Author Topic: woodgate signs for boro (Read 2817 times)

sinnermichael · « **on:** April 26, 2007, 02:08:59 pm »

well so much for ambition then

but on a serious note, £7m is an absolute steal for this guy. i can't believe we, or any of the top 4 weren't interested.

Craigeth · « **Reply #1 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:09:56 pm »

I can i think he's not that good myself all hype for someone who's always injured.

MattLFC08 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:10:39 pm »

Another over-rated player

Lent§ · « **Reply #3 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:10:48 pm »

wish we'd have got him next to sol for next season:(

Henry Chinaski · « **Reply #4 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:10:59 pm »

We could've used him, but where would we have put Agger then? Or should Woodgate have been back-up?

Absolute steal though, I'll give you that.

Okkervil · « **Reply #5 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:28:26 pm »

Keep him fit and he is top quality.

kaz1983 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:45:38 pm »

Quote from: stmichael on April 26, 2007, 02:08:59 pm

well so much for ambition then

but on a serious note, £7m is an absolute steal for this guy. i can't believe we, or any of the top 4 weren't interested.

Nah, I could see him moving to a mid-table club for first team football, rather than one of the top four as back up centre back.

Miracle@Istanbul · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2007, 03:25:54 pm »

Over rated, always injured.

Mal · « **Reply #8 on:** April 26, 2007, 04:28:13 pm »

Woodgate is made of glass, but it still seems a waste.

Ken-Obi · « **Reply #9 on:** April 26, 2007, 04:42:58 pm »

Quote from: Okkervil on April 26, 2007, 02:28:26 pm

Keep him fit and he is top quality.

Correct.

ScouserTommy37 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 26, 2007, 04:46:54 pm »

World Class when not injured and easily the best this Country had to offer.

I don't think you can level a lack of ambition at the lad, he just got back from Real Madrid. I think in life your priorites change sometimes with your circumstances. Woodgate made mistakes in his life that he is not proud of and he has been through a lot. He has suffered with injuries and I would imagine Madrid could be a lonely place when you are going through the Mill.

I think the lad just came home and he was so happy to be there that he wanted to stay.

Good luck to him he has been through a lot and I hope it has just made him a stronger and better person.

Walshy nMe® · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2007, 04:49:10 pm »

Good defender, and they got him at a very good price. Him and Huth do well together.

cornelius · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2007, 04:50:11 pm »

Quote from: ScouserTommy37 on April 26, 2007, 04:46:54 pm

World Class when not injured and easily the best this Country had to offer.

This viewpoint always astonishes me.

Quote from: ScouserTommy37 on April 26, 2007, 04:46:54 pm

he has been through a lot and I hope it has just made him a stronger and better person.

As a human being, Woodgate rates as a total c*nt.

ScouserTommy37 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2007, 04:53:39 pm »

Quote from: cornelius on April 26, 2007, 04:50:11 pm

This viewpoint always astonishes me.As a human being, Woodgate rates as a total c*nt.

Most people do but some of them learn from their mistakes others don't.

As for doubting him being World Class. He was practically a one man defence when he played for Newcastle. Real Madrid are not big on buying second best and they never really used to look at signing foreign defenders. Woodgate has it all. He is good in the air, quick, strong, great on the deck. Superb defender.

cornelius · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:00:56 pm »

Quote from: ScouserTommy37 on April 26, 2007, 04:53:39 pm

As for doubting him being World Class. He was practically a one man defence when he played for Newcastle. Real Madrid are not big on buying second best and they never really used to look at signing foreign defenders. Woodgate has it all. He is good in the air, quick, strong, great on the deck. Superb defender.

I suppose this is one of those debates where perhaps our definitions of world class differ. I mean for me Nesta is world class, whereas I feel Woodgate is very similar to Ferdinand in terms of people's perceptions of his abilty. I'm not saying he's poor but I just don't put him up there.

ScouserTommy37 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:01:59 pm »

Quote from: cornelius on April 26, 2007, 05:00:56 pm

I suppose this is one of those debates where perhaps our definitions of world class differ. I mean for me Nesta is world class, whereas I feel Woodgate is very similar to Ferdinand in terms of people's perceptions of his abilty. I'm not saying he's poor but I just don't put him up there.

As any Leeds fan will tell you Woodgate was a far better player than Ferdinand.

cornelius · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:05:47 pm »

Quote from: ScouserTommy37 on April 26, 2007, 05:01:59 pm

As any Leeds fan will tell you Woodgate was a far better player than Ferdinand.

The same Leeds fans who always used to tell me Kewell was better than Giggs, right up until the point he joined us and all of a sudden he was a lazy, overrated bastard that had done fuck all for them for the last 18 months anyway so they weren't bothered!!!

Living in Harrogate I used to be surrounded by the fuckers. Funny, I hardly see any these days!

MattLFC08 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:06:09 pm »

Ok we will set "the bar" as Carra. Is he better than Carragher? Who would you have in your team sheet first?

Walshy nMe® · « **Reply #18 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:09:35 pm »

Name 3 defenders in England better than Carragher?

If you look at the 8 central defenders in the top 4:

Carvalhip
Terry
Vidic
Rio
Carra
Agger
Toure
(Arsenal's other CD)

Would he get in? Maybe not possibly only Arsenal, but deffo would be in any other side in the country.

cornelius · « **Reply #19 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:10:36 pm »

Quote from: mattlfc07 on April 26, 2007, 05:06:09 pm

Ok we will set "the bar" as Carra. Is he better than Carragher? Who would you have in your team sheet first?

No contest. Not being biased but my first criterion for picking a defender is his abilty to defend. Carra every time. Hyppia in his prime too. Woodgate's not as good defensively as either of them.

I mean people saying £7m is a steal, if that's the case then how come none of the big 4 fancied it? It's not like they couldn't afford to take a punt on him even taking his injuries into account.

ScouserTommy37 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:24:36 pm »

Quote from: cornelius on April 26, 2007, 05:05:47 pm

The same Leeds fans who always used to tell me Kewell was better than Giggs, right up until the point he joined us and all of a sudden he was a lazy, overrated bastard that had done fuck all for them for the last 18 months anyway so they weren't bothered!!!

Living in Harrogate I used to be surrounded by the fuckers. Funny, I hardly see any these days!

Yeah but that is based on anger and jealousy. When both Ferdinand and Woodgate played for them they had no need for either of those feelings. The two of them together put in one of the finest defensive displays I have seen at Anfield when they beat us 1-0. I think Harte and Kelly were the other 2 of that back 4 if memory serves.

Who is to say the big 4 didn't fancy it ? It could have been a loan deal with a first option to buy. I know Wenger is looking for a Centre Back but the rest of the top 4 aren't are they?

cornelius · « **Reply #21 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:28:45 pm »

Quote from: ScouserTommy37 on April 26, 2007, 05:24:36 pm

Who is to say the big 4 didn't fancy it ? It could have been a loan deal with a first option to buy. I know Wenger is looking for a Centre Back but the rest of the top 4 aren't are they?

If the player is as good as you're making out then yes all 4 clubs would be in the market for him.

Quote from: ScouserTommy37 on April 26, 2007, 05:24:36 pm

It could have been a loan deal with a first option to buy.

Woodgate said just a few weeks back that he wouldn't commit to Boro until the summer as he wanted to weigh up his options. He didn't have to join them.

ScouserTommy37 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 26, 2007, 06:10:33 pm »

Quote from: cornelius on April 26, 2007, 05:28:45 pm

If the player is as good as you're making out then yes all 4 clubs would be in the market for him.Woodgate said just a few weeks back that he wouldn't commit to Boro until the summer as he wanted to weigh up his options. He didn't have to join them.

No he didn't but that doesn't stop them having first option.

RedSandgrounder · « **Reply #23 on:** April 26, 2007, 06:47:33 pm »

Agger is a better deal, but if we were looking to replace Sami, and we didn't have Agger, he would have been worth looking at.

Good deal for Boro, but won't be used as much at big 4 club.

mjgill85 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 27, 2007, 09:56:27 am »

Since when have Middlesbrough had £7m lying around to spend on a centre back? Good player but surely they need more depth and quality all over the pitch?

Buggy Eyes Alfredo · « **Reply #25 on:** March 28, 2017, 08:59:02 pm »

Woodgate has returned to Boro as a first team coach. He joins Steve Agnew for his second match in charge since the departure of Aitor Karanka.

JasonF · « **Reply #26 on:** March 28, 2017, 09:16:43 pm »

Wasn't he working for us as a scout? Or have I dreamt that.

TepidT2O · « **Reply #27 on:** March 28, 2017, 09:23:36 pm »

Oh yes! Good memory

rawcusk8 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 28, 2017, 10:23:51 pm »

Quote from: JasonF on March 28, 2017, 09:16:43 pm

Wasn't he working for us as a scout? Or have I dreamt that.

We trusted him to be a scout for us?

youll never walk alone it · « **Reply #29 on:** March 28, 2017, 10:28:05 pm »

Thank goodness.

DutchRed · « **Reply #30 on:** March 29, 2017, 01:35:00 am »

Quote from: mjgill85 on April 27, 2007, 09:56:27 am

Since when have Middlesbrough had £7m lying around to spend on a centre back? Good player but surely they need more depth and quality all over the pitch?

If ever a post showed the difference 8 years make..