| Connor Wickham 23:09 - Oct 2 with 1229 views | jasondozzell |
Has signed for Dubai City FC
Strange career really after all the excitement of him coming through here. Slightly sad but maybe that's unfair.
Maybe a victim of the inevitable hype? |  | | |  |
| Connor Wickham on 00:47 - Oct 3 with 1067 views | MattinLondon |
Didn’t he have a couple of quite bad injuries early on? |  | | |
| Connor Wickham on 07:12 - Oct 3 with 815 views | BlueBoots |
| Connor Wickham on 00:47 - Oct 3 by MattinLondon |
Didn’t he have a couple of quite bad injuries early on? |
Cruciate Ligament injury end of 2016...missed the rest of that season, and then picked up other injuries to miss the whole of the 2017/2018 and 2020/2021 seasons. [Post edited 3 Oct 7:12]
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| Connor Wickham on 07:25 - Oct 3 with 773 views | Wallingford_Boy |
I think you mean wasted career. |  |
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| Connor Wickham on 07:34 - Oct 3 with 744 views | ArnieM |
Kinda shows the level of the game out there really. Some very good players there obviously, but probably a higher proportion of players like CW who have busted careers and looking for that final big pay day, playing in front of sparse crowds? |  |
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| Connor Wickham on 08:01 - Oct 3 with 659 views | Edmundo |
He is one of hundreds of examples of players who need to "learn their trade " before heading off for the big time, with an agent pulling them along to get the next 5% of a sign on fee.
He stayed longer than some, but that was 15 years ago: players barely stay a season at a supposedly smaller club before jumping now. It's a short career, but will feel even shorter for the likes of CW. Unlucky with injuries, but that's not the whole story: the longer you stick at a club, the longer they'll stick with you after a long lay-off (see Wes Burns). |  |
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| Connor Wickham on 08:01 - Oct 3 with 653 views | MattinLondon |
| Connor Wickham on 07:25 - Oct 3 by Wallingford_Boy |
I think you mean wasted career. |
He played most of his career in the PL - if you say that that equates to a wasted career then two-thirds of professional footballers (based in this country) have had no career whatsoever. | | | |
| Connor Wickham on 08:58 - Oct 3 with 484 views | gordon |
Feel like he went through a period when he looked overly muscular and not very mobile/agile at all didn't he, possibly linked to his injuries/recovery. |  | | |
| Connor Wickham on 09:16 - Oct 3 with 433 views | tetchris |
Who can forget his solo goal against Sheff utd from the half way line probably one of the best goals ever scored at PR. He should of gone on to be a regular starter in the PL and maybe could have picked up the odd senior England cap but injuries, bad moves, a bit of a playboy lifestyle, and Martin O’Neill at Sunderland who didn’t rate him, damaged his career. He was as good if not better than Jordan Rhodes, but when comparing the two, I think Jordan had the better career. Sad really. |  | | |
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| Connor Wickham on 09:17 - Oct 3 with 424 views | darkhorse28 |
People attach their own self esteem and identity to an outcome. Once they decide it’s ‘brilliant’ that’s the end of it, no evidence can compete with someone’s idea of themself, and being seen to be right.
We have the same thing today with various employees of the club. Who are (not) world class. They might not even be any good.
He was a good young prospect, clearly talented, nowhere near the level we built up. Time has a habit of revealing the reality.
It’s odd because we have had players like Daryl Murphy, who achieved a million times more for us, and had to work harder with less natural talent, had much better careers, but don’t get the credit they deserved. People didn’t invest their ego in him I guess .., less self reflected glory in the Daryl’s who ran through walls for us.
Unplayable at times. | | | |
| Connor Wickham on 09:33 - Oct 3 with 369 views | Sharkey |
The guy was obviously very good , - he was capped 17 times by England U21, so it wasn't only Town fans who rated him. He got more U21 cap than Harry Kane, who is 4 months younger.
If he'd chosen to play for N.Ireland, (his dad is N.Irish) he would probably have got loads of full caps. |  | | |
| Connor Wickham on 10:11 - Oct 3 with 314 views | jasondozzell |
| Connor Wickham on 09:17 - Oct 3 by darkhorse28 |
People attach their own self esteem and identity to an outcome. Once they decide it’s ‘brilliant’ that’s the end of it, no evidence can compete with someone’s idea of themself, and being seen to be right.
We have the same thing today with various employees of the club. Who are (not) world class. They might not even be any good.
He was a good young prospect, clearly talented, nowhere near the level we built up. Time has a habit of revealing the reality.
It’s odd because we have had players like Daryl Murphy, who achieved a million times more for us, and had to work harder with less natural talent, had much better careers, but don’t get the credit they deserved. People didn’t invest their ego in him I guess .., less self reflected glory in the Daryl’s who ran through walls for us.
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Murphy in 14/15 was ridiculous. So good. Confidence flowing through him
I remember a goal against Wolves at home, think it was that season,.where he just hit it without any hesitation from the edge of the box and it flew in. It summed him up at that time.
All that finishing work with TC! | | | |
| Connor Wickham on 10:13 - Oct 3 with 309 views | Everydayblue |
Blighted with Injury.... But spent 10 years on Prem' money?
Pretty good going I'd say.... Made a very good living out of football. Even if the fairy tale didn't work out. (Less than 1% do). | | | |
| Connor Wickham on 10:22 - Oct 3 with 270 views | Sharkey |
| Connor Wickham on 10:13 - Oct 3 by Everydayblue |
Blighted with Injury.... But spent 10 years on Prem' money?
Pretty good going I'd say.... Made a very good living out of football. Even if the fairy tale didn't work out. (Less than 1% do). |
Yes, - if you look at that U21 squad it's a very mixed bag (Sordell was playing for Colchester just a couple of years later), and Wickham fared better than most.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/england-u21/startseite/verein/9565/saison_id/2013 | | | |
| Connor Wickham on 10:31 - Oct 3 with 225 views | Radlett_blue |
| Connor Wickham on 09:16 - Oct 3 by tetchris |
Who can forget his solo goal against Sheff utd from the half way line probably one of the best goals ever scored at PR. He should of gone on to be a regular starter in the PL and maybe could have picked up the odd senior England cap but injuries, bad moves, a bit of a playboy lifestyle, and Martin O’Neill at Sunderland who didn’t rate him, damaged his career. He was as good if not better than Jordan Rhodes, but when comparing the two, I think Jordan had the better career. Sad really. |
Connor was unlucky. He's outgrown Town by the time he moved & a PL lesser light seemed like the right option. Unfortunately, he got a knee injury early on & when he came back, Sunderland had a new manager in Martin O'Neill who didn't fancy him. Crystal Palace still thought he was worth £7m+ & then he got another bad knee injury & then it was just fits & starts. [Post edited 3 Oct 11:04]
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| Connor Wickham on 10:54 - Oct 3 with 185 views | Westover |
He's played 300 games over 100 in the premier so not so bad and at 32 years old he's not finished yet. | | | |
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