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3 minutes ago, Manxst said:

So why didn’t he get more last season? 

Too much expectation, too much desire to contribute. Give him a full pre-season, without a relegation battle running alongside, and he'll be a good contributor.

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20 minutes ago, Happinesstan said:

No reason Wood can't get 8-10 goals as back-up to Wilson.

 

I certainly think he could be better than he was last season. I do think we'll need to use him a bit differently though, I don't think his hold up and link up play is good enough for him to play as a lone striker in that 4-3-3 system we used most of last season.

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Expect things to be quiet for the next little bit as suggested in the press. Sure we will get our rumour of the day, every day, but I think Ekitike is still on the table if his agents sort themselves out. Think we are seeing how the market it is with the RW and strikers. Clearly we like Diaby and Raphinha but they might have to come later in the window.

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      Wood didn't set the world on fire for a number of reasons.  Still the club stabilized it's form and impressively pushed forward without him bagging goals.  I think, given the same run in a similar situation this year, that he could score 4 to 6 goals.   Hopefully it doesn't come to that.  I think the plan is to sign a young forward and play him and Wood in cup games and sub for Wilson to reduce his risk of injury.  We had no one after Wilson last year, no one.  Still a long way to go in this window.                

 

 

 

 

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I think we’ll get a striker, a RW and a CM and that’ll be us done for incomings after Botman. Got two months to bring in three players.

 

Main focus now has to be outgoings. Need to shift Gayle, Ritchie, Clark, Fernandez, Hendrick, Manquillo, Darlow etc.

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32 minutes ago, Happinesstan said:

15-30 mins per game with a few 90s here and there, I don't see why not.

 

 

 

Players who scored 10 goals last season:

 

Antonio (36 matches)

Dennis (33 matches)

Fernandes (36 matches)

Richarlison (30 matches)

JWP (36 matches)

Smith Rowe (33 matches)

 

Not a chance Wood gets 10 goals, even as a first choice striker.

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4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

A lot of the deadwood will go in late August. Nobody will be in a rush to sign Dwight Gayle.

 

He is still a good Championship striker who will get goals at that level.

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6 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

 

Players who scored 10 goals last season:

 

Antonio (36 matches)

Dennis (33 matches)

Fernandes (36 matches)

Richarlison (30 matches)

JWP (36 matches)

Smith Rowe (33 matches)

 

Not a chance Wood gets 10 goals, even as a first choice striker.

 

 

Wood's only job next season will be to provide cover if and when Wilson gets injured. Hopefully we'll have someone in before then who will put him down to 3rd choice as I still think we are bringing in another striker.

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8 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

Wood's only job next season will be to provide cover if and when Wilson gets injured. Hopefully we'll have someone in before then who will put him down to 3rd choice as I still think we are bringing in another striker.

Is Howe a ‘we set up this way and let the opposition cope with it’ kind of manager, or a ‘different formations and tactics for different opposition’ type? If latter then Wood may still be a sometimes starter (all based on Eddies’s rating of him). 

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13 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

Is Howe a ‘we set up this way and let the opposition cope with it’ kind of manager, or a ‘different formations and tactics for different opposition’ type? If latter then Wood may still be a sometimes starter (all based on Eddies’s rating of him). 

The former normally but will alter his team to play certain sides. He did that against Chelsea once where he changed systems and played fraser as wingback and they beat them 3-0

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