1.) 08 Nov 2017
08 Nov 2017 14:27:04
I have tears in my eyes, here Ed. Nostalgia's hanging out of me. What a player!

{Ed001's Note - on the game anyway. It was quite depressing researching it to be honest. To have had it all and throw it away like that is such a waste of talent.}

2.) 08 Nov 2017
08 Nov 2017 15:09:38
Was he a decent player ed?

{Ed001's Note - only in the game. I think he was a bit of a Freddy Adu, as he was way ahead of everyone else physically at 14 but then stalled there. I think he just physically matured early which made him seem better than he was.}

3.) 08 Nov 2017
08 Nov 2017 17:41:59
Happens to a lot of players. We all played against those players at 14 who were physically superior to most and got ahead. As time went on turned out that they were pretty average.

{Ed001's Note - very true mate, they usually rely on their physicality and so never develop their ability. The smaller kids tend to work harder to improve to compensate for being behind.}

4.) 09 Nov 2017
08 Nov 2017 19:03:54
Freddy Adu! Stop it, Ed! You're killing me here. Don't forget Nicholás Millán. Bought him every game from Colo Colo, I think. Had to wait 6 or 7 years before I got to play him in my team, because of his age and work permit issues. He was worth it, though.

{Ed001's Note - got him on the list mate. He was great in the game. God I miss the old CM games, they were brilliant, FM takes itself too seriously and tries to be too realistic. They have lost the fun.}

5.) 09 Nov 2017
08 Nov 2017 19:45:10
I can highly recommend the ‘quickly Kevin’ podcast, it is all about 90s football with loads of 90s footballers as guests, one of the episodes is with one of the makers of championship manager and they have a great discussion about players such as samba that were great on the game and the thought process and scouting that goes into it all, very interesting and worth a listen if you were into the game or loved 90s football as much as I did.

{Ed001's Note - I will go look that up now, thanks GDS2. I love all football.}

6.) 09 Nov 2017
09 Nov 2017 08:34:21
I had a mate who rang me up one Saturday morning,
"What's up, what's the name of that 14 year old wonderkid in champo? "

"Cherno Samba? "

"Yeah that's the one. Bye"

He knocked on my door a few hours later with a smile on his face like he'd just invented whiskey. He had "Samba" number 8 on the back of his brand new United jersey. After the slaggings he got, he only wore it once. What a plonker!

7.) 09 Nov 2017
09 Nov 2017 15:33:14
I have been racking my brains trying to think of the Colombian youngster I always bought. After nearly an hour trawling the internet, I found him. Sherman Cardenas! Bought him every year, along with the greatest British player of all time, as Ed007 well knows, John Fleck! This thread has wasted a whole Thursday for me, reading up on all the old players that never made it. Cheers, Ed01!

{Ed007's Note - John Fleck lmfao, I still see that wee nyaff now and again.}