#2 Shane Woewodin

[Cam]

The last month Woey has been fantastic.

[Brown26]

Completely correct - especially this last month. Now he just needs to smack the Dees around a bit, pick up a lazy 30 touches, kick a couple of goals, and maybe the media will pick up on it a bit!

- Ben

[Daks]

Those stats just prove what i already knew. I have actually just used them to prove a ****head Woey basher wrong... Onya Woey!..... lets hope now everyone will see how good he actually is!

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[spoljar]

Really happy with those stats. I have always been a big fan of his. One thing he does is provide the Pies with a lot more midfield options. His work ethc is excellent. Go Woey!

[Magpie_Dan]

Colingwood Dont pick up spuds anymore LOL! Thats why we picked up Woey!

[Stinger]

Best post on here for ages. Woey's a champ.

[WKB]

yes I for one am willing to give woey some credit, he has been playing well and consistent. Last year he played good then bad (often in the same game). One of his main problems was him being percieved as soft, which he often looked. thankfully he has all but eliminated that this year, some tough stuff, head down and backing into packs. Very impressive.

[Shades]

great post.

I'm definitely a woey fan and its nice to see something that will silence his critics. Goes to show that a classy player does not need to be fast to be effective.

[hoggy]

Would be very sweet to see Woey kick the winner on Monday.

[Johnson#26]

Woey's been great in recent weeks. His tackling, hard ball gets and courage have really shone through in that time and the side is much better for it. He has really stood up without Bucks and has been a key to our 3 match 'winning' streak.

[stoid]

Well I’m glad some of you liked it.

I thought it would be quite appropriate to post it before the Melbourne game. I remember going last year, and seeing the way he went after that Sherrin was amazing.

Another thing, you can bring these stats up when talking to your Melbourne supporter friends, and show them what they are missing out on. In fact if anyone knows Neale Daniher, drop these stats and see his face go red

Good on ya Daks…….. I love proving people wrong

Hoggy, I’m sort of hoping that Woey does kick the winner against Melbourne on Monday, but not 1, I was thinking something like 5......

Jono26, you are right on the money saying that he has stood up in Buckley’s and I’d say Burns’ absences. Hopefully with all our midfielders available for the first time in almost 15 months, with Buck’s and Holland coming back in this week, that should release Woey to become even more damaging!

To tell you the truth I thought some people would try and argue the point, but I guess, like I said earlier, you can’t argue with stats. They’re the first thing the coaches look at.

[stoid]

Just saw another thing regarding Woey on the afl site.

heres the link
http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=154536


Best and fairests: Who's leading?

"COLLINGWOOD - Shane Woewodin
Having his best season since his Brownlow Medal winning year with Melbourne in 2000, Woewodin has been a highly consistent performer for the Magpies in 2004. The left-footer has stood up in the absence of senior midfielders Nathan Buckley and Scott Burns and is on target to claim his first Copeland Trophy. He is likely to face competition in the second half of the season, with Paul Licuria, James Clement and Ben Johnson in the mix. "

[Go_The_Mighty_Magpies]

I thought this topic would be more bagging of him, glad to see it isn't!!

[Eunos]

Well, looks like its up to me to bring this down a little.
Though I acknowledge Woeys efforts this year have been way better than last year, I need to see a stat that shows how effective these possies have been. My impression is that he tends to turn it over a hell of a lot. Of course this may be due to pressure, but pressure can come from deficiences in a players game, i.e. "pace".

Woewodin is not the player we hoped him to be and I'm sure his new contract offer will reflect that. ATM he is on $400,000+, with the dreamons contributing $80,000 of that, ending this year. Can anyone here believe he is worth those dollars?

Remember the old saying: "Stats can be made to show anything you want"

[stoid]

Yes Eunos, but the only way to change these stats is to play well. So to say that stats can “show anything you want” then I implore you to show me stats to show that Ben Kinnear is a good player. The reason you won’t find them is that he is not a good player, therefore those stats don’t exist. So in essence, I'll repeat it once more, stats don’t lie. If they did the coaches wouldn’t use them.