Chris Wood (now playing for Nottingham Forest)

[TheInfiniteOdyssey]

[Barnes23]

Love that 

 

Reminded me of this gem from Florian Lejeune a few years back: 

 

[Kid Icarus]

[Lazarus]

9 hours ago, Barnes23 said:

Love that 

 

Reminded me of this gem from Florian Lejeune a few years back: 

 

 

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Drive out to sea then put it on a boat.

 

[huss9]

yesterday was his least effective game for us ( a polite way of putting it).

think howe has to go with willock or gayle instead of Wood against palace.

 

 

Edited April 18, 2022 by huss9

[Fantail Breeze]

Quicker this lad is flogged to some awful team like Stoke in the Championship the better. Would be disastrous if he was considered any kind of option next year, we’d have to hope he’s never needed.

 

Suppose we’ll get a few duds like this and the cash isn’t an issue anymore, but crazy to think anyone thought he’d ever be effective.

[TRC]

Hes done his job as far as I'm concerned. Give the guy a break, we are staying up he will be 3rd choice next year and seems like a good guy. 

[Bintang]

He has done his job. He was brought in to help keep us up and he has done. 

 

I hope he isnt here next year and we have far better forwards, but for now he has done what he was meant to do. 

[toontownman]

I'm fine with him being 4th choice next year (3rd if we are really restricted in spending). We need a world class striker in and an exciting young-un ideally.

 

He seems a good lad. I don't mind him sticking around for another year. That said if someone will pay 15m for him or more, I'd shift.

[Lenny]

8 hours ago, Fantail Breeze said:

Quicker this lad is flogged to some awful team like Stoke in the Championship the better. Would be disastrous if he was considered any kind of option next year, we’d have to hope he’s never needed.

 

Suppose we’ll get a few duds like this and the cash isn’t an issue anymore, but crazy to think anyone thought he’d ever be effective.

There are a number of players at the club currently that either shouldn't or can't be "flogged" at the first opportunity, for various reasons, and should be demoted to a squad player as we look to improve in the immediate future. Wood is one of those players.

 

I'm not a fan of his, at all in fact, but calling his use under the conditions we hope are the case next season disastrous is pretty negligent of context. It stands to reason that bringing a single squad player in at any one time, to an organised, quality team will likely result in improved performance from them given that they have better players surrounding them than what we're seeing now. Wood will be given that chance, and if he doesn't fulfil it, he'll rightfully be moved on.

 

Wood may well be ineffective for us a times (a lot of the time), but equally, what are we doing to accommodate his strengths, or any centre forward's strengths for that matter? We're hardly putting chance after chance on a plate for him. The reality of our squad is that whilst the effort and organisation has improved immeasurably, the lack of quality across the pitch is still hugely evident; we're largely getting by on unbelievable team spirit and wave of momentum.  I'd expect that when we have more than just ASM that can create something, we'll see more chances afforded to the striker(s).

[Dr Jinx]

He's a 25 million Daryl Murphy/Sibierski hybrid. Good lad though and he's won us points since coming here. Very happy to have him as one of 4 options for next season.

 

Next season it would be nice if he was the option to bring on if we're trying to see a game out etc..

[GeordieDazzler]

I have no doubts he’ll score when presented with chances but his lack of pace means he’s rarely getting in those positions. He’s under no illusions as to the situation and think he’s just enjoying his 6 months playing in front of a massive crowd. 
 

Functionally we operate better as a team with a CF and he has filled that gap, we overpaid but it was a means to an end and if as appears likely we have avoided relegation then it’s clearly been a price worth paying. 
 

Club has been smart with the 2.5 year deal, he’ll be 3rd/4th choice next season and he knows that, but at lest he won’t end up here in perpetuity like Clark etc who should have been moved on after they’d achieved promotion and survival. 

[andyc35i]

He’s a far better 3rd choice option than Dwight Gayle in my opinion. Let’s hope we get that top level striker in with Wilson and Wood coming off the bench

[WillingtonMag]

Think he will score tomorrow night me.

[80]

4 as an attacker, 7 in defence. But we didn't buy him as a defender...

[Miercoles]

Saved a goal with that header in our box today. The defender, I think it was Targett, was completely beaten. You could tell how big it was because Dubravka went nuts after.

[Happinesstan]

While he hasn't set the world on fire, he is possibly the most important signing we made in Jan. If Wilson had stayed fit things would be different, but the difference he made to our team shape against Watford, compared to what we put out against Cambridge, stopped a rot and provided a latform to build upon.

Wlson stays fit we take our time getting in cover, but the decision to move quickly for Wood was inspired.

[ponsaelius]

His signing in January was absolutely essential in giving the team a coherent shape and structure. And yet at the same time he's also the player we'd benefit most from replacing with somebody of real quality. 

[jackyboy]

Prolific he isn't but he has been an essential cog in the wheel alongside our other new signings. If you remember, we tried hard to sign another striker but there just weren't any available do we brought in Wood. He gives the side balance for the way we are having to play.

Wood knows that he will probably be a squad player next season but what were his options. Stay at Burnley and probably get relegated then play in the championship. He's come here, no doubt on much bigger wages, a cut from the transfer fee,playing in front of capacity crowds every week and being a part of a big project.  A no brained and him and his family will be set up for life.

Unlike other big signings, he gives it his all and without him we may not have had the success that we have enjoyed.

 

[Happinesstan]

Just now, jackyboy said:

Wood knows that he will probably be a squad player next season

And yet his commitment to take us to the level that renders him obsolete, is clear to see.

[Happinesstan]

If Wood doesn't sign, we lose to Watford, IMO. The draw was disappointing enough, but the performance was encouraging. If we'd lost the mood would have been a lot worse. No way we beat Leeds. Our bonding session then becomes a troubleshooting exercise, and we're fucked. Burn and Bruno rushed into a team low on confidence would have been disastrous.

 

 

Edited April 22, 2022 by Happinesstan

[samptime29]

On 19/04/2022 at 04:26, toontownman said:

I'm fine with him being 4th choice next year (3rd if we are really restricted in spending). We need a world class striker in and an exciting young-un ideally.

 

He seems a good lad. I don't mind him sticking around for another year. That said if someone will pay 15m for him or more, I'd shift.

 

He is a perfectly acceptable sub striker imo.

[80]

2 hours ago, Happinesstan said:

If Wood doesn't sign, we lose to Watford, IMO. The draw was disappointing enough, but the performance was encouraging. If we'd lost the mood would have been a lot worse. No way we beat Leeds. Our bonding session then becomes a troubleshooting exercise, and we're fucked. Burn and Bruno rushed into a team low on confidence would have been disastrous.

 

 

 

This is the way to think.

[geordie_b]

2 hours ago, Happinesstan said:

If Wood doesn't sign, we lose to Watford, IMO. The draw was disappointing enough, but the performance was encouraging. If we'd lost the mood would have been a lot worse. No way we beat Leeds. Our bonding session then becomes a troubleshooting exercise, and we're fucked. Burn and Bruno rushed into a team low on confidence would have been disastrous.

 

 

 

 

Yeah but on the flipside we could have signed Weghorst and been in Europe now

[Unbelievable]

2 hours ago, Happinesstan said:

While he hasn't set the world on fire, he is possibly the most important signing we made in Jan. If Wilson had stayed fit things would be different, but the difference he made to our team shape against Watford, compared to what we put out against Cambridge, stopped a rot and provided a latform to build upon.

Wlson stays fit we take our time getting in cover, but the decision to move quickly for Wood was inspired.

 

Not having that at all like.

 

Wood has been the least influential January signing I would say, and by some distance. Trippier has brought stealiness, leadership, defensive stealiness and goals. Targett the same on the other side minus the goals. Burn has massively strengthened our weakest area. Bruno has brought our midfield play to a new level. Wood by contrast has made a nuisance of himself up front and battled hard, but we still miss Wilson massively and nobody in their right mind would consider him as a first choice striker going forward.

 

Considering the fact that Howe has managed to get a tune of unlikely players like Shelvey, Fraser, Kraft, etc. it would have been interesting to see how Dwight Gayle could have done. I appreciate that Wood has contributed to us becoming a much better side since he arrived, but it's been mostly graft and allowing us to play a certain shape. In terms of actual attacking play he's sadly not offered what I would have expected from a 25m forward with proven PL pedigree. He just joins a long list of bang average NUFC forwards we have had to rely on in recent years and it's the very first position we need to upgrade in the summer.