Find it quite astonishing that folk can say that based on 33 games. How come it took 14 months post-injury to announce his retirement?
With similar figures, many still say Woodgate was the best defender we had in the modern era.
That's a fair point to some extent. I don't agree with them, like. Albert gets the nod from me. And there's a big difference between best defender of the modern era, and best player ever.
Of course, the fans of that era could only have seen Green play a maximum of 33 games, but probably far less. We all saw Woodgate star at Leeds, and then do OK after leaving us, which contributes to his reputation.