Best Crocked XI

deisedude

So i was watching Fulham v Villa earlier and noticed Simon Davies had to go off injured again. It left me thinking that he is probably better known at this stage for his time on the treatment table than for his footballing abilities. So if you were to pick a team of the most talented players in the premier league who seem to be constantly crocked who would you pick?

To get the ball rolling. Heres my team who will play a 3-4-3 formation

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Chris Kirkland

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Gary Neville

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Ledley King

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Johnaton Woodgate

Tomas Rosicky---- Owen Hargreaves---- Jimmy Bullard

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Kieron Dyer

Louis Saha

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Michael Owen

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Robin Van Persie

Some Subs:
Craig Gordon
Simon Davies
Stephen Reid

Eire-Dearg

Kirkland
Agger Woodgate King Clichy
J. Cole Hargreaves Bullard M. Johnson
van Persie Saha

Honourable mention must go to Harry Kewell, but he isn't in the Premier League any more.

Diabhal Beag

The whole Spurs squad :pac:

Dean Ashton needs a mention

GSPfan

Brilliant thread.

Pretty much agree with all of the above. I think Torres has to get a mention in here. He's always nursing something. Wesley Brown, Ben Foster as honourable mentions.

rossie1977

kirklands been rarely injured since joining wigan though, its just something in the water at liverpool methinks, look at torres, never missed a game with Atlético, now can't stay fit

Bubs101

Walcott deserves a start

craiginireland

Would add James Vaughan to the subs bench....

GSPfan

Bubs101 wrote: »

Walcott deserves a start

Ha hah. Give him the fukkin armband.

Mrmoe

Torres and Aurelio should be in there too as well as John O'Shea and Louis Saha.

cson

GSPfan wrote: »

Ha hah. Give him the fukkin armband.

The armband goes to Rosicknote if it goes to anyone.

Darren Anderton used to be the sicknote du jour when I was a wee lad.

deisedude

rossie1977 wrote: »

kirklands been rarely injured since joining wigan though, its just something in the water at liverpool methinks, look at torres, never missed a game with Atlético, now can't stay fit

Good point. I think his injuries have impacted negatively on his career though. Only one England cap and the likes of Ben Foster and Paul Robinson ahead of him in the pecking order. I think he would probably be undisputed England no.1 now had he managed to remain fit

x in the city

No mention of Ginola....

Thread fail..

deisedude

x in the city wrote: »

No mention of Ginola....

Thread fail..

Him being retired might have something to do with it:D

x in the city

deisedude wrote: »

Him being retired might have something to do with it:D

maybe, he could still pick up injuries in retirement,,them swishes on the hair could cause a spasm on the wrist

Vurnon San Benito

4 of the OP's selections played for Newcastle. Says a lot about the last 10 years on Tyneside.

Mitch Connor

Mrmoe wrote: »

Torres and Aurelio should be in there too as well as John O'Shea and Louis Saha.

how does O'Shea get a mention - this is the first real injury he has had at United in about 10 years! 1 injury does not a crock make imo.

MUSEIST

What about robben, was incredible at chelsea when he was fit but seemed to get injured every second game.

DazMarz

Damien Duff is another former Chelsea player who always seemed to be blighted by injury.

therokerroar

Can't see why Craig Gordon is included to be honest.

He had a couple of months out last season and this season he has only been out because Defoe felt the need to kick him when he had no chance of getting the ball and broke his arm. Other than that, he has never been out for any prolonged period of time in his career. Surely a total of 4 months out with injury during a whole career thus far is not enough to even warrant a place of the substitues bench.

rednik

Saha has to be the captain but give him 2 armbands to stop him falling over.

Chardee MacDennis

Mitch Connor wrote: »

how does O'Shea get a mention - this is the first real injury he has had at United in about 10 years! 1 injury does not a crock make imo.

was gonna say that. a lot of football fans have the memory of a goldfish, which seems to be the time between now and the last time they read the sun.

Necronomicon

Thread needs more David Dunn.

TonyD79

Foster

Brown Woodgate King

Dryer Hargreaves Duff

Rosicky Van Persie

Saha Owen

ollaetta

Don't forget our own Stephen Reid.

RandolphEsq

Hargreaves should captain the team. As a United fan, if I was naming the squad off the top of my head I would probably forget him.

LeBash

Add Keith O'Neill, Stephen Reid, and David Dunn to the lists

thewools

Dean Aston too... sad the way things ended up for him.

Really thought he was going to end up with a top 4 team before things went belly up....

eZe^

MUSEIST wrote: »

What about robben, was incredible at chelsea when he was fit but seemed to get injured every second game.

He's the definition of a Crockey Mc Crockerson!

Johner

Ledley King is probably the most talented player/defender in the Premier League, it's a real shame that he can't even train properly during the week.

28064212

Johner wrote: »

Ledley King is probably the most talented player/defender in the Premier League, it's a real shame that he can't even train properly during the week.

Can't mention him without his equally crocked defence partner Woodgate

matrim

Wilfred Bouma should be on the list too

Johner

Rosicky as well.

joe123

Martin Laursen says hello.

MonkeyTennis

oh dear

syngindub

If there was an All Time Crocked XI, we'd have to include

Gazza, Darren Anderton, Neil Webb

Reganio 2

joe123 wrote: »

Times like these that there should be a dislike button.

Times like these the mod's should hit the ban button.

Reganio 2

I can't believe we have gone 3 pages and not a mention of Jamie Redknapp, even in a list of injured players it seems he was injured so much he wasn't even noticed.