Former Player: Woodgate at Stoke

Last week it was reported that Jonathan Woodgate played his first 90 minutes of football in more than two years. When he appeared in a friendly game for his new club Stoke City. The injury problems which Woodgate has suffered over the years has been well reported and I for one am delighted to see that he got through 90 minutes of a game. I still think he is the best defender I have ever seen play in a black and white shirt, a class above the rest, and I am sure he could have won a lot of England caps if he had not been injured all the time. I hope we get to see him play a lot for Stoke this season and he manages to get plenty of games. Good luck to Woody!

 

2010/11 Season Review

First season back into Premier League (where we belong, I must add) and obviously at the start of the season we were very much tipped to go straight back down. We did not really make many signings or at least proven in the Premiership players. We brought in James Perch who became quite the scapegoat amongst the fans. Dan Gosling on a free transfer, but would be out until at least Christmas due to injury. Sol Campbell who was already clearly past his best, and would just cost us money. But then an exciting new player would be signed on loan (but then permanent in January) Hatem Ben Arfa who looked fantastic but suffered a horrible injury when he had his leg broken after a Nigel de Jong tackle. So those being the new players brought in not really much was placed on them. We had to rely on the team who done so well making the Championship look easy the year before. Not forgetting of course our signing and possibly player of the season Cheik Tiote.