Southgate Urges Caution On Woodgate

By Betting Zone
November 10 2006

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has urged caution over Jonathan Woodgate's chances of returning to the England squad immediately.

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National coach Steve McClaren was at Eastlands on Monday night as Woodgate and his team-mates went down 1-0 to Manchester City.

The 26-year-old has been in fine form for his hometown club since returning to the Premiership on loan from Real Madrid in August.

However, Woodgate's injury history has seen him adopt a rigorous fitness regime which, apart from a thigh injury which sidelined him earlier this month, has seen him play a key part for Southgate who admits the player is still working his way towards full capacity.

Asked if he expected McClaren to name the former Leeds and Newcastle defender in his squad for the friendly against Holland, Southgate replied: "It is not for me to comment on that right now.

"Jonathan Woodgate is obviously an outstanding player and I am sure he will be in Steve's mind.

"He has not had that much football with us so far. He missed a couple of weeks three weeks ago and he has only had two games back.

"I think Jonathan just wants to play for us and get his fitness with us and get a run of games."

Such has been the quality of Woodgate's performances that he will certainly have come into McClaren's mind.

He won the first of his five caps as a teenager alongside Southgate against Bulgaria in June 1999, but has not represented his country since a 1-0 defeat in Sweden in March 2004.

John Terry and Rio Ferdinand have established themselves as McClaren's first-choice pairing with Sol Campbell having been passed over despite his form for new club Portsmouth, while the likes of Jamie Carragher and Ledley King have also emerged as genuine competitors.

However, at his best, Woodgate has the ability to challenge not only for a place in the squad, but in the starting line-up, and he has made no secret of his hopes of winning a recall.

In the meantime, he will reflect on a disappointing performance by his club side in last night's defeat at City.

Richard Dunne's goal proved enough to ease the pressure on manager Stuart Pearce, but Southgate was desperately disappointed with Boro's display, especially before the break.

Defender Emanuel Pogatetz told the club's official website: "We lost the game in the first half. We did not play football at all and we lost every challenge all over the field, so the first half was very disappointing.

"In the second half, it was a bit better. We dug in a little bit more, but football-wise, it was not very good.

"We missed Mark Viduka a little bit up front to hold the ball up. It was not a good performance.

"We knew what Manchester City would be about because they had to prove something. They were chasing every ball.

"We did not start the game well, not like we should do, and that is why we lost it in the first half.

"Maybe we had some chances at the end of the game, but if you look at the first half, we did not deserve even one point."

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