Jaqen Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 37 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Heart skipped a beat reading the Wood crack, frantically scrolled back, assuming he's linked with a move out. He isn't being sold, then. Bah. Forest were being linked with him yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, SteV said: This is such a mental stance to take. He obviously contributed. Considerably. Did he bollocks, I couldn't wait for Wilson to get fit, Wood was stale. It's another opinion, that differs to others, I knew we'd be back here with this chat, everyone was done with Wood after his howler against Sheffield. Now its the classic, he kept us up, give over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 32 minutes ago, Away Toon said: If we had paid 10m for Wood we would have overpaid, the fact we paid 25m was ridiculous and has set a nasty precedent for the club. Have we overpaid for anyone since? Isak perhaps, but he could well go on to be top class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeB Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, mighty__mag said: Did he bollocks, I couldn't wait for Wilson to get fit, Wood was stale. It's another opinion, that differs to others, I knew we'd be back here with this chat, everyone was done with Wood after his howler against Sheffield. Now its the classic, he kept us up, give over. We were terrible, he signed, we almost immediately became good. He played almost every game. It's obviously a lot more complex than that, but to suggest we stayed up in spite of him is a pretty wild take. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just now, mighty__mag said: Did he bollocks, I couldn't wait for Wilson to get fit, Wood was stale. It's another opinion, that differs to others, I knew we'd be back here with this chat, everyone was done with Wood after his howler against Sheffield. Now its the classic, he kept us up, give over. Whether everyone is now “done” with him or not is entirely irrelevant to the fact that he played a major part in us staying up, which, really, was 90%+ of what he was signed for. Pretending that he didn’t is utterly ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Mike said: There's no way you don't get porn if you pop that into Bing. Re: Maddison Summer, and you're absolutely right. Though her surname is "Summers", apparently, and now I need to send an apology email to our IT department. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I'm not sure what you think he did that was such a factor, I'm not that convinced. But that's fine. I've enjoyed, considerably, and now major . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Chris_R said: Re: Maddison Summer, and you're absolutely right. Though her surname is "Summers", apparently, and now I need to send an apology email to our IT department. Holy shit it really did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 The revisionism is mental regarding Chris Wood. We were a side who couldn’t keep the ball out of our own box, nothing was sticking further up the pitch. We also had a major injury to Wilson (v Man Utd iirc). He gave us a focal point to get further up and pitch and get the results needed to reach safety, whether it was the few goals he scored or just general link up play leading to an assist. Just keep in mind that the hard work was done by the time Wilson returned. Just because he’s been exposed as a weak link in how we’re playing now, does not dismiss his contribution. His fee was/is irrelevant because without him coming in we could be playing in the Championship right now. It’s that simple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 We’d have to sign another striker for this to happen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just now, James said: We’d have to sign another striker for this to happen Win win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 If Wood does leave I personally would be going all out for Marcus Thuram. Can play centrally as well as wide, and wouldn't cost the earth as not long left on his contract. Would likely want a pretty high p/w salary to come here in Jan mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Jack27 said: Loan's no good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 minute ago, sempuki said: Loan's no good. 5 mil loan fee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 minute ago, sempuki said: Loan's no good. A loan with an obligation to buy, at just say 18m or so would be very good business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 minute ago, sempuki said: Loan's no good. I'd be ok with a loan that has an obligation to buy should they stay up. They seem to be find their feet now, should have enough to stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, sempuki said: Loan's no good. depends on the fee and if there's an obligation or option to buy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, sushimonster85 said: If Wood does leave I personally would be going all out for Marcus Thuram. Can play centrally as well as wide, and wouldn't cost the earth as not long left on his contract. Would likely want a pretty high p/w salary to come here in Jan mind. Has already said he doesn’t want to come here, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Is Goncalo Ramos out of our reach now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I don’t see us letting him go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Forest signed Gibbs-White, Dennis and Awoniyi for god knows how much in the summer and here they are allegedly trying to get Chris Wood in on loan. Wood must have been impressive for us… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: The revisionism is mental regarding Chris Wood. We were a side who couldn’t keep the ball out of our own box, nothing was sticking further up the pitch. We also had a major injury to Wilson (v Man Utd iirc). He gave us a focal point to get further up and pitch and get the results needed to reach safety, whether it was the few goals he scored or just general link up play leading to an assist. Just keep in mind that the hard work was done by the time Wilson returned. Just because he’s been exposed as a weak link in how we’re playing now, does not dismiss his contribution. His fee was/is irrelevant because without him coming in we could be playing in the Championship right now. It’s that simple. This. Strikers can be successful without scoring goals. Emile Heskey got 7 in 62 for England but was vital for the overall play of the team. Without Wood last year, we could have been in a world of shit. Also considering Wood has played 35 league games (Not all starts, obviously, but many were) over the past year for a team who have consistently had top 4 form for that time, are any of his detractors seriously saying that they think if we'd just not played him we'd have done better? Or even the same? Or even close? Or if you think we should have signed someone else for that money who would have done at least as good, who? Who would have come to us rooted as we were to the foot of the table? Long or even medium term, I want us to move on from Wood. He's not going to score the goals we need or want for where we want to be. But he did a necessary if unglamorous job over the last 12 months and I bear him no ill will at all*. (*I confess I may have screamed some obscenities for a good 30 seconds when vs Sheff Wed he launched Joelinton's perfect through ball past the orbiting International Space Station) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I mean the argument we'd have been relegated without Wood (if you believe that) only really works on the basis that we'd have been relegated without a striker and he was the only possible striker we could have signed. His general play was really poor. Barely any goal threat, slow and sluggish, struggled to win headers and with hold up play. He contributed more defensively and pressed fairly well more than anything he offered going forward. Eddie, Joelintons transformation, singing a world class centre midfielder and rightback along with two defenders that never really put a foot wrong played a bigger part in us staying up than Wood. Worrying about his fee is abit pointless anyway, we've obviously overpaid loads but it was a desperation signing that we aren't going to repeat and £25m is nowt in the long run. He seems a nice lad but shouldn't really have a future here after this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) It’s a bit far saying we’d be in the championship without Chris Wood like. Howe is great at taking the strengths of players who are willing to work hard and finding a tactical use for them. If we never got Wood I’m pretty confident he would have sussed a new plan out. The route Howe did go down though, Wood was obviously an important part of it. Edited January 18, 2023 by Hanshithispantz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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