Quote ="morrisseyisawire"Jon Roper was, frankly, a totally unprofessional idiot and the personification of why shirking arrogance always overcomes talent. He could have been as good as Paul Newlove, maybe even better, but he lacked the work ethic to go with his talent and the intelligence to realise he was throwing away a talent his peers could never attain.
Some of us have waxed lyrical about how so-and-so would have been world beaters in a full time environment; Roper wouldn't. He wouldn't have lasted five minutes in an organisation where how you conduct yourself 24//7 is as important as how you can time a pass.'"
I'm with you, morrisseyisawire.
The lad had potential and talent to burn.
His first season, at times, he was awesome.
I remember Cas away that season (the fateful 93/94 one), and the lad killed 'em.
I still remember walking away from Wheldon Road, shaking my head about how good a player this lad COULD become. He carried on getting better, but for me, the inception of SL stopped him in his tracks. A nice big contract and a new VW Golf convertible, and the lad goes "Billy Big Biscuits" overnight, and his interest diminishes immediately.
I'm surprised he was still at the club, when the new Millennium came in. The flashes of great play were still there. Just few and far between.
BUGGER!
