{"id":463329,"date":"2011-07-18T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/jonathan-woodgate-vows-not-to-rush-stoke-city-debut\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T12:41:00","slug":"jonathan-woodgate-vows-not-to-rush-stoke-city-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/jonathan-woodgate-vows-not-to-rush-stoke-city-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Woodgate vows not to rush Stoke City debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ross Jackson<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Jul 2011 13:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"102.605930285\">\n<div readability=\"15.1325966851\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jonathan Woodgate, Tottenham (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/104600\/104634_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jonathan Woodgate, Tottenham (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/2026\/jonathan-woodgate\">Jonathan Woodgate<\/a> says he will not be rushed into making his debut for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/717\/stoke-city\">Stoke<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ex-England international says he wants a week of fitness training under his belt before potentially playing against Brentford on Friday evening or Aldershot the following day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If he does play in either of the two games this week, he will make his Stoke debut barely a year after a surgeon told him he would require a metal insert in his groin to support his injured pelvis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It dawned on me and I thought &#8216;wow&#8217;,&#8221; the 31-year-old told <em>The Sentinel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;You just have to be strong. There&#8217;s only you who can deal with it and try everything to get back fit. But I&#8217;ve also got a very supportive family, fiancee and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I will now have to do a week of training, but I&#8217;ve been keeping fit over the summer, so hopefully I will get the shirt on.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Woodgate, who has signed an initial one-year contract at the Britannia Stadium, recalled when the problems with his pelvis began, in the 9-1 drumming against Wigan at White Hart Lane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He continued: &#8220;I had numerous operations and finally got back last year, but because I hadn&#8217;t got a pre-season under my belt I kept getting little niggles. It was a nightmare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;But you have to be optimistic. The medical team at Stoke is really good and their record in the Premier League is second to none.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to take it one step at a time, and the most important thing is to try to get into their first team first, which won&#8217;t be easy because they&#8217;ve got a strong squad.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Woodgate claims he had numerous contract offers from other clubs after being released by Tottenham, but says he shunned them after speaking to Tony Pulis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He continued: &#8220;I decided to go for a fresh challenge and spoke to Tony Pulis a few times,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He sold me the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;There were a few other clubs interested, but Stoke are in the Premier League, they reached the FA Cup final and got into Europe.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/18\/2580017\/jonathan-woodgate-vows-not-to-rush-stoke-city-debut\" title=\"Jonathan Woodgate vows not to rush Stoke City debut\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Woodgate vows not to rush Stoke City debut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ross Jackson 18 Jul 2011 13:41:00 Jonathan Woodgate, Tottenham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Jonathan Woodgate says he will not be rushed into making his debut for Stoke . The ex-England international says he wants a week of fitness training under his belt before potentially playing against Brentford on Friday evening or Aldershot the following day. If he does play in either of the two games this week, he will make his Stoke debut barely a year after a surgeon told him he would require a metal insert in his groin to support his injured pelvis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jonathan Woodgate vows not to rush Stoke City debut - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/jonathan-woodgate-vows-not-to-rush-stoke-city-debut\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Jonathan Woodgate vows not to rush Stoke City debut - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ross Jackson 18 Jul 2011 13:41:00 Jonathan Woodgate, Tottenham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Jonathan Woodgate says he will not be rushed into making his debut for Stoke . 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