Where are they now? - Michael Ricketts

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:38 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Leyther_Matt wrote:
Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:PMSL, I love the way they come out with that. He played one frendly and was shit!
Wasn't he played hopelessly out of position for 45 minutes and then brought off? Huge waste of talent but all of his own (and his agent's) doing.
ISTR he was up front in a 4-3-3...

He was. It was then that I started calling him Bambi, the poor deer. (see what I did there? I took the sting away from my 'which is it?' gag)

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:53 pm

Getting turned down over fitness concerns after a trial at Stockport.

Athers · Post by **Athers** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:04 pm

He must have a cracking DVD of his goals with us to keep getting these trials!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:32 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Getting turned down over fitness concerns after a trial at Stockport.

"We need a fit Michael Ricketts to be doing his stuff on the pitch and unfortunately when we weighed it all up we thought we might not get Michael on the pitch and to the standard we require

A little impersonal, no?

I was at Stockport when we played them away in the first round of the Rumbellows in about 2002.

Now then, I'm open to correction here, but this is my memory of it:

It was the game before Ricketts was due to leave to meet up with the England squad ahead of his game against Holland. Ricketts was on the bench and, getting towards the end of the game, we were coasting at either 3-0 or 3-1.
All of a sudden, quite inexplicably and against the better wishes of the travelling supporters, BSA decided to bring Ricketts on.
Within a minute or two of him coming on, Ricketts collected the ball out on the right, brought it in along Stockport's 18 yard line, then launched an absolute beauty with his left-foot, across the face of goal and into the far-side top-corner. Hurrah, what did we know?

TKIZ! · Post by **TKIZ!** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:14 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Getting turned down over fitness concerns after a trial at Stockport.
"We need a fit Michael Ricketts to be doing his stuff on the pitch and unfortunately when we weighed it all up we thought we might not get Michael on the pitch and to the standard we require

A little impersonal, no?

I was at Stockport when we played them away in the first round of the Rumbellows in about 2002.

Now then, I'm open to correction here, but this is my memory of it:

It was the game before Ricketts was due to leave to meet up with the England squad ahead of his game against Holland. Ricketts was on the bench and, getting towards the end of the game, we were coasting at either 3-0 or 3-1.
All of a sudden, quite inexplicably and against the better wishes of the travelling supporters, BSA decided to bring Ricketts on.
Within a minute or two of him coming on, Ricketts collected the ball out on the right, brought it in along Stockport's 18 yard line, then launched an absolute beauty with his left-foot, across the face of goal and into the far-side top-corner. Hurrah, what did we know?

If he hadn't got such a fat head(sic) he could have been one of the best strikers we had. All the potential in the world

minibus · Post by **minibus** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:31 pm

No comment required...

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 88,00.html

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:24 pm

minibus wrote:No comment required...

There is. He's still only 31. Only 40,000,000 of us, or so, would love to play even two minutes in any one professional game.
What an absolute c*nt!

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:32 pm

Such talent, such talent...a waste. There isn't a striker i've seen since him who i would trust more in a 1-on-1 situation. what could have been...

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:36 pm

Aye, such a waste.

And to think we came within an ace (or a Barry Knight, depending how you look at it) of having him and Eidurgur up front together. And those who saw them both in their prime for The Wanderers realise how f*ckin amazing that would have been, not how absurd that might now sound.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:11 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Aye, such a waste.

And to think we came within an ace (or a Barry Knight, depending how you look at it) of having him and Eidurgur up front together. And those who saw them both in their prime for The Wanderers realise how f*ckin amazing that would have been, not how absurd that might now sound.

One career just thrown into god knows what waste bin, nor why.

The other - well he played for a great club (and chelsea and barcelona) - but i still feel never fully realised his potential... being drunk and abusive at heathrow and chickening out of playing in israel didn't impress, eidur!

FaninOz · Post by **FaninOz** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:04 am

William the White wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:Aye, such a waste.

And to think we came within an ace (or a Barry Knight, depending how you look at it) of having him and Eidurgur up front together. And those who saw them both in their prime for The Wanderers realise how f*ckin amazing that would have been, not how absurd that might now sound.
One career just thrown into god knows what waste bin, nor why.

The other - well he played for a great club (and chelsea and barcelona) - but i still feel never fully realised his potential... being drunk and abusive at heathrow and chickening out of playing in israel didn't impress, eidur!

Two players who's heads were bigger than their brains, one vanished into oblivion whilst the other vanished onto the subs bench! So sad to see, when they could have been such legends if they had stayed at Bolton.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:46 am

feck him.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:02 am

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:feck him.

A deep & thorough analysis.

Well argued. It's certainly pursuaded me.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:09 am

FaninOz wrote:
William the White wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:Aye, such a waste.

And to think we came within an ace (or a Barry Knight, depending how you look at it) of having him and Eidurgur up front together. And those who saw them both in their prime for The Wanderers realise how f*ckin amazing that would have been, not how absurd that might now sound.
One career just thrown into god knows what waste bin, nor why.

The other - well he played for a great club (and chelsea and barcelona) - but i still feel never fully realised his potential... being drunk and abusive at heathrow and chickening out of playing in israel didn't impress, eidur!
Two players who's heads were bigger than their brains, one vanished into oblivion whilst the other vanished onto the subs bench! So sad to see, when they could have been such legends if they had stayed at Bolton.

One played for both Barcelona and Chelsea. I'm not convinced that being offered legendary status at Bolton would have stopped that. You know, in the real world.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:01 pm

Verbal wrote:Such talent, such talent...a waste. There isn't a striker i've seen since him who i would trust more in a 1-on-1 situation. what could have been...

I'd rather have Anelka, but he's the only one. England turned his head. Never the same afterwards.

klasnic17 · Post by **klasnic17** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:38 pm

hes on a free??? coyle get in there sign him up

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:56 pm

My grandad said that in all his years of watching the Wanderers, he never saw anyone score a bigger and more varied selection of quality goals than Michael Ricketts. I remember when he was being touted for teams such as Tottenham, in moves worth £10m and of course for England, which is when it all went downhill.

The other problem, apart from him believing his own hype, was the fact that he was apparently a major bad influence in the dressing room and was beginning to lead others, like Nolan, astray. Naturally, he had to go but his last gift to Bolton, after a long period of mediocrity, was moving for enough money for Sam to sign two decent players in his stead.

palexjones · Post by **palexjones** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:30 pm

Sad story really, could'nt keep his face out of the pies or his head on his priviliged well paid job silly b@stard and he nearly dragged Nolan down with him. The end of his time at Bolton coincided with Nolans first dip in form. I think they were sharing a flat at the time....
What a waste and reading this thread has never learned. I wish him no ill will though he scored some brillient goals and sent me home happy from many matches and we mugged Boro for 3,5 mill for an evaporating talent

mofgimmers · Post by **mofgimmers** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:36 pm

I'm struggling to think of another player who has been on such a staggering decline for seemingly no reason.

Damn shame.

a1 · Post by a1 » Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:58 pm

mofgimmers wrote:I'm struggling to think of another player who has been on such a staggering decline for seemingly no reason.

neil webb ?

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