West Ham Online

http://www.givemesport.com/955192-ravel-morrisons-career-has-just-taken-another-nosedive?autoplay=on&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Organic-Social&utm_campaign=Tribute-Pages-laika-III-1sted Looks like the boys coming back to the UK for the latest leg of his journey Such a waste.

Kevin Nolan & Ginger Pele both said that he was the most naturally talented footballer they had ever worked with. Nolan tells a story where after one game Ravel had played really well and they were on the coach travelling back and Nolan & Mark Noble were both telling him how great he was and if he knuckled down and focused on football then there was nothing stopping him becoming one of the best players in the world. He didn’t bother turning up for training the next day.

"Comma, That’s only partially true. Morrison was surrounded by some great people who absolutely had his best interests at heart - especially at Man Utd and West Ham - but, in his private life, was also around a bunch of wannabe gangsters and wasters. In all fairness to Man Utd, they threw everything at trying to maximise his talent - and bent over backwards to help him. Repeatedly. So did Allardyce (although his approach was bit more “tough love”). Two major football clubs invested a huge amount of time, energy, effort and resources in Ravel Morrison as a youngster. Multiple chances other kids/youngsters don’t get. And he wasted much of it. There comes a point when you have to say his failure to push on was on him, however complex his life. I spoke to a guy who worked at Man Utd TV (for his sins) and still has a lot of contacts at Man Utd. He said he’d never seen a player stand and admire his own passes as much as Morrison. When you strip away everything else (including his complex family/friends) he just didn’t work hard enough to get to the level his promise threatened. It’s harsh, and ruthless, but that’s modern football."

Morrison was surrounded by people who did not have his long term interests at heart. Had Morrison been born into a family like that of Jude Bellingham perhaps he might now be an established mid fielder in a top EPL team. There is so much more to a player’s game than simply turning up to train and having an abundance of natural talent.

Alex Ferguson knew what he was doing when he passed Ravel onto West Ham didn't he...

Stay classy ravel son

Northern scumbag.

Such a waste. If it wasn’t for football he would already be behind bars I would imagine.

Ravel Morrison convicted of fraud after using dead person's blue badge to park https://news.sky.com/story/ravel-morrison-convicted-of-fraud-after-using-dead-persons-blue-badge-to-park-13020708

Ag.

Please don't bog down the thread with actual thoughts or ideas - simply express your unhealthy seething hatred towards the lazy stereotype of a young player and move along.

As opposed to being unable to think at all.

"When Branded thinks for himself it's even worse than the misunderstood bilge he posts from the internet, Trundle. One of the thickest, most socially inadequate morons on here by far."

"He's applying the law very well. Do enough to get very rich very quickly. Also enjoy the other 80% of the time with mates, cars and birds."

I don't think he needs to. He's already in the 1%.

"Is every opinion of yours cut and pasted from the internet, BRANDED? I don't think I've ever seen you post something up original, it's either from the media, facebook, twitter, or in this case wikipedia. You should try thinking for yourself sometime, if you can that is."

"Thanks for that gph, and indeed BRANDED. What can I say, other than Ravel would have trouble putting in 20% perspiration, let alone 99%."

"Thanks for that gph, and indeed BRANDED. What can I say, other than Ravel would have trouble putting in 20% perspiration, let alone 99%."

"I think the 80:20 rule is better. The 80:20 rule is about the fact that most of what you can achieve comes from a smaller proportion of the focus. The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. ... Pareto developed both concepts in the context of the distribution of income and wealth among the population."

"Lily - it's 1% and 99%, and it's an Edison quote. I suppose that's no bar to it having become a proverb, though"

"Played his best football for us (and under Allardyce). I wished he had moved agents and was still with us playing as well as he was. Still, I'm sure he's enjoying the Mexican beaches."

"Yep, whatever the exact stats in the proverb, it's something like ""Real success needs 20% inspiration and 80% perspiration."" It might even be 10%/90%, but you get the drift. Ravel must tink breaking sweat is for batty boys or summink. He's just a bit brain damaged, is all. Maybe dropped on his head as a baby, which gave him footballing superpowers but took away all his gumption and common sense, rendering his powers effectively useless."

"Almost without exception in today's game talent isn't enough to be a top player. You have to make sacrifices in life, work hard and be very disciplined, bed at a decent time, watch what you eat and drink etc. Anyone who thinks Rav was going to toe that party line month after month year after year are dreamers. Was never gonna happen, hence why it never did happen. The boy never had it in him, and to be fair a lot don't."

"I've got a mate whose grandfather was Man U's longest serving scout. Reckoned Ravel Morrison was the greatest raw talent he'd ever seen (but no, not the guy blowing his own trumpet as his turf didn't include Ravel's ""hood"") He also commented that he had one of the worst attitudes he'd ever seen. So all in all, far and away the greatest waste of talent he'd come across. And whilst I'm not exactly in the Allardyce or Redknapp fanclubs, if neither they nor Ferguson could bring him into line, nor those at Lazio, sadly the lad is a lost cause. His only hope might be to, against the odds, become a born again bible basher or somesuch and bring that into his work. Not that I generally appreciate born agains or longstanding hard-on bible-bashers, but in Ravel's case it may well take something that fundamental (pun intended) to get him to knuckle-down, if it's not already too late."

oops my mistake. a ferrari. in an arsenal shirt https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/08/08/13/Morrison-2.jpg

i saw a picture of him in a porsche with some rude boys once.