06-23-2020, 08:09 PM
(06-23-2020, 02:30 PM)Borin\ Baggie Wrote: I'm stunned it took this long to get rid of Woodgate, he's been awful. That team should not be 21st.
He’d have gone in January but their mini run over Xmas bought him some time.
There was talk about relegation and consolidating around a group of very talented youngsters who Woodgate knows very well, but think COVID19 has made them more dependent on survival this year.
Woodgate got his tactics spot on in both games, and their plan at The Hawthorns was effectively the blueprint for a fair few teams during our poor run, so think some of the criticism he gets is over the top.
He inherited an ageing, unbalanced squad of 6’4+ CBs and little or no creativity from Pulis and was immediately told to cut the wage bill...