Waste of Talent : Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:52 am  

Sad to see a former player choose the wrong path in life but not surprising given his chequered past. http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/wanted-man-ian-bell/story-29826666-detail/story.html Having seen him play as a youngster & progress through the academy at Hull it was clear for all to see if he could make any sort of commitment to the game he would undoubtedly become a SL regular. A coach at Hull FC many years ago told me this lad was the biggest waste of talent he ever did see & if he'd knuckled down he'd have been a GB regular commanding a top salary. An example to all young aspiring players on how not being committed could ultimately be the worst decision of your life. So what other players seemingly had it all yet managed to throw it all away??

Sad to see a former player choose the wrong path in life but not surprising given his chequered past. http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/wanted-man-ian-bell/story-29826666-detail/story.html Having seen him play as a youngster & progress through the academy at Hull it was clear for all to see if he could make any sort of commitment to the game he would undoubtedly become a SL regular. A coach at Hull FC many years ago told me this lad was the biggest waste of talent he ever did see & if he'd knuckled down he'd have been a GB regular commanding a top salary. An example to all young aspiring players on how not being committed could ultimately be the worst decision of your life. So what other players seemingly had it all yet managed to throw it all away??

Re: Waste of Talent : Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:33 am  

Slightly too young to remember this guy, but just did a google and there's a picture of him signing his contract alongside Yeaman, just shows what different paths people take in life!

Re: Waste of Talent : Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:51 am  

wouldn't say a waste of talent by any means, but i always thought Richard Fletcher could have had a better career then he did, possibly craig poucher as well

Re: Waste of Talent : Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:40 pm  

Average amateur at best.

Re: Waste of Talent : Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:33 pm  

the artist wrote:

wouldn't say a waste of talent by any means, but i always thought Richard Fletcher could have had a better career then he did, possibly craig poucher as well

Fletcher definitely. Whatever happened to him?

Re: Waste of Talent : Sat Oct 22, 2016 5:06 am  

Cardiff_05 wrote:

Fletcher definitely. Whatever happened to him?

Hull sacked him because he was out injured over 6 months,that was in his contract, bit crap really, I'm sure he went to cas, but he ended up playing Union for Ionians & hessle.

Re: Waste of Talent : Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:07 pm  

easthull fc fan wrote:

Hull sacked him because he was out injured over 6 months,that was in his contract, bit crap really, I'm sure he went to cas, but he ended up playing Union for Ionians & hessle.

Fletcher had all the makings of a good player but unfortunately every time he had a run in team injury struck. Pretty sure he ended up playing for Whitehaven but not 100%

Re: Waste of Talent : Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:47 pm  

threepennystander wrote:

Fletcher had all the makings of a good player but unfortunately every time he had a run in team injury struck. Pretty sure he ended up playing for Whitehaven but not 100%

Yeah he did play for Whitehaven he lived with my mate Martin Ostler.

Re: Waste of Talent : Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:42 pm  

the artist wrote:

wouldn't say a waste of talent by any means, but i always thought Richard Fletcher could have had a better career then he did, possibly craig poucher as well

Il tell Craig at work tonight.

Re: Waste of Talent : Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:59 pm  

My mate got talking to him at an amateur game. His hand was bandaged...been out the night before & came home with someone's tooth embedded in his fist.