NUFC CROCK'S XI

The article on De Jong got me thinking. We have had bad players XI and best XI etc but can't recall a Crocks XI.
See if we can make a decent XI out of the crocks we've had. Have to be in position and not just XI crocks.

To set the ball rolling, but not too far as they may get injured, I would suggest Owen up front and Marcellino at CB.

 

Also need to find space for Dyer, Steven Taylor, Geremi and Big Dunc. Actually could have 3 CF's, sticking Carroll in there.

 

Carroll only became a crick after he left us.

What about Woodgate ?

 

GK - Krul - Cant think of anyone worse tbh and only 134 appearences since 06
Rb - Geremi
CB - Marcelino/Cacapa
CB - Woodgate/S Taylor
LB - Babayaro - (was he not always injured) - maybe even Santon

Rm - Dyer/Obertan
Cm - Gavilan
Cm - Bassedas
Lm - Albert Luque/Damien Duff

CF - Dunc/Carroll/Viduka/De Jong/Ferreya
CF - Owen/Kluivert

This is obviously showing my age in a good way, but these are the players I recall being injured a lot, some more of a crock then others obviously, GK wise is hard, Pavel Srnicek never got injured, nor shaka, given or harper, and Krul does seem to pick up a few!

 

Taking advantage of Toon Man's efforts I would suggest the following so far.

GK - Krul
Rb - Geremi
CB - Marcelino
CB - Woodgate
LB - Babayaro

Rm - Dyer
Cm - Gonzalez
Cm -
Lm - Albert Luque

CF - Viduka
CF - Owen

We have space for 2 midfielders or 1 midfielder and a striker. Also open to suggestions for replacing current crocks.

 

What about Shola and his dodgy hip

 

Marveaux would have to be in there somewhere. Duff was always crocked. Shola. Dyer obviously a mainstay and Woodgate couldn't do more than 2 games. Dan Gosling obviously. Saylor. Ben Arfa liked to pull a hammy as regular as he could to spend time in chicken cottage. Emre was always ****ing injured the little fat ****. Rozenhal. Stephen Carr.

Nearly every bastard who played for this club really. Emre used to wind me up. He would literally pull a hammy every other appearance. I'm not sure Babayaro ever had anything wrong with him. ****.

 

Stephen Ireland was another one!

 

Central Midfield has got to go to Tommy Cassidy. He made a career out of being injured and made only 180 appearances for us in 10 years (at a time when there was no such thing as squad rotation).

Joe Kinnear has got to be worth a shout as manager. He's the only manager we've had who spent longer off sick than he did taking training.

Lord Westwood for chairman. Not only did he have an eye-patch, but seeing as he looked like a pirate he probably had a wooden leg too.

 

Probably the brightest light to shine in my lifetime, until injury killed his career far too early. First name on the team sheet.

Tony Green

 

Des Hamilton and Carl Serrant