Former England defender Jonathan Woodgate joins Liverpool as scout

Obviously.

https://twitter.com/pjoyceexpress/status/763597706950537217

What a hard life.

He can mix it up and pop back to Melwood for an 'injury off' with Studge every now and again.

I had to check the date to see if it was 1st April

Will probably pull a retina watching players for us

What a hard life.

No sh*t, given that we only ever shop at Southampton

Hire an average player to find us good players in a league that said average player embarrassed himself in when playing. Good work Liverpool!

Next you'll be telling me Robbie Savage is working as a pundit...

Hmm.

Might turn-out a good move. only time will tell.

Hire an average player to find us good players in a league that said average player embarrassed himself in when playing. Good work Liverpool!

Next you'll be telling me Robbie Savage is working as a pundit...

Since when do you have to be a good player to be a good scout?

Got the job of unearthing the next Spanish or Portuguese Lee Bowyer then!!

Got the job of unearthing the next Spanish or Portuguese Lee Bowyer then!!

I was hoping for more of a David Batty

I don't think it will take me long to write off all our Spanish and Portuguese targets from now on, thanks to him...

We've now got a "nice" team from scouting to shortlisting and dealmaking... wow!

I don't think it will take me long to write off all our Spanish and Portuguese targets from now on, thanks to him...

We've now got a "nice" team from scouting to shortlisting and dealmaking... wow!

To be fair we've had an awful record before he joined so maybe it will work out alright 

Aspas, Alberto, Ilori, Manquillo, Cissokho, Markovic and Moreno 

To be fair we've had an awful record before he joined so maybe it will work out alright 

Aspas, Alberto, Ilori, Manquillo, Cissokho, Markovic and Moreno 

Let's really hope so. Don't really know how we scout. But there's very little chance of a change if the analytics team continues to frame the initial shortlist of players using the same old parameters. That turns scouting into a stats confirmation exercise.

Anyone with knowledge may want to shed some light... perhaps.

Can do no worse than what scouts we have had in last twenty years. Played the game at highest level . And for the record when fit he was a good centre half.

can he scout us a bloody left back

can he scout us a bloody left back

Given our record and some of the tripe we've bought from Portugal and Spain in the last few years I'd stay well away from that region. I mean no offence but a team with the likes of Manquillo, Alberto, Aspas and co deserves to be managed by Paul and Barry Chuckle

Hire an average player to find us good players in a league that said average player embarrassed himself in when playing. Good work Liverpool!

He had a poor debut for one club and at that club, even with injury set backs. one Spanish newspaper went on to describe him as having "become Madrid's true leader". He was far from an average player though, injury robbed him of a lot and he was always an intelligent footballer who had a few early off field issues. I believe Daniel Ayala, a former red, said the guy helped him out a lot and incidentally Ayala was arguably the best centre back in the Championship last season.

As a scout, well we'll find out won't we. It's a new career for him, but he speaks Spanish, has a good footballing brain and has shown through his career the ability to teach, be taught and pass on his knowledge. Wouldn't put it past him becoming a good scout, the only thing troublesome on this page is the irrational anger.

Surprised me this news. It's really tricky to put some scope on how a scout will do in relation to their playing days.

I'd be interested to know what contacts he's built up and what sort of credentials got him this post of a scout. Can anyone enlighten us with some facts?

Surprised me this news. It's really tricky to put some scope on how a scout will do in relation to their playing days.

I'd be interested to know what contacts he's built up and what sort of credentials got him this post of a scout. Can anyone enlighten us with some facts?

Kenny it is like a good player does not always make a good manager,I don't know how Jonathon Woodgate will go as scout but I suppose time will tell.

to be fair to Jonathon he did spend a lot of his later career watching games rather than playing and he was an excellent defender until his injuries.

He had a poor debut for one club and at that club, even with injury set backs. one Spanish newspaper went on to describe him as having "become Madrid's true leader". He was far from an average player though, injury robbed him of a lot and he was always an intelligent footballer who had a few early off field issues. I believe Daniel Ayala, a former red, said the guy helped him out a lot and incidentally Ayala was arguably the best centre back in the Championship last season.

As a scout, well we'll find out won't we. It's a new career for him, but he speaks Spanish, has a good footballing brain and has shown through his career the ability to teach, be taught and pass on his knowledge. Wouldn't put it past him becoming a good scout, the only thing troublesome on this page is the irrational anger.

I'd agree with that, I thought he was a terrific player stuck in a glass body. God knows what sort of as scout he will make.

He had a poor debut for one club and at that club, even with injury set backs. one Spanish newspaper went on to describe him as having "become Madrid's true leader". He was far from an average player though, injury robbed him of a lot and he was always an intelligent footballer who had a few early off field issues. I believe Daniel Ayala, a former red, said the guy helped him out a lot and incidentally Ayala was arguably the best centre back in the Championship last season.

As a scout, well we'll find out won't we. It's a new career for him, but he speaks Spanish, has a good footballing brain and has shown through his career the ability to teach, be taught and pass on his knowledge. Wouldn't put it past him becoming a good scout, the only thing troublesome on this page is the irrational anger.

Excellent post mate, those chumps above should read this post, irrational anger or not judging someone because of his errant playing career is below childish,

Let's give the bloke a chance, I'd rather have a ex-pro player as a scout before some bloke watching YouTube videos and number crunching statistics,

Some of the comments on him are quite frankly pathetic.



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Hire an average player to find us good players in a league that said average player embarrassed himself in when playing. Good work Liverpool!

Next you'll be telling me Robbie Savage is working as a pundit...

I can see you never watched him at Leeds then. Injury prone? Yes. Average? No. You don't get signed by Real Madrid by being "an average player" get off the internet lad and come back when you've got a clue. 

Now whether or not he'll make a good scout only time will tell.

He's a guest on Goals on Sunday SS1 now.

Not confirmed then.

Asked on it he said he can't say much on it now as it's up in the air and he wants to make sure his next step is the right step.