Chris Wood (now playing for Nottingham Forest)

[SUPERTOON]

 

[Coffee_Johnny]

haere ra, Chris ? 

[NE27]

6 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

 

 

Here, Eddie, stop fucking around and blueballing us man 

 

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[HawK]

Letting him go before we have a replacement lined up/in is dangerous from a financial perspective, it weakens our buying position, however I trust the club.

 

I also agree that for the princely sum of £15m and taking Wood off of us, they can now be called Nottm Forrest.

 

Thanks Chris, you were a donkey but you did let the ball hit you on the head sometimes. For that I guess I'm grateful for your presence in our Lazurus-esque resurrection in the past 12 months.

[Mazzy]

Basically way too good a deal to turn down for a player that probably would have left in the summer anyway. Frees up a sqaud place that we now need to fill ideally with a midfielder first and foremost.

[SUPERTOON]

Yeah sounds like it was too good to turn down and unexpected so no replacement lined up.

[Disco]

Sickening that so-called Eddie Howe didn’t call him vermin and the worst player ever. Howe OUT for me.

[St1pe]

I wonder how much the FA cup miss sealed his fate. Although it sounds like financially it was too good to turn down for a 3rd choice striker. 

[Joseph]

Howe clearly isn’t comfortable with his departure. Unless people have convinced themselves that he’s simply playing mind games/4D chess in the press etc.

[Pilko]

Getting £15m back considering his age and recent goalscoring form is a hell of a result tbh.

 

Wish him well & would definitely rather Forest stop up this season then the likes of Everton, Southampton, West Ham etc.

[Joseph]

Will be interesting when the actual terms of the deal are made public and how well the “very likely to meet the terms required for sale” crack ages.

[Coffee_Johnny]

Just now, Joseph said:

Howe clearly isn’t comfortable with his departure. Unless people have convinced themselves that he’s simply playing mind games/4D chess in the press etc.

He is being a decent and fair human being. As we would expect. Focusing on the positives of what Wood has contributed. My read is that it opens the door for a different kind and better forward player. He’ll be delighted if he gets his man (one close to top of list). We need someone, not just want, but no guarantees is all he’s saying. 

[IzzyIsak]

Is it a certain number of appearances to trigger the 15 mil?

[llcoolc157]

Would love to see Wood go on a scoring run that ends up sending the scouse Mackams down…. That would be a nice outcome…

[Sean]

We've done amazingly well to get rid of such a limited player. Shouldn't be difficult to find an improvement. Hopefully we can repeat the trick with a few others ASAP also.

[Nine]

Any details on how much of his wage they will be paying? If he was on the 80-100k reported then even if Forest pay half of that during his loan period it should open the door up FFP wage wise to a signing.

[JonBez comesock]

8 minutes ago, IzzyIsak said:

Is it a certain number of appearances to trigger the 15 mil?

If it is ….they will restrict this so not to pay the trigger 

 

Yesterday reports were all triggers had to be met , however today Keith downie said this ….

[JonBez comesock]

Just now, JonBez comesock said:

If it is ….they will restrict this so not to pay the trigger 

 

Yesterday reports were all triggers had to be met , however today Keith downie said this ….

Contract? Longer 

[Kanj]

Ain’t a chance in hell Ashworth and Eales would allow a player to be sold that hasn’t been approved by Howe. 
 

Get the sense that 1) the deal was too good to turn down 2) Howe approved it on the condition that we get a replacement by window-end 3) the club may or may not have someone lined up but they’ve importantly been given the green light by the ownership to spend money on it 

[La Parka]

Good luck. Hope he thrives 

[christ]

£15m for a fringe player on a massive wage, the wrong side of 30 and with 18 months left on their deal is far too good to turn down.

 

I hope he does well. Seemed like a great bloke. That transfer fee was like a millstone around his neck though. He always looked under pressure.

[STM]

Yeah Howe basically confirmed Wood was getting an extra year at Forest, meaning he's almost certainly staying permanently.

[KaKa]

2 hours ago, SUPERTOON said:

Yeah sounds like it was too good to turn down and unexpected so no replacement lined up.

 

Howe said we have a pool of players we like as far as replacements are concerned, but obviously he can't guarantee how negotiations will go for any of those options. So wouldn't say no replacements lined up. Just a matter of if we can land any of them.