When have gambles on less than fully fit players paid off?

[Maurice Setters Training]

Suarez against England. World cup 2014.

 

[2 man midfield]

Same for Ruud after almost a year out. He was playing 40/50 seasons consecutively after that.

Ruud is a good shout. I can only imagine the flack the club would get these days if we still went ahead and signed a player who had recently done his cruciate. It was a massive risk.

 

[Maurice Setters Training]

Also Ian Wright against us in the 1990 cup final. Albeit he was an unfit supersub and didn’t start the match.