Nathan Wood was a decent individual, capable of moments of brilliance and equally frustration. What he did posess were qualities which the average man could relate to, if any of us were lucky enough to pull on the P&B, we have ideas of what we'd be like, but what you know is that your pride in that jersey would mean that you'd give 100% every week, you'd push your body to the absolute point of breaking, you'd lead by example and you'd probably do some pretty ordinary stuff, but when you did, nobody would be able to accuse you of not trying, maybe trying too hard, but not trying, and that was he. I was always felt & still feel you need a bit more than that from your halves, but right now you'd take just having that.
We all call him a 'trier' and that's probably a little unfair, he was a bit better than that, but most of his qualities benefitted his game in the main, and were not creative qualities.
Barry Clegg 2nd wrote:Because i know things about him that would make your toes curl and that is my opinion of him. Like i said he was a very good player but in no way should he be mentioned in the same breath when talking about such legends.
Maybe compare him with the likes of Briers but come on get real, Mike Gregory was a real Legend, a gentleman and a true hero to many people around the world, Wood was an arrogant self serving mercinary.
i was friends with natty wood he was a gent a very respectable to my wife and kids if had took time to chat with him you would have found that out yourself
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newky wrote:Yes but nobody knew that, Not even Nathan. He played right till the death. It wasnt till he got home to oz that he was told that, but it never got a straight answer anyway cause a second opinion wasnt confirmed as the same as the first. So the fact of the matter is he got tossed aside for sullivan
So a you advocate keeping players here long as possible, even when it is common sense that knocks and injuries will soon come back to haunt them?
the original stevo wrote:i was friends with natty wood he was a gent a very respectable to my wife and kids if had took time to chat with him you would have found that out yourself
Well he wasn't very respectable at Wakefield let me tell you.
Les Boyd Is God wrote:unlike briers and monaghon who are`nt even average
Briers has given more to Warrington on the field than Nat Wood ever did and as I say, I've nothing against Nat Wood. I just ain't gonna let personal dislike for any player to cloud my judgement. Problem is with a few on here, they do exactly that.
Bob Paisley wrote:A lot of teams beat us, do a lap of honour and don't stop running. They live too long on one good result. I remember Jimmy Adamson crowing after Burnley had beaten us once and that his players were in a different league. At the end of the season they were.
WireFanatic II wrote:Why, if it isn't Catalancs, RLFANS answer to a question no-one asked!
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