Amac9 2,060 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Dean Ashton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireBlue 449 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jonas Thern One of the luckier ones to have enjoyed a career before it was cut short.Loved that guy ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 David Dunn is another one, looked a quality footballer but constantly riddled with injuries Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC Eagle 4,888 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Graeme Tomlinson and Norman Whiteside. Most will know about 'The Shankill Skinhead' who had his career cut short by an ongoing knee injury. Graeme was tipped as a star by SAF but broke his leg playing on loan for Luton and was never the same player after that.This is an interesting read and says a lot for him that he carries no obvious bitterness.http://www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk/2010/11/better-ways-to-earn-a-crust-talking-to-graeme-tomlinson/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6superbarry6 14,159 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Bojan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henders82 537 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 How about Gianluigi Lentini - Milan made him the most expensive player in the world in the early 90s, had a good season with them and then was involved in a car crash, never the same again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGM_72 3,634 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Probably to a lesser extent than some of the guys mentioned here but the USA striker Charlie Davies was in a horrific car crash (the other passenger died) just as his career was kicking off in France with Sochaux. By all accounts he was robbed of a WC 2010 place and never really hit the heights he promised to.Similarly Stuart Holden was a player who I always thought was very effective for Bolton but spent what must have been at least 2 seasons on the sidelines after Jonny Evans injured his cruciate ligament IIRC. Again, not a world beater but a talented player. Bolton seemed to go down hill around that sort of time and Holden has hardly played football since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,777 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Giuseppe Rossi? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,361 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Aye mental health...He was a greedy fat cunt, end of.Fucking hell, you're far too serious these days. When was the last time you even laughed ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,361 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Oleg Kuznetsovhad the privilege to watch him for the USSR and Dynamo Kiev, 2nd game injury, mind you later in his career with us!! He's actually a mod on here now.Talk about a fall from grace.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpStepsTheHammer 93 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Dean AshtonKeiron DyerJermaine JenasRobin Van PersieJonathan Woodgate Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
broxi51 48 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Always thought Duncan Ferguson should have acheived more but had lots of niggling injuries Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norgerpd 280 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Big Brian Reid was tipped for great things when we signed him from Morton.He only played a handful of games before his cruciate went and that was it as far as the big time was concerned.Very classy centre half too. Shame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craighenry81 119 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 How about that world class centre half john Kennedy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tontospal 1,116 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Mols...although not ruined he'd have gone on to be on of the best strikers in Europe had Kahn not fucked him.He was a shadow of the player he was before that.Also Essien, he was brutal after his 2 knee injuries and was 25 at the time and was one of the best midfielders around.Mols was the final piece of the Advocaat jigsaw, the cherry on top of the cake.In his first season the Little General built a great squad and Mols came in the next season to take us to the next level.If Mols had not got such a bad injury that squad could have done wonders in the Champions League and who knows how far we could have gone, and not just the season he got injured.Durrant, Negri, Rosenthal andKuznetzov all suffered serious injuries and they never reached their potential with us.Two others worth mentioning are Alan McLaren and Scott Nesbitt. McLaren was a class act and Nesbitt was developing in to a decent player but injury curtailed both their careers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Robin Van PersieYou can argue he's had a decent career but imagine he had managed to go through whole seasons without any injuries at all? Could probably double, maybe even triple the amount of goals he's scored. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwhiteandblue 3,330 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 John Kennedy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwhiteandblue 3,330 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 How about that world class centre half john Kennedy Fucker. Blame me blame me. Ronny will sack me if you don't blame me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,647 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Andy Webster.. Can't remember if he was injured or just couldn't hack it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,789 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Andy Webster.. Can't remember if he was injured or just couldn't hack it.Think he just couldn't hack it with us. He's had no problems playing anywhere else apart from with us.He's signed for St Mirren now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighouse 1,012 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Abou Diaby Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsasasfloppyhair 13,310 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Darius Adamczuk. Signed from Dundee after scoring a great goal against us, seemed decent and then his brain went to mush. Remember hearing a story that his mental illness got that bad at one point he was curled up crying in the changing room at training. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Don't think RVP counts tbh. In his career his 'worst' season in terms of lowest appearances made was 17, and that was in his debut season. He played over 275 games for Arsenal over 8 seasons, and then played over 100 for Man Utd over 3 seasons.That's even before considering around 100 Dutch caps with being their top scorer of all time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedylan 11,555 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 How about Gianluigi Lentini - Milan made him the most expensive player in the world in the early 90s, had a good season with them and then was involved in a car crash, never the same again!good call Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,948 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 BojanHe was ruined by injury? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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