Chris Wood (now playing for Nottingham Forest)

[Guest neesy111]

1 minute ago, gbandit said:

Not sure what they saw that I didn’t, he wasn’t awful but he wasn’t particularly good either. Outstanding? Bizarre comment 

 

I hardly heard his name mentioned for the first 30 mins of the game.

[Ben]

Sorry it was a Howe quote 

[ElDiablo]

It's a tough role to play in our side, with a general lack of midfield runners and ASM breakdancing out wide making it impossible to anticipate anything coming from him. Nevertheless he did his job to an OK degree today, causes a problem for the opposition defence who have to expect a flick on, meaning they can't squeeze up the pitch as much.

[Kid Icarus]

Thought he did what he was supposed to do in the air fairly well, but would have liked more from him positionally in the box and hold up play. There was an almost chance I'd have fancied him to bury, where a Leeds defender nicked in because the ball to him wasn't quite right, so I can definitely see him getting goals.

[Abacus]

I listened to the match on Talksport 2.

 

They seemed to think he was alright, especially towards the end of the game when we were trying to see the game out.

 

Rather have him as a focal point than not, and he definitely needs time with his new teammates.

 

Whatever, it was a decent shout just to have sent Burnley into such a flap.

[Chris_R]

He gave us some presence up front. He flicked on well and brought others into things without actually looking like he was going to score himself.

 

Overall I thought he was decent. Far better than us putting Gayle up there or playing with nobody.

 

We need to play to his strengths though if he's going to score - we need width and early crosses. Fraser might do that but ASM won't because he checks back inside too much and that's no use for a target man like Wood.

[Geordie_once_removed]

When we signed him I thought we'd paid 10 million too much. After two games I'm inclined to think it's more like 15. Not terrible but the definition of limited. I said to a mate when he signed that I thought he'd turn out to be a good, bad signing. As in that he he'll help us belly flop over the line to survival and won't mind warming the bench next year, but by God we were done over on the price!

[magorific]

41 minutes ago, number9shirt said:

I'd rather we had Wood up front for the last 2 games than nobody, that said he looks like the worst panic buy in Premier League history.

Absolute nonsense.

[Consortium of one]

I haven't been impressed.  Will rejudge in 2-1/2 weeks.

[samptime29]

The break will do him good. 2 weeks of training with his new teammates.

[Chrisjraby]

Did we even create a chance for him? Hard to judge him too harshly when he's feeding off scraps; Wilson has had similar games when he's had no service whatsoever, but he has the ability to chase down and potentially create something for himself.

 

We can't expect him to be Wilson; I still think he'll get some goals for us, but he's never going to pull up trees. Rather him than Gayle, 25 million outlay aside

[Rod]

12 minutes ago, Geordie_once_removed said:

When we signed him I thought we'd paid 10 million too much. After two games I'm inclined to think it's more like 15. Not terrible but the definition of limited. I said to a mate when he signed that I thought he'd turn out to be a good, bad signing. As in that he he'll help us belly flop over the line to survival and won't mind warming the bench next year, but by God we were done over on the price!

You shouldn't even give the price a second glance.  As soon as Wilson was injured we were in dire straits (due to the incompetence of the past management) so we were absolutely desperate for a main striker.  We now have one and our game plan can come to fruition.  A Premier league team with one striker/attacker is shocking.  Having said that Chris Wood hasn't started great but it's only two games ffs.

[MrRaspberryJam]

Haven't created much at all for him but looks a bit sluggish on the ball. Not arsed like as long as we win. 

[GeordieDazzler]

He's not looked great but just having something resembling a centre forward helps our play massively.

[GWN]

1 minute ago, Chrisjraby said:

Did we even create a chance for him? Hard to judge him too harshly when he's feeding off scraps; Wilson has had similar games when he's had no service whatsoever, but he has the ability to chase down and potentially create something for himself.

 

We can't expect him to be Wilson; I still think he'll get some goals for us, but he's never going to pull up trees. Rather him than Gayle, 25 million outlay aside

 

No we have created NOTHING for the lad, he fits nowhere into this team but he put a shift in, gives us a focal point and I don’t give a shit about the money or his return if we stay up.

 

As long as the lad tries 

[Geordie_once_removed]

11 minutes ago, Rod said:

You shouldn't even give the price a second glance.  As soon as Wilson was injured we were in dire straits (due to the incompetence of the past management) so we were absolutely desperate for a main striker.  We now have one and our game plan can come to fruition.  A Premier league team with one striker/attacker is shocking.  Having said that Chris Wood hasn't started great but it's only two games ffs.

I think we're probably saying the samething in different ways. If we survive I'm sure he'll have played a key role, so will have been a 'good' buy.

[Lush Vlad]

Really good in the air today. Certainly felt like we tried to target him more with long balls and got Fraser and ASM closer to him and trying to run off him. Willock a bit nearer the end, too. 
 

Hold up play was ok at times. But his touch looks awful a lot of the time. Often loses it when he should be favourite to get his body in. 
 

He’s a handful and will do as an option. Hoping he’s just a stop gap until we sign someone else and Wilson returns to fitness. Fingers crossed he can contribute with a few goals. 

[Thumbheed]

Shades of Shola

[Newcastle Fan]

Could've saved 25m and re-signed Andy Carroll.

[David Edgar]

Maybe there were signs of competence today.  Might just need time to get up to speed with the squad.

 

Probably scores 3 or 4 goals, no more.  We do need Wilson or someone else back sharpish.

[LiquidAK]

2 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

Maybe there were signs of competence today.  Might just need time to get up to speed with the squad.

 

Probably scores 3 or 4 goals, no more.  We do need Wilson or someone else back sharpish.

 

Agree we need WIlson back ASAP, but if he scores 3 or 4 goals between now and the end of the season that could well be enough to keep us up.

[huss9]

so obvious he's taking a little time adjusting to Howeball after years of Dycheplay.

[joeyt]

Worrying that he couldn't control a football though

 

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by joeyt

[Nine]

18 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

Really good in the air today. Certainly felt like we tried to target him more with long balls and got Fraser and ASM closer to him and trying to run off him. Willock a bit nearer the end, too. 
 

Hold up play was ok at times. But his touch looks awful a lot of the time. Often loses it when he should be favourite to get his body in. 
 

He’s a handful and will do as an option. Hoping he’s just a stop gap until we sign someone else and Wilson returns to fitness. Fingers crossed he can contribute with a few goals. 

 

Pretty much what I think, I'd add that he does add extra value to us at the minute purely for how bad our midfield is..  at times we can bypass it with longball (ugh) and use his flick ons for ASM etc. He had a couple of nice flicks from Dubs kicks today and held up the ball nicely and relieved pressure well at key moments to. Also if he gets a decent headed chance in the box hes likely to bury it, less so with his feet. 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by Nine

[Ronaldo]

All the young, pacy, talented strikers in Europe and beyond we could’ve had for £25m or so, and we end up with Chris Wood.