failed to fulfil their potential only because of injury (such as Michael Bridges, Jonathan Woodgate, Jamie Redknapp and Darren Anderton). In reverse order, here’s our Top 10 wasted talents:
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2. Stan Collymore - Stan had talent to burn, and duly burned it all in the first few years of his playing career. He had the ability to surpass Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer as the best English striker in the last 20-odd years, but never got close to fulfilling the potential he showed at Southend and then Nottm Forest. Indiscipline, immaturity and mental fragility all contributed to the squandering of a mighty talent.