Fullcrock

[northbankboy68]

Hmm!  Sullivan brought us:

Ashton
Carroll
Fullcrock
Dire
....any others?
 

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Simon Webster
David James
Dale Gordon

Dale Gordon was Billy's big signing that season...Dale Gordon is a reminder to myself that fings ain't so bad.

[Iron Duke]

That wasn’t an answer to the original post, by the way. Just a general list of players who have had the injury curse.

Webster got his leg broken by Julian Dicks before he even kicked a ball competitively for us. Career was ruined.

James did his knee for England before he even played for us.

Gordon only played 9 games for us.

[Iron Duke]

Simon Webster
David James
Dale Gordon

[Hammer and Pickle]

Why he’s not playing Ings is a mystery to me too

[threesixty]

The thing that gets me is if we were planning for a slow, aging striker to lead the line, why isnt Ings playing whilst he is injured?
Ings is literally the same type of player. So if you have a system your working towards wouldn't it make sense for a similar player to deputise so that the rest of the team knows how to play your system?

 

[El Scorchio]

Our record with signing strikers (nay, players in general) who then get lengthy and sometimes career threatening injuries- sometimes without even playing a competitive game- fairly quickly even if they had a pretty injury free playing history is utterly ridiculous.

To add to those already mentioned:

Hizlsperger
Faubert
Dyer
Ljungberg
Hall
Ayew
Wilshere (although anyone could have told the club THAT would happen)


There must be a load more that I can't remember off the top of my head.




 

Faubert did his ACL in his first preseason didn't he? never regained all his pace which was his main attribute

Yup! Indeed one of the ones before he'd ever played a competitive game for us.

[kylay]

The West Ham striker’s curse hits again. They either dont fit our tactics or incur injuries. 

Achilles problems are some of the worst from a tecovery standpoint. Sounds like we wont really see him until after xmas?  Along with Kudus after his likely 6 match ban

achilles tears are difficult to return from, but not strains. If he had a tear, there's no way he could have participated in the training session after the game he injured it in.

[Far Cough UKunt]

Mauricio TARICCO

Yeah but he ripped up his contract, so fair play to the fella.

[Lee Trundle]

Mauricio TARICCO

[Mr Anon]

Bellamy missed a lot too unfortunately

[Mr Anon]

Our record with signing strikers (nay, players in general) who then get lengthy and sometimes career threatening injuries- sometimes without even playing a competitive game- fairly quickly even if they had a pretty injury free playing history is utterly ridiculous.

To add to those already mentioned:

Hizlsperger
Faubert
Dyer
Ljungberg
Hall
Ayew
Wilshere (although anyone could have told the club THAT would happen)


There must be a load more that I can't remember off the top of my head.



 

Faubert did his ACL in his first preseason didn't he? never regained all his pace which was his main attribute

[El Scorchio]

Our record with signing strikers (nay, players in general) who then get lengthy and sometimes career threatening injuries- sometimes without even playing a competitive game- fairly quickly even if they had a pretty injury free playing history is utterly ridiculous.

To add to those already mentioned:

Hizlsperger
Faubert
Dyer
Ljungberg
Hall
Ayew
Wilshere (although anyone could have told the club THAT would happen)

There must be a load more that I can't remember off the top of my head.

[Manuel]

If he needed an op I suspect he would have one already. Fancy he will be back this weekend, or latest at Forest.

[Mr Anon]

Ashton shouldn't be in that list, could have happened to anyone

[Toast]

Any news on when he's likely to be back?

 

 

The pretend German journo on Kumb is saying another six weeks..

So he'll probably be in the squad this weekend.

[Sir Alf]

Banana fingers!! Tim not Tom Steidten

[Sir Alf]

Notice the unintentional but poignant use of the word “dud”. Even my banana fingers are pessimistic about his recovery

[Sir Alf]

Yeah be just nice to see if he can help in any way but I already get that dreaded feeling of doom( Fraser from Dad’s Army style ) like I dud with Andy Carroll injury updates.

A real bollock dropped by our messiah Tom Steidten ? 

[Lee Trundle]

Yeah I did read somewhere that it might be after Christmas, Sir Alf.  But then I've seen nothing since.

I don't think of him as a saviour, I was just wondering when we might be seeing him next.

[Sir Alf]

The West Ham striker’s curse hits again. They either dont fit our tactics or incur injuries. 

Achilles problems are some of the worst from a tecovery standpoint. Sounds like we wont really see him until after xmas?  Along with Kudus after his likely 6 match ban

[Far Cough UKunt]

Any news on when he's likely to be back?

When Halley's comet next makes an appearance.

[Lee Trundle]

Any news on when he's likely to be back?

[simons]

Loppy got a bit prickly in the presser when some bird asked about him. I think he knows a bollock has been dropped here.

[Massive Attack]

All players get injured. Fuck me, he is 31, not 71. He will be back. 

And he'll be 32 (which is about 55 in Footballing years) in a few months time, with no time planned for his return having cost an absolute bomb for his age. To put in to perspective, many rightly regarded Antonio to be just about cooked last season and he was 33 last season. For a player at his age and vast expense and 1 not used to the intensity of the English game, it doesn't bode well for getting a great deal of use and quality out of him. The signing at the time for me screamed of a mindless expensive panic buy and his struggles to remain fit with a suspect medical history has reaffirmed that belief.

£27.5M and a 4 year contract worth about £100k a week for a 31yo injury prone Striker. Classic West Ham...

[Mad Ferret]

Fullkrug is the biggest waster since Carroll.