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Shout: Toon Army's Reaction To Woodgate Sale (page 3) |
25th August July 2004:
Final batch of your e-mails regarding the sale of Jonathan Woodgate.
Marc J - Obviously disappointed to see a world class
player, and arguably the best English Centre half around at the moment
leave the club, but the fact is he hasn't played enough due to injury.
That coupled with a fee of £13.4m, means we make £4.5m profit on a
player who hasn't, and maybe wouldn't play that often. I just hope
the club invest the money well, in at least one or two replacements
for him. We need someone proven to come in for him, not another Titus
Bramble! We have enough 'potential' at the club, it's time we bought
some proven quality! MJ
Paul H - I don't think the deal is as cut and dried
as it is supposed to seem. You don't just sell our best defender and
one of the best in the world for a £4.5m profit just because it's
Real Madrid! I for one am gutted that he has gone! This should have
been his and our season!!
Bella - How can someone out for 3 weeks pass a medical?
bobby and freddy says its not about money- what is it about then?
10 days in which to find a replacement-what is it about NUFC and going
mental at the start of every season for the last 4 years?
Toddy - I don't know why we are selling him. For
years we have said that we will not let our best players go and now
they have let 'the best centre back in england' go. Maybe they have
some kind of plan involving Dawson or Gallas, but I don't know what
they are doing.
Witters - So long as the replacement is very able
and experienced I don't have an issue with the transfer. Several Leeds
fans said to me when we bought him 'You'll never get a full season
out of him' which may have been sour grapes at the time but the proof
is there to see; 37 appearances out of a possible 128. So my message
to Real is 'You'll never get a full season out of him'. Hopefully
that's the thinking behind the transfer (not to mention making some
cash on him) and with £15m we could get someone nearly as good, not
so injury prone and still have some change left over.
Dom H - You have got to be disappointed when a player
of his calibre and potential leaves the club we all love. But we all
know money talks in this game and to get £14M for a player that has
only taken part in 28.9% of Toon games since his arrival you can't
really argue. All I hope (along with you all) is that FF & Bobby's
heads get banged together and they go out and buy two proven centre
halves and not ones with, dare I say the word "potential" which was
last heard when we signed Titus. Good luck to Woody and thanks for
playing for the Toon, it's been great having you.
Nicky - £13.5m for a player who's only played in
25% of our games, and making a £4.5m profit has to be good business.
If we can get a suitable replacement that will have no injury worry's,
then its gotta be a good deal.
Kristoffer - I feel this is a poor decision from
Newcastle's side, 'cos they will not find a better player this season
at that price. However, we now have to spend wisely. I would go to
Italy for Cannavaro or Collocini, 'coz Gallas ain't leaving and the
rest ain't good enough. Just my opinion, Kristoffer.
Kris - Its just to bloody stupid for words. £13.5
million so what, in the long run it's gonna cost us way more than
that.
Alvin - This is quite a sad day frankly. Even though
he's not played much for us, he's always looked class when he does
and when he plays, I am always assured that Newcastle will keep it
tight at the back when I see them playing on TV. It will be tough
to find anyone to replace him and suddenly a season of promise has
turned into a season of trepidation for me.
Ragnar S - Jonathan Woodgate is a great player with
huge potential. At Newcastle he played very well but like every one
knows he was also injured for many games. As a Newcastle supporter
I can understand the chairman to sell him and I also understand the
fact that Real Madrid is the "Biggest club in the world" and he would
like to join them. I think the decision was good for the club but
not for the supporters. We always want to have the best of the best
but we must understand that we can't always have what we want. But
I would also like to say that there are many players around and I
know of one player here in Iceland which is very similar to Woodgate.
He plays for the national team who beat Italy 2-0. His name is: Kristján
Orn Sigurðsson. I know for a fact that he is very cheap because he
plays with KR in Iceland. He is the only player in the national team
that playa in Iceland. To be honest I would not like R.Huth because
he is very similar to the players we have. We need a strong player
which can also run fast. Good job Freddy.
Johnny - I am surprised there are no add-on fees
to this transfer, as if Woodgate plays regularly for Real Madrid it
is a bad deal for us. However if his current injury record stays the
same, it is a good deal as long as we can buy TWO top-class centre-halfs
before the deadline.
Shearer S - They tried Campbell, Arsenal were having
none of it. They tried Chelsea, having none of it. They try us, 1st
attempt accepted, we've been mugged.
Carl - Gutted, won't get a world class defender like
Woody for the amount we sold him for, before the the window closes
anyway. No one better when fit, Freddy Shepherd is at fault, if SBR
didn't want to get rid of Woody, he should of declined the offer.
IMO its time for Freddy to GO.
Kev - Disgrace! How can the club justify this sale?
Okay, make a £4.4m profit on him, but hasn't this sale just cost us
£10m in Champs League qualification? What is the aim of the club?
I don't think its trophies somehow. All fans should let known what
they think of the board at the match tomorrow. Gutted.
Mike B - We are all aware of the number of appearances
Woodgate made for Newcastle, and none of us doubt his outstanding
ability when fit. But that's where the problem lies in my opinion.
He's far too fragile for the role he's required to play. We need someone
who can turn in good performances week in and week out. Someone who
can stay fit and when injured, recover from them quickly. Whilst the
money we have received is much less than many would have liked, it
is still pretty good, especially for someone who is still injured
at the time of the sale. If the money is invested quickly and sensibly
back into the team, preferably by signing a quality centre back before
the transfer deadline, we may all see this as another good deal. I
believe the future is still bright for Newcastle and we have some
excellent potential in the defenders presently on the books. Whilst
Woodgate's experience will certainly be missed, the disruption to
the team through his persistent injury problems will not. I wish him
all the best in his new adventure, and will continue to look forward
to each and every Newcastle game with the same fervour and relish
that I did before he came. Tomorrow can’t come soon enough for me.
Steve R - If we can replace him before the transfer
window shuts with a high quality centre half (Gallas) and a young
promising centre half then it will be a good deal for both parties.
It's extremely bad news if we have to play until Jan with only O'Brien
, Bramble and Hughes as recognised centre halfs with experience. Time
will tell.
Thomas B - An absolute disgrace! So much for him
leaving over Shepherd's dead body or for £50 million. £13.4m isn't
even a "monumental" amount considering we paid £9m + signing on fee
and wages since the end of last season! The deal just confirms that
Doug Hall/Shepherd and the other money men behind the scenes are running
this club and taking all the fans for granted! It is them doing all
the deals and Robson will have no say whatsoever in his final season!
This deals proves that we no ambition of ever competing with the best
teams in the world! Did the alarm bells not start ringing at the end
of last season when so many fans didn't renew their season tickets!
I for one will not be renewing mine if every penny of the money isn't
spent on an adequate replacement! I think Shepherd will see the true
reaction tomorrow when O'Brien, Bramble and Co. are slicing balls
all over the pitch!
Adam C - This is an absolute disgrace, fair enough
if the lad wanted to go we couldn't stop him but to negotiate only
13.4 million pounds for the only world class player on our team is
stupid and it sends out bad messages, are we now a selling club? After
all that has gone on this week this is the last thing I expected,
a very bad day in the history of NUFC!
Andy D - That amount of money for a player who hasn't
played since April and whose career has been littered with injuries
can't be turned down. However, if the money isn't invested straight
back in to the defence then it seems pointless. Two quality centre-backs
are urgently needed if we are to develop any further.
Lucas A - This "imminent" sale of Jonathan Woodgate,
in my opinion the best player at Newcastle United and the best defender
in English, possibly European football, is another joke made at our
(the fan's) expense. Shepherd claims that money is not an issue, but
then why can't he just turn down the bid? I'm not professing to know
Woodgate but he doesn't seem like a want away, disruptive player and
he seems content on Tyneside. Furthermore, wasn't it just at the beginning
of this Summer when Shepherd fended off interest from Arsenal claiming
that Woodgate could only leave "over his dead body" or for a sum of
50 million? Shepherd seems alive still much to discontent, and I don't
think that 15 million quite stands up to the aforementioned figure.
Good show!
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