Friday's Gossip

[zico martin 84]

we should of kept woodgate stupid to get rid of him

because he is one of the best defenders in this country

I can remember thinking that the very day he was sold.

 

... but how one can still believe that today after the whole aftermath is ridiculous. It's all just wishful thinking: we all wish we would have stayed and played over 30 league games a season for us, but that was never going to happen... simply put: maybe the best bit of business Shepherd as ever done in his time as chairman.

 

Aye but it was blind luck (or bad luck) for Woodgate really.

 

It's quite possible that without injuries £13m could have look stupidly cheap.

 

 

As it turned out it was the best thing we could have done, but equally I don't really think FFS was thinking "Christ he's going to be injured 99% of the time for the next 2 years, I'll have the £13m please!".

 

It is still a shame we didn't get him back last season, as even though those injuries seem to have taken their toll on him he's still arguably better than anything we still have.

 

perhaps not 99% of the time but I think we all accepted no club was ever gonna get more than half of every season out of him.