Brilliant player the best full back I've ever seen at Newcastle and probably one of the best players ever at the club.
Yas. And one injury at the start then staying fit. It ****ing pisses me off when people say Woodgate was our best ever defender, cos the clown was injured all the time and never played. Tripps is the real deal.
Woodgate is the best CB i've ever seen play for us. Him being injured loads is another matter. Botman could overtake him though.
The thing with Woodgate is he was basically playing on his own in there, Bramble or O'Brien were his partners ffs At least Botman has Schar and vice versa.
Botman kicks Woodgate's arse into next week. Plus the salient point is the **** was always injured. You may as well say Kieron Dyer was a great player for us.
That's the thing though, they weren't his partners, they were each other partners cos he was always injured. He played 28 games for us in 18 months, the guy was a walking disaster and getting £13m for him from Real was a ****ing steal.