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Dodged bullets?

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  1. NotSoMightyEastbourneBoro

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    Bit of a controversial one but..... Danny Ings.

    Might be early days but when he picked up that long term injury at Liverpool I suddenly realised his recent record of bad injuries. Feel sorry for the guy but feel it could have been a bullet dodged:

    • 15/16 - Cruciate Ligament Rupture - 230 days (42 games)
    • 14/15 - Hamstring Injury - 35 days (5 games)
    • 13/14 - Torn Ankle Ligament - 24 days (5 games)
    Are worse injury records but hints at being a risk.
     
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  2. PowerSpurs

    PowerSpurs Well-Known Member

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    Almost every striker people wanted us to buy over the last ten years qualifies....as would some of the ones we actually bought
     
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  3. No Kane No Gain

    No Kane No Gain Well-Known Member

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    Is leaving out Kaboul a mistake or has he improved? Hope it's the latter, he's a good player that's been ruined by injuries.
     
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  4. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    On a technicality, Stephane Dalmat: we were his fifth club in five years when he was loaned in, which should've served as a warning sign in itself, yet when we loaned him in there was the carrot of the move being made permanent - until he punched Jamie O'Hara in training, which saw his loan cancelled ASAP.
     
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  5. O.Spurcat

    O.Spurcat Well-Known Member

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    To my knowledge, at least 3 players punched Jamie O'Hara on the training ground.
     
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  6. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member
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    Is that just at Spurs? He's had 8 clubs in total. That's a lot of punches!
    Actually seems to have sorted himself out a bit this season. Playing well for Fulham.
     
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  7. NSIS

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    More than Tyson Fury threw in the whole 12 rounds!...
     
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  8. deedub93

    deedub93 Well-Known Member

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    Talking dodged bullets, didn't Levy try to get Van Gaal before he agreed to out-moyes Moyes at Old Toilet?
     
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  9. remembercolinlee

    remembercolinlee Well-Known Member

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    Yep...he dragged it out to get united to make an offer...thank god it worked <laugh>
     
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