Quote Originally Posted by mazadona10 View Post
Also.how his career ended he still had more to give.
No he didn't. He was shot.

He divided opinion during his first couple of seasons with us, then scored 25 goals in one season, scored spectacular goals from anywhere and was one of the best in the business. Malky tried turning him into a hard working centre midfielder and he probably wasn't the same.

When we won promotion in 2012/13, there were cries from City fans to rest him in the run in as he wasn't being effective. He did get a rest at the end of the season. He was average in the Premier League and didn't live up to his previous brilliance in the Championship after we were relegated.

He was a regular under Slade, yet once Warnock took over, his game time became far more limited, starting only 8 of our last 23 games that season. He divided opinion once more, where some felt his ability with set pieces outweighed his limited ability in centre midfield, where his passing was slow, tackling was feeble and his running and movement almost non-existent. His legs had gone. It was sad to see a legend like Whitts reduced to being a corner taker.

At Blackburn he failed to make much of an early impact and faded into retirement. Warnock got the Whittingham situation spot on. He wasn't missed when he left for Rovers. In fact, we scored more goals from set pieces after Whitts left.

We're best off remembering Whitts during the Dave Jones years, when he was incredible.