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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview 19:06 - Aug 30 with 6919 viewsRoburmsyenna

"Lukes made it clear he wants to leave for some time now"
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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 23:09 - Aug 30 with 703 viewschantryblueboy

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 23:08 - Aug 30 by Clutch

He never was "always in the right position", he quite frequently had lapses in concentration.

This forum is a weird place.


Like trying to chest the ball down from a goal kick and giving it to the other team’s striker. Idiot
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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 23:16 - Aug 30 with 670 viewsmrfixit426

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 23:08 - Aug 30 by Clutch

He never was "always in the right position", he quite frequently had lapses in concentration.

This forum is a weird place.


He really is. His starting position when the opposition starts attacks is always on point. Not sure what you're seeing here. Pace, and sometimes strength was occasionally his undoing, but position never.
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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 23:27 - Aug 30 with 608 viewspointofblue

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 23:08 - Aug 30 by Clutch

He never was "always in the right position", he quite frequently had lapses in concentration.

This forum is a weird place.


Every defender makes mistake. That's presumably the only reason nothing is being said of O'Shea's nightmare today.

Woolfenden isn't perfect. But he's done a good job more often than not. I think some got a perception from the early days, where he was a senior partner at 21 to a 19 year old whilst playing on his weaker side and struggled at times, and it's stuck.

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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 23:38 - Aug 30 with 548 viewsHugoagogo_Reborn

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 22:55 - Aug 30 by mrfixit426

This is a great quote. John Terry made a career (and a legacy) from making last ditch tackles when all seemed lost. In reality, he was often caught out of position and his pace got him out of trouble.

Woolfenden's best skill is reading the game. He's always in the right position. I've never seen a player intercept as many balls into the box aimed at the near post. He's short on pace, no doubt. But so was Baresi.😉


I think it was the legend Paulo Maldini who said "If I've had to make a tackle, then I've already made a mistake."
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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 23:46 - Aug 30 with 519 viewsreusersfreekicks

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 20:23 - Aug 30 by Reuser_is_God

Played almost every game in back to back promotions & bought him in from the cold when he first came in.


Then bought a replacement to leave him in the cold
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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 09:24 - Aug 31 with 341 viewsDJR

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 22:55 - Aug 30 by mrfixit426

This is a great quote. John Terry made a career (and a legacy) from making last ditch tackles when all seemed lost. In reality, he was often caught out of position and his pace got him out of trouble.

Woolfenden's best skill is reading the game. He's always in the right position. I've never seen a player intercept as many balls into the box aimed at the near post. He's short on pace, no doubt. But so was Baresi.😉


It was interesting to watch Ashley Young yesterday.

I am not sure if his game was ever based on pace, but at 40 I don't think it is now.

Nevertheless his reading and positioning was excellent and he often made the interception or correctly judged the flight of the ball even though he isn't particularly tall. Indeed, I am not even sure if he made a tackle.

That is the mark of an intelligent and effective player and is probably a major reason why he has had such a long career.
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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 09:26 - Aug 31 with 327 viewsLibero

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 09:24 - Aug 31 by DJR

It was interesting to watch Ashley Young yesterday.

I am not sure if his game was ever based on pace, but at 40 I don't think it is now.

Nevertheless his reading and positioning was excellent and he often made the interception or correctly judged the flight of the ball even though he isn't particularly tall. Indeed, I am not even sure if he made a tackle.

That is the mark of an intelligent and effective player and is probably a major reason why he has had such a long career.


lovely pass distribution too! - he’s a great addition to the squad.
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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 11:00 - Aug 31 with 255 viewspointofblue

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 09:26 - Aug 31 by Libero

lovely pass distribution too! - he’s a great addition to the squad.


Lovely pass distribution until around the 75th minute - may have been slightly earlier - when he suddenly decided we played in white.

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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 11:56 - Aug 31 with 204 viewsMullet

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 21:40 - Aug 30 by chantryblueboy

Centre back is a position where the impact cannot be quantified by stats, given the amount of defending which is position based - I think it was Nesta who said that by the time defenders have to make a tackle they’ve already made a mistake.


Paolo Maldini not Nesta

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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 12:11 - Aug 31 with 155 viewsDJR

Of all the players to leave in recent years, it will be Woolfy I will be most sad about, if he goes.

He's an Ipswich boy, has seen the bad and good times and has never let us down.

But at his age he deserves to be playing at Championship level rather than not even making the subs bench.
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Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 12:18 - Aug 31 with 121 viewswrightsrightglove

Woolfenden - McK BBC Interview on 20:23 - Aug 30 by SWLondonBlue93

I presume by "some time", he means from the moment O'Shea was given a new long-term contract, and then the captaincy. It was clear at that point there was no route back into the team.


Agree with this, but if he truly wanted to go at this point then he should have handed in a transfer request there and then. But he didn’t because he wanted to protect his (presumably hefty) signing on fee from his new contract. I’ve got a lot of time for Wolfie and wish he’d been given more of a chance over the last couple of seasons but I’m fed up of players thinking they can have their cake and eat it (see also Hutchinson, Isak, Wissa etc etc.) If you want out that much, commit to it and put in a transfer request rather than bitching about it on social media
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