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It's strange, I always fancied him to score whenever I watched him in recent years, never really noticed him on the pitch much, but he usually popped up with a goal.

 

But for us he's looked like an absolute donkey.

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3 minutes ago, Sean said:

His FB Scout report (the ones that show Guimaraes as being a god at most things), makes for absolutely tragic viewing. Literally the only thing he is good at is winning aerial duels.

It is quite the conundrum that people think he is amazing.

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1 minute ago, worthy said:

It is quite the conundrum that people think he is amazing.

Nobody has said he's amazing, have they? He has the record of a reliable goalscorer, that's it. It's been widely acknowledged that relying on him is a risk. But even if he doesn't get his 1 in 3 he is still an important presence in how the team will attack.

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5 minutes ago, Sean said:

His FB Scout report (the ones that show Guimaraes as being a god at most things), makes for absolutely tragic viewing. Literally the only thing he is good at is winning aerial duels.

Why are people now trying to shoot down Wood.    His record shows for the past 4 seasons he averages 10+ goals a season.  Last season he had a slow start and then picked up in the second half of season.

 

Its clear that Wood wasn't their 1st choice - they reacted and then tried to get another striker in.    

 

Like it or not he is a NUFC striker now - the alternative is Gayle - wonder what his stats are for the past 4 years.........anyone, anyone, anyone.............

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14 minutes ago, TRon said:

It's strange, I always fancied him to score whenever I watched him in recent years, never really noticed him on the pitch much, but he usually popped up with a goal.

 

But for us he's looked like an absolute donkey.

 

Burnley played to his strengths and used him correctly. He seemed a bit of a strange fit for how we set up though, as he is a poacher that thrives on crosses, something we don't do. So he is basically stuck up on his own to win headers (but we have nobody around him to get on to the flick ons). his play is pretty limited, but we don't play to his strengths which isn't helping him. I don't think he is looking like a donkey as much as we are just not using him in the right way. If we had brought someone in with some pace who could play off him, he would probably be much more useful. Wonder if Howe will do that once Wilson is back.

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46 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Is he back in the country yet?

 

49 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

We don’t play for a week so could still be back in time regardless.

 

If he's in NZ, we won't be seeing him for another 2 weeks with their isolation guidance times.

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4 minutes ago, neesy111 said:

 

 

If he's in NZ, we won't be seeing him for another 2 weeks with their isolation guidance times.

 

Oh dear. Not good news if so. Literally a day after transfer deadline day we could be strikerless. Ridiculous.

 

 

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Just now, The Prophet said:

 

It seems the affected players are isolating in Dubai.

 

Hopefully short isolation period.

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54 minutes ago, reefatoon said:

 

Burnley played to his strengths and used him correctly. He seemed a bit of a strange fit for how we set up though, as he is a poacher that thrives on crosses, something we don't do. So he is basically stuck up on his own to win headers (but we have nobody around him to get on to the flick ons). his play is pretty limited, but we don't play to his strengths which isn't helping him. I don't think he is looking like a donkey as much as we are just not using him in the right way. If we had brought someone in with some pace who could play off him, he would probably be much more useful. Wonder if Howe will do that once Wilson is back.

 

In theory you would have thought that was the role of ASM and Fraser, but that's now how it's played out. ASM is more about doing his own stuff, and Fraser is usually too deep, neither am I sure he still has any pace worth talking about.

 

Will be interesting to see if how he works with Bruno in the side, as that should allow us to get further up the pitch which means he's not so isolated.

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