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Originally Posted by cockneyHammer
Ashton is not injury prone, thats a commoin misperception as he has spent so much time injured. The bloke had Shaun Wright Phillips break his fucking ankle in a dirty challenge whilst training for England.
Here's the injuries he has had throughout the whole of his career;
If you can tell me how any of those are linked or make him injury prone please do
The bloke was out for over a year, he took his time to regain his fitness but I ensure you he has reagined full fitness and has no complications from any of his previous injuries. |
Ashton is rarely 100% fit. Maybe saying he was 'prone' was too much, but the point remains that the fella always has something or other wrong with him.
He's got a lot of ability, in fact, I think he'd fit in here quite comfortably, but to date he has done nothing, nothing whatsoever, to be worth over £10m.
You compared him to Bent, who was prolific before Spurs got him and benched him, which suggested you were bracketing them together when they are poles apart to date in their careers and goal returns.
Ashton may have more talent, but the name of the game is productivity either through goals or assists.
The way Ashton is built and with how he's nearly always unfit, I wonder what kind of career he will have and how long he will be a top flight performer. That's my only concern with him.