Boumsong

These are notes taken from the uk.sport.football.clubs.newcastle-united newsgroup:

"Boumsong

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Any good then? Worth 8M? How does he compare to Woodgate.
--I'm lovin' it
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he looked better today, seemed to hold his own against henry and bramble seems to look/play a bit better alongside him. Still to early to form an opinion really though, as he's only played a couple of games and now looks like he's injured and could miss a fewmore. Doubt he'll be as good as Woodgate was when he played, but you can always hope.
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comparing the two isn't fair..... but one thing they do have in common atthe moment..... they are both injured"

I'm not sure, but there is huge potential; he does have the prototype central defender body that seems to be emerging these days in the like of Sol Campbell followed by Ferdinand and King. He's also entering a club not at full throttle.

Work in progress, with a lot of upside. They did the right thing to take a stab at replacing the hole Woodgate left. Too many clubs spend only on front men.