Ronaldo

He does. Or did.

About the same. Colo definitely is more of a threat from set pieces but I can remember umpteen times when Woodgate was just an absolute collosus. That good that Madrid swooped straight in for him. This is where we'll disagree. Has Colo ever scored directly from a set piece? Woodgate not much of a threat either, mind.

Well, I think Colo at his 2011 best eclipses Woodgate at his best in 2003.

Shame he didn't do a better job of it, too.

There is actually a David Haye lookalike they used in promoting the Valuev fight. He's only about 5' tall, mind.

Were you in Miami yesterday, UD? David Haye @mrdavidhaye 9h 9 hours ago Chillin in South Beach Miami, Enjoying my last cocktail before I head back to London.

Depends on how you define talent. I'd say intelligence is the most important talent a defender can have.

Always thought you were in your 20s.

iPhones are the devil.

Injury issues were only part of the problem. He couldn't have cared less about his career. For all people slag off John Terry, he took his weaknesses and worked so hard on his game that they no longer really mattered. Woodgate on the other hand just (usually) turned up on time, did the bare minimum he was contracted for and spent the rest of his life acting like a cunt.

He's certainly a decent footballer. He'll never make much of an impression in this league, though. Doesn't have the assertiveness/physicality to dominate games, or the ability to change them.

Because there were no PL clubs in for him. There was a Championship club or two interested.

Judgment's tainted by how poor Colo's been in the last 2.5 years.

Probably insisted on having 3 fit CBs for a laugh.

Don't agree and never will. Woodgate played behind a much better midfield at NUFC. He was very good but not as good as Colo was from 2010-2012.

He's still the best CB I've seen in our colours. Just a shame he's deteriorated so much.

He's gained loads of weight in the last year or so. Blatantly not fighting again with any degree of seriousness.

Wales?

Excellent players don't sign for teams who've just finished 13th under Graeme Souness. At best he was a very good PL goalscorer, never an excellent player.

Should've been pretty obvious, like. He's the Brad Gilbert of football management. Plays better football than Pardew, mind, but only just.

The Championship or Ligue 1. Unearthing that young talent.

Was meant to say unattractive.

Pardew wasn't even close to getting sacked despite winning 5 games in in the calendar year until October, as well as conducting himself horribly on the touch line which apparently is important to Charnley as well. Never ever rule out us going for the cheap option Exactly my point. Sacking Pardew wasn't the cheap option. It's totally different with Carver.

Capital cities. Christ's sake.