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While I believe Burnley has a better player replacing him, they are at the moment the least of our threats in the relegation battle. We're better off with Wood up front than any other options available to us. I think he'll get us a couple of crucial goals by end of the season and he'll have done what we needed him to do in order to stay up which ultimately justifies the fee that was paid.

 

Yesterday was his best game for us so far. 

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back to back wins with King Wood leading the line. it’s not a coincidence.

 

he’s basically Joselu though. ultimately not good enough, but a necessary signing and he’ll do a job. obviously a good character, experienced, knows the league etc etc who gives a fuck what he cost? it’s not our problem.

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I'm not sure the chemistry is there with ASM and his hold up play isn't as good as I thought. However he does gives us a focal point and we need that. 

 

His workrate is good though. Hopefully he can get a goal soon and get a few more.

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I don't get why Howe wanted him at all tbh. Afobe, Wilson, King, Solanke, Mousset etc, all the strikers he bought at Bournemouth had mobility in their game. He's never ever used an immobile big man before. It looked a complete mismatch when we bought him and I'm even more convinced he can't hack it outside of Dycheball than ever. 

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Despite his height, it was already evident from his medical photos that he lacks a strong physique. Comes as no surprise that he isn't someone to hold the line and bring others into play.

 

That said, he's our only viable striker until the last few games. Hope he does well and contributes in other ways besides freeing ASM to play in his best position. If he can score 4 goals, it's already a considerable return on the investment.

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He is definitely struggling at the moment and he is never going to be a long term solution but I think he has been playing a more important role in the team than people are willing to give him credit for.

 

He gives us a focal point in attack and even if a lot of the headers he wins are relatively inconsequential it prevents the opposition easily getting control of errant long balls and bringing it out on the floor easily, most importantly he helps to create a bit more space for ASM to work in. If ASM stays fit, I think we will generally find a way to score even if Wood is not doing the scoring.

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3 minutes ago, xLiaaamx said:

I don't get why Howe wanted him at all tbh. Afobe, Wilson, King, Solanke, Mousset etc, all the strikers he bought at Bournemouth had mobility in their game. He's never ever used an immobile big man before. It looked a complete mismatch when we bought him and I'm even more convinced he can't hack it outside of Dycheball than ever. 

 

It's the firs time Howe has used more of a 4-3-3, which kind of came about due to a lack of options and Joelinton's performances in central midfield.

 

I can see why he was wanting a striker that could then drop deeper and help bring the midfielders into the game by being a focal point. Wood was completely the wrong choice for that though, and I'm not sure how that's all come about tbh.

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I'm betting CAA Base just told us he had a release clause after we signed Trippier and we panicked after Cambridge. Everyone was going on about the cross number in that game. As predicted that hasn't translated to the league. 

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13 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

He’s pony like, I don’t see any argument against that. Simply having a body up front is likely helping us win games, but he is not holding the ball up or troubling defenders. 

 

So we're just writing him off as shite straight away, then, despite him only being a bit meh as opposed to actually shite? Cos one argument against it is that his career record is 1 in 3, including at the highest level. 

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He's started off slow, clearly having some confidence issues. Regardless of how we play at least he can win things in air, the team has a focal point up top and it keeps ASM out wide. He could play with two left feet and lead in his boots for all I care as long as we pickup points.

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2 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

Yeah which I took some shit for saying on here, that game was an anomaly. Genuinely think Weghorst would have been the better option from what I’ve seen of the two.

 

 

 

 

In the lead up to the transfer window we were linked with Weghorst, Cabral and Maxi Gomez. All who were available for around £10 - £12 million.

 

All play with great physicality and bring others into play. I think as our league position became more precarious we have gone all in on the prem experience thing, which can be so short sighted, especially as we've seemingly done it for a striker that isn't even quite what we needed.

 

Definitely seemed to be a panic move after that Cambridge game and result.

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And to add on, he was clearly a stop gap short term signing. I’m pretty certain if we stay up we will be upgrading our CF and then woods would become third choice. 
 

Im not a fan and don’t think he’s great but he’s here to do a limited job and whilst we are get Toby the results I’m fine with it. 

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2 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

So we're just writing him off as shite straight away, then, despite him only being a bit meh as opposed to actually shite? Cos one argument against it is that his career record is 1 in 3, including at the highest level. 

 

Think he's a fairly solid striker, but not in the role we need him to play in our current setup unfortunately. Wouldn't say he's shite.

 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

Yeah he is unvaxxed, but so our some of our players. I think Weghorst is more than a lump like, he’s a decent footballer. It’s whether he can translate it to PL football but his assist last night was really good. 

 

Yeah, Weghorst is better technically and more of a traditional hold up player. Think he'd have suited us better than Wood.

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15 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

Yeah he is unvaxxed, but so our some of our players. I think Weghorst is more than a lump like, he’s a decent footballer. It’s whether he can translate it to PL football but his assist last night was really good. 

Aye, I’m sure we have a fair few who are unvaccinated. But I don’t we want to pay higher insurance premiums or set an example that we are open so signing players with this attitude. 
 

That’s not to mention the fact if he contracts covid he would be out for awhile and who knows how the long covid could go, basically a massive gamble which you can choose to take, with our current players we don’t have much of a choice in that regard. 

 

 

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19 minutes ago, ManDoon said:


I’ve always thought he was a bad player. I thought the same at burnley. One argument against that is he has 3 goals and no assists this season. I just don’t think he’s a good player. His touch is poor, and he won’t link play.
 

Yea that’s a decent record but like I said when we signed him it’s contextual. Some players fit a certain system well. I’m going off what I’ve seen of him at burnley and here. He may well score, but his overall game is really bad, I’m not sure how that’s a controversial thing to say really. 

 

 

It's not. Some people are getting annoyed that he's attracting criticism, but in the end as long as we stay in the Premier, no one will be too bothered. That doesn't mean we can't say there were better options.

 

I can understand why we bought him btw, I thought it was a shrewd signing at the time, Premier experience and a reasonable goals record. I just didn't realise how bad the rest of his game is. I'm still hopeful he'll bag a few goals before the end of the season anyway, but would rather we bought someone who's hold up play was a lot better.

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He needs to start positioning himself to nod headers down into Joe and Willock’s feet instead of flicking on as Fraser and Maxi won’t run beyond. In time Willock might do that. 
 

I think some people look at the best team at the moment (say Man City) and then judge all of our players by that perfect standard. Unless a player makes the perfect pass all the time, he’s called terrible or written off. It’s so needlessly binary. There’s a big sliding scale of playing ability. ASM is close to the top end. Wood is middle-ish. He’s not terrible and has room to improve as we learn to progress our team higher up the pitch consistently. 

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