I felt priveliged to watch the team with him, Kewell etc - we saw them at their absolute best, and Woodgate would have been an all time great were it not for injuries. His off pitch antics might have impinged on that, but if he'd kept fitter he'd have had less time on his hands. Mind you, he might still have f*cked up more!
Sent from my iPad > On 14 Jul 2016, at 09:26, Tim Leslie <[email protected]> wrote: > > As his playing career, therefore, appears to be at an end, I'd just like > to lament the passing of what SHOULD have been one of the greatest centre > halves this country has ever produced. > > With all the talk at the moment being of John Stones who, whilst being > able to PLAY football, is suspect defensively (Fairly key to a defenders > role!) and yet is valued at £53M! Had Woodgate not been ravaged by injury, > I think he would have been up there with Beckenbauer, Moore, Charlton and > Hunter etc. as possibly the finest footballing centre half ever and his > value (On the Stones scale) would have been huge! > > He was a daft lad and was, sadly, tarnished by that incident, but on the > park the boy could play AND defend, he had it all. Sadly .... > > >>>>>> I believe that Jonathan Woodgate's contract is now up at >>>>>> Middlesborough. I don't know if he's crocked or not but if he's still >>>>>> up for it I wouldn't mind seeing him back at Leeds. >>>>> >>>>> Sadly, I suspect it would only selling pies. I think he pretty much >>>> retired on >>>>> 2015 and hasn't played regularly for a couple of years >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leedslist mailing list >>>>> Info and options: >>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>>>> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> MARCHING ON TOGETHER >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leedslist mailing list >>>> Info and options: >>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>>> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> MARCHING ON TOGETHER >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leedslist mailing list >>> Info and options: >>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>> >>> >>> MARCHING ON TOGETHER >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
