“Thought he’d play for England”- Some Blades fans discuss players who didn’t live up to the hype

This isn’t so much ‘the one that got away’, this is more ‘the one that never was’.

For every great player that comes through Sheffield United, be they through the academy like Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker and David Brooks or if we have bought them like, well take your pick from the vast majority of players that we have on our books now, there will always be those players that don’t quite make the grade or match our expectations.

But just who comes out at the top of that list of players that didn’t quite match up to their potential at the Lane?

Well, that is what @Blades1889_com wanted to find out when they asked fans who was the one player that was promising but failed to fulfil their true potential, and the fans came up with a multitude of answers on the subject.

Few nominations.

Curtis Woodhouse
Wayne Quinn
Jose Baxter
Diego De Girolamo
Jonathan Forte

— Kris Mohindra (@KrisMohindra) May 14, 2020

Woodhouse. Obviously went on and had a good career but when I first saw him I genuinely thought he’d play for England and right at the top level.

— Andy Perrey (@AndyPerrey) May 14, 2020

Jordan slew poor lad got taken in

— Ella ⚔️ (@ellablade) May 14, 2020

Ravel and Ben Woodburn the most recent for me

— Lawrence Hancock (@LawrenceH0320) May 14, 2020

Seriously I thought he was immense for us

— Ella ⚔️ (@ellablade) May 14, 2020

Jordan Slew…had so much potential but was lured by the money…

— Lens Sniper Edward Mark🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 (@LensSniper) May 14, 2020

God moves in mysterious ways, without his departure, me not have had the aqua to get promoted, of course I meant Chris Wilder!

— charles odonnell (@charles_sheff10) May 14, 2020

Personally, I vote for Ben Woodburn, given all the talk about him potentially playing for England, for him to produce so little since then has been a bit of a let-down.