Chris Wood (now playing for Nottingham Forest)

[Guest neesy111]

4 hours ago, SUPERTOON said:

Even if it wasn’t a pen, the first goal wasn’t offside so it’s even.

 

Except it was.

 

[huss9]

fuck them.

after the VAR debacle at chelsea, we deserved this one.

anyway, whether or not Wood played for it, it was a foul. keeper comes diving in getting no where near the ball.

[LFEE]

6 hours ago, The Prophet said:

 

It's a Vardy special. Get yourself between ball and player and wait for the inevitable foul.

You mean inevitable contact. Not a foul. Hence why it’s never a penalty. VAR giving it just shows what a waste of time it is as it was with Murphy against Chelsea.

[The Prophet]

4 minutes ago, LFEE said:

You mean inevitable contact. Not a foul. Hence why it’s never a penalty. VAR giving it just shows what a waste of time it is as it was with Murphy against Chelsea.

 

If a player goes through the man to win the ball though, its a foul.

[80]

18 minutes ago, neesy111 said:

 

Except it was.

 

To me, it's the same conversation as the penalty. According to the modern implementation of offside rule, it was offside so no complaints, but I think morally it (and VAR generally) is stupid and lessens the game.

[LFEE]

9 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

If a player goes through the man to win the ball though, its a foul.

The ball was gone and flying out of play. He didn’t go through him. He dragged his legs to force contact when he could’ve easily just carried on running as normal.

 

If your not going to accept it wasn’t a penalty then that’s up to you and a reason why referees and VAR can never ultimately get it right because people have different ideas.

 

If you did what Wood did playing against me in a Red v Blue game you’d be laughed at ?

[The Prophet]

4 minutes ago, LFEE said:

The ball was gone and flying out of play. He didn’t go through him. He dragged his legs to force contact when he could’ve easily just carried on running as normal.

 

If your not going to accept it wasn’t a penalty then that’s up to you and a reason why referees and VAR can never ultimately get it right because people have different ideas.

 

If you did what Wood did playing against me in a Red v Blue game you’d be laughed at ?

 

I don't like it or approve of it, as it's still a form of gamesmanship, but it's still a foul.

 

When Vardy pulls clear, then slows down and waits for the defender To bundle into the back of him, the defender still commits a foul. It's up to the defending player to ensure they don't go lunging in.

[Eveready]

If he hurdles the challenge then there's no way his feet are planted in time to get that ball before it goes out for a goal kick and the goalkeeper benefits massively from his own mistake.  Pen all day.

[WillingtonMag]

Was an absolute blatant penalty can't believe its even being discussed.

[Happinesstan]

59 minutes ago, 80 said:

That's it basically. The authorities have happily driven the game into the dirt for this sort of thing, so we either get dirty or get beat. I don't like it, and want it to be changed, but until it is, Wood played it right last night.

Maybe now we're exploiting it, things will change.

[Happinesstan]

21 minutes ago, Eveready said:

If he hurdles the challenge then there's no way his feet are planted in time to get that ball before it goes out for a goal kick and the goalkeeper benefits massively from his own mistake.  Pen all day.

Exactly. I know it's a bit much for the average referee to consider, but Wood's first touch is necessitated by the keeper's decision to come out, if the keeper then fucks up, it's a pen, in my eyes.

[Slim]

Also had it not been offside he scores two

[LFEE]

9 minutes ago, Slim said:

Also had it not been offside he scores two

Just seen the offside. Very harsh. They are level the way I see it and should be given just as Villa’s should’ve against us and so on and so on…

[The Prophet]

Playing off the shoulder to win the penalty, he isn't a target man.

[McDog]

9 hours ago, WillingtonMag said:

Was an absolute blatant penalty can't believe its even being discussed.

 

 

 

Agree. If the keeper comes out and nails his ass and doesn't touch the ball, then that is completely on him.

 

It was an obvious Pen.

 

 

[Thiago]

As I said elsewhere, still crazy to me that VAR won't think to involve itself at Stamford Bridge but will chirp up when Wood scores the most Wood goal possible. 

[r0cafella]

Was a stone wall penalty weather he was looking for it or not is irrelevant. Sa didn’t get the ball and got the man. 

[Guest]

On 09/04/2022 at 08:40, The Butcher said:

There would have been some right fewm on here had Harry Kane done the same last week.

 

Aye, it's a pen, but I still don't like. I know it's a massive part of the game now, the cheating, diving, gamesmanship and all that.

It’s a penalty and if Wood doesn’t go down like he does, he doesn’t get it. If he hurdles him it’s likely a goal-kick, if keeper doesn’t come out and slides in, there’s a chance of a shot at goal.

[prefabtoon]

It was karma after woods 1st goal was ruled offside. 

[joeyt]

Thought it was a stonewaller of a penalty. He doesn't have to try and hurdle the challenge if the keeper comes flying out like that imo

[Abacus]

You're allowed to draw a foul. There's nothing even unsportsmanlike about it, it's just another way of beating your opponent.

 

Grealish did it all the time for Villa.

 

I was chuffed for Wood - had a few decent touches prior to that too. He does seem better playing it on the deck than as a header-merchant.

[Joey Linton]

23 hours ago, WillingtonMag said:

Was an absolute blatant penalty can't believe its even being discussed.

It's being discussed because some people don't want to give Wood any credit for getting it. Simple as that. 

[WillingtonMag]

14 minutes ago, Joey Linton said:

It's being discussed because some people don't want to give Wood any credit for getting it. Simple as that. 

Aye that had crossed my mind as well to be fair.

[morpeth mag]

16 minutes ago, Joey Linton said:

It's being discussed because some people don't want to give Wood any credit for getting it. Simple as that. 

Agree. Two other things to note:

As soon as Joelinton breaks into space Wood sprints to get on the shoulder of the defender.

It is a well timed pass and run that takes out the defender and draws SA into a challenge.

Wood has had an indifferent start but had some good moments on Friday.

[McDog]

Also note Maxi’s great back heel started it all.