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Re: Chris Wood

Post by gandhisflipflop » Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:58 pm

His movement is non existent and for a big guy he is shocking at holding the ball up. He is not a lone striker who will create chances for himself so he is a waste of a shirt in this system at the moment. Also why oh why did we persist with a system that clearly wasnt working for so long? Vokes and barnes should have been on sooner and 4-4-2 should have been deployed.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:01 pm

Down_Rover wrote:If you believe the reports we tried to get Clucas and Ward-prowse, either of which would probably be enough to bulk up the numbers. One can only guess they didn’t come because they would spend too much time on the bench as I alluded to.

Just because we earned £140m it doesn’t mean we can throw money at any player. We have wages to pay which probably exceed £70m, and we did spend a fair sum

As a club we don’t have the rich benefactors or other sources of income most other prem clubs have. It will never be plain sailing but we do have to do what we can to remain financially stable
We signed a third goalkeeper which wasnt vital. We could have limped on for a game or 2 without Heaton.

We signed a centre half 12 months too late.

We signed a striker which is injured yet again.

Shocking window

Clucas didnt come because he sat down with SD and instantly SD did not like his character. Ward Prowse we were in for too late to dk a deal because we had had the same 3/4 targets for the whole transfer window and then realised we werent going to get them so changed our targets with 2 days to go because we became desperate

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Down_Rover » Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:51 pm

KRBFC wrote:So you are saying we couldn't afford £7M or so for a winger/central midfielder because we don't have a rich benefactor? That's utter bullsh**, we were bidding £16M for Rodriguez on deadline day.
It is not as black and white as that. We do have a limited budget and maybe the choice was Rodriguez, who could play in midfield in an emergency, and someone who could add to the goals tally.

of course we could have shelled out £7m or so for a midlielder who might not fit our style and spend too much time on the bench but if we had we would have no money left for a forward come january

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Down_Rover » Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:56 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:We signed a third goalkeeper which wasnt vital. We could have limped on for a game or 2 without Heaton.

We signed a centre half 12 months too late.

We signed a striker which is injured yet again.

Shocking window

Clucas didnt come because he sat down with SD and instantly SD did not like his character. Ward Prowse we were in for too late to dk a deal because we had had the same 3/4 targets for the whole transfer window and then realised we werent going to get them so changed our targets with 2 days to go because we became desperate
We bought a keeper to avoid relying on Ledgkins and a deal that made logical commercial sense. In the long run Hart will cost us nothing

Our other signings do not fall among the long term targets you refer to

Anyone can go out and spend money on extra legs but they must be the right ones at the right price and wages

Those sort of targets don’t grow on trees

We have a board who have led us through the divisions over the last few decades. They have a good track record and proved theyknow more about running a football club than most, let alone a few armchair critics
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Re: Chris Wood

Post by agreenwood » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:02 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:Totally agree. At the moment for me JBG is not doing enough to keep his shirt. Yes his set pieces are vital but in open play he is offering us nothing. Constantly running into blind alleys and seems to be believing his hype a little with the way he roams around the pitch thinking he doesnt need to put a shift in anymore.
JBG was off colour today, but I’m not sure who you’d give his shirt to. Until Brady is fit AND in form, there’s no competition for places in the wide positions.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:02 pm

Down_Rover wrote:It is not as black and white as that. We do have a limited budget and maybe the choice was Rodriguez, who could play in midfield in an emergency, and someone who could add to the goals tally.

of course we could have shelled out £7m or so for a midlielder who might not fit our style and spend too much time on the bench but if we had we would have no money left for a forward come january
What!!!!! Sign Jay Rod so he could possibly play in midfield. Surely you dont think we are that poor? Why would be waiting until Jan to sign a striker when we could have got one in this window? Decent bench players still cost decent money. We need decent bench players to give us different options if need....like today

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by gandhisflipflop » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:04 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:We signed a third goalkeeper which wasnt vital. We could have limped on for a game or 2 without Heaton.

We signed a centre half 12 months too late.

We signed a striker which is injured yet again.

Shocking window

Clucas didnt come because he sat down with SD and instantly SD did not like his character. Ward Prowse we were in for too late to dk a deal because we had had the same 3/4 targets for the whole transfer window and then realised we werent going to get them so changed our targets with 2 days to go because we became desperate
I agree with everything about that apart from the injured striker. Vydra himself said he will need a good few weeks to get to the fitness levels required.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:04 pm

agreenwood wrote:JBG was off colour today, but I’m not sure who you’d give his shirt to. Until Brady is fit AND in form, there’s no competition for places in the wide positions.
Personally think he is carrying a knock of sorts. He looked off the pace on Thursday also when he came on. Again the lack of competition comes down to what was a shocking transfer window. Before anyone jumps down my throat yes Gibson, Vydra, and Hart are all good signings but we needed more.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:06 pm

Down_Rover wrote:We bought a keeper to avoid relying on Ledgkins and a deal that made logical commercial sense. In the long run Hart will cost us nothing

Our other signings do not fall among the long term targets you refer to

Anyone can go out and spend money on extra legs but they must be the right ones at the right price and wages

Those sort of targets don’t grow on trees

We have a board who have led us through the divisions over the last few decades. They have a good track record and proved theyknow more about running a football club than most, let alone a few armchair critics
The same board that had us under a transfer embargo for not paying its bills?

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by taio » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:11 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:The same board that had us under a transfer embargo for not paying its bills?
Nope.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:13 pm

taio wrote:Nope.
He said the board that has led us through the divisions over the last few decades. We were under a transfer embargo less than a decade ago so according to him it must be the same board

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by KRBFC » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:19 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:His movement is non existent and for a big guy he is shocking at holding the ball up. He is not a lone striker who will create chances for himself so he is a waste of a shirt in this system at the moment. Also why oh why did we persist with a system that clearly wasnt working for so long? Vokes and barnes should have been on sooner and 4-4-2 should have been deployed.
We looked much better with Wood upfront on his own than we did with Barnes and Vokes, who both barely touched the ball. We tried 3 strikers, all 3 were sh*t, to me that shows the service simply wasn't good enough.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Down_Rover » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:19 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:The same board that had us under a transfer embargo for not paying its bills?
There’s me thinking we were having a debate and exchanging opinions.

And then you resort to untruths to win what you see as an argument.

Wrong. That was the board in the old division 4.

Came close after ITV digital collapse, but the board managed that disaster with absolute credit

Reading your posts, the gullible would be persuaded that our board was clueless.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by KRBFC » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:21 pm

Down_Rover wrote:It is not as black and white as that. We do have a limited budget and maybe the choice was Rodriguez, who could play in midfield in an emergency, and someone who could add to the goals tally.

of course we could have shelled out £7m or so for a midlielder who might not fit our style and spend too much time on the bench but if we had we would have no money left for a forward come january
So we could've afforded a midfielder then, why do we have to spend it on a player who doesn't fit our style or has no chance of getting into our side? Are you saying there are no footballers in the world who were available and fit our style? firstly we couldn't afford it now we have to sign crap players, you're making excuses and going around in circles.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by TVC15 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:33 pm

KRBFC - you seem to post a hell of a lot when we get beat.

Yes we could have afforded players - clearly - as we were bidding right up to the deadline.

None of us know exactly what players we were bidding for or how close or far away we were to getting them but surprisingly lots of posters like to post what they think are the details of these deals just to justify the point they are trying to make.

We had 4 players in that first eleven today who had played for England (and one on the bench). We can't be that bad a team.

This time last season after 2 games we could easily have had no points. We only beat Chelsea because Conte decided to pick someone up front who has never played again for Chelsea to try and prove a point to his owner....and then we lost the second game to WBA.

All fine margins for Burnley and for most clubs outside the top 6.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Down_Rover » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:35 pm

Please read and understand before you jump in with both feet.

We could have afforded £7/8m but why spend money on a player that would hardly play and waste the budget when we also need a striker.

What do you do to yourself to make yourself so angry?

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:35 pm

Down_Rover wrote:There’s me thinking we were having a debate and exchanging opinions.

And then you resort to untruths to win what you see as an argument.

Wrong. That was the board in the old division 4.

Came close after ITV digital collapse, but the board managed that disaster with absolute credit

Reading your posts, the gullible would be persuaded that our board was clueless.
No it wasnt. We couldnt afford to pay Utd for Chris Eagles and were put under a transfer embargo
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Re: Chris Wood

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:38 pm

Credit where it's due for Cleveley, they're a master fisherman on here.

Either that or incredibly daft..

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:39 pm

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:40 pm

Yeah we all know about the embargo but thanks for the link.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:42 pm

Down_Rover wrote:Please read and understand before you jump in with both feet.

We could have afforded £7/8m but why spend money on a player that would hardly play and waste the budget when we also need a striker.

What do you do to yourself to make yourself so angry?
Need a striker but have 6 on the books plus Agyei? Yet we play with 1 striker? And we still need a striker....think that tells its own story regards our recruitment

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:43 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:Yeah we all know about the embargo but thanks for the link.
Obviously Downrover doesnt

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by bobinho » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:55 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:We signed a third goalkeeper which wasnt vital. We could have limped on for a game or 2 without Heaton.

We signed a centre half 12 months too late.

We signed a striker which is injured yet again.

Shocking window

Clucas didnt come because he sat down with SD and instantly SD did not like his character. Ward Prowse we were in for too late to dk a deal because we had had the same 3/4 targets for the whole transfer window and then realised we werent going to get them so changed our targets with 2 days to go because we became desperate
Utter, utter swingers.

If we hadn't signed Hart, and Heaton had a reaction to an injury he may NEVER recover from, people would be screaming. The Joe Hart signing was an absolute no brainer.

12 months ago we didn't need another centre half...as last season proves to even the most stupidest of idiots.

Vydra has a knock, and it may be weeks before he's ready to take on the role of Burnley CF or No10 even without the knock.

Great window.

And if you know for a fact that your last paragraph is on the money, maybe you should consider keeping a confidence. Are you SD's wife? Where on earth did you hear that from? Really mate, don't be such a dick.
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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Dark Cloud » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:02 pm

I thought we had quite a good window, even though Hart would never have been top of (or even on) my shopping list. But that still doesn't make Wood any more mobile or control a ball better or win a header!!

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:05 pm

bobinho wrote:Utter, utter swingers.

If we hadn't signed Hart, and Heaton had a reaction to an injury he may NEVER recover from, people would be screaming. The Joe Hart signing was an absolute no brainer.

12 months ago we didn't need another centre half...as last season proves to even the most stupidest of idiots.

Vydra has a knock, and it may be weeks before he's ready to take on the role of Burnley CF or No10 even without the knock.

Great window.

And if you know for a fact that your last paragraph is on the money, maybe you should consider keeping a confidence. Are you SD's wife? Where on earth did you hear that from? Really mate, don't be such a dick.
So you are saying all clubs should operate with 3 centre halves? I think you will find in the top 2 divisions we were the only club with 3 CHs and luckily we got away with it like we did when we had no centre midfield cover a few seasons ago

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:07 pm

bobinho wrote:Utter, utter swingers.

If we hadn't signed Hart, and Heaton had a reaction to an injury he may NEVER recover from, people would be screaming. The Joe Hart signing was an absolute no brainer.

12 months ago we didn't need another centre half...as last season proves to even the most stupidest of idiots.

Vydra has a knock, and it may be weeks before he's ready to take on the role of Burnley CF or No10 even without the knock.

Great window.

And if you know for a fact that your last paragraph is on the money, maybe you should consider keeping a confidence. Are you SD's wife? Where on earth did you hear that from? Really mate, don't be such a dick.
Vydra has come through an Under 23s and from what I understand is playing again for them... not sure if that's tomorrow? Will hopefully see him on the bench next weekend, as we will most probably go 4-5-1.

And you're spot on. Covered pretty much what I did earlier on another thread, where people have slated signings or lack of through hindsight. It's a bit of a headshaker when somebody tells you something after it's happened. Yet those same people simply don't understand when you try to explain that to then.
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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:09 pm

bobinho wrote:Utter, utter swingers.

If we hadn't signed Hart, and Heaton had a reaction to an injury he may NEVER recover from, people would be screaming. The Joe Hart signing was an absolute no brainer.

12 months ago we didn't need another centre half...as last season proves to even the most stupidest of idiots.

Vydra has a knock, and it may be weeks before he's ready to take on the role of Burnley CF or No10 even without the knock.

Great window.

And if you know for a fact that your last paragraph is on the money, maybe you should consider keeping a confidence. Are you SD's wife? Where on earth did you hear that from? Really mate, don't be such a dick.
The point i was trying to make regards Hart was that we are told deals take weeks, months to complete but when we are worried we can suddenly complete deals quickly. I love the Hart signing and believe it is great business. What i am questioning is the guff of how deals take so long. If we really want a player in we can get them in quickly.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by taio » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:12 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:The point i was trying to make regards Hart was that we are told deals take weeks, months to complete but when we are worried we can suddenly complete deals quickly. I love the Hart signing and believe it is great business. What i am questioning is the guff of how deals take so long. If we really want a player in we can get them in quickly.
Can you not understand why it might have been easier and quicker to get the Hart deal done?

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:19 pm

taio wrote:Can you not understand why it might have been easier and quicker to get the Hart deal done?
The Gibson deal was exactly the same....he said he found about the interest and then 2 days he was here . Not all players and clubs are hard to deal with. I think we pin too much faith in some players and their agents and let them lead us on. We are a little naive at times i think

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Jakubclaret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:25 pm

taio wrote:Can you not understand why it might have been easier and quicker to get the Hart deal done?
Simple really, players which want to move on & more importantly clubs want to get rid it happens in a pretty much lightening speed, creativity in midfield with Jrod is completely different WBA realised the value & will probably get promoted. On a tangent from CW but point still stands. If a relegation dogfight ensues & going south time to reflect maybe.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by winsomeyen » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:29 pm

Down_Rover wrote:Problem for us is that we are not good enough as a team to carry a goal poacher.

The likes of wood and gray leave us 10 against 11 everywhere else on the pitch.

We don’t have the squad to support this type of player until Brady and Defour return with that little extra quality.

It is easy to say we should have bought an extra midfielder but we simply cannot afford it. We could only get a squad player to spend most of his time on the bench and equally short of quality or break the bank.

Roll on Brady defour and Vydra getting involved

If we cant afford to pay the going rate for a class midfielder considering the Sky money and the Gray and Keene transfers then it is fair comment to ask where all the money as gone.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by fidelcastro » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:37 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:The Gibson deal was exactly the same....he said he found about the interest and then 2 days he was here . Not all players and clubs are hard to deal with. I think we pin too much faith in some players and their agents and let them lead us on. We are a little naive at times i think
I think it's you that's the naive one on here, as your back catalogue shows.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by TVC15 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:56 pm

Cleveleys_claret wrote:The Gibson deal was exactly the same....he said he found about the interest and then 2 days he was here . Not all players and clubs are hard to deal with. I think we pin too much faith in some players and their agents and let them lead us on. We are a little naive at times i think
You "think" a lot but seem to know very little.

Do you seriously think that Burnley is the only club where players change their mind or deals get gazumped by other clubs ?

Do you not think we have done this on deals ?

Brighton thought they had signed Ward and Bristol City Andre Gray....to name just 2 deals.

It happens all the time - those people who enjoy looking for an angle to criticise the club will call us naive or amateurish. Those with a bit more perspective just see this as part of a ruthless market where players and agents have all the cards. That does not mean we have not made mistakes as clearly we have...just like every other club has.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Carport » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:03 pm

We should cut the team some slack. Against Southampton first half they totally dominated and played some great football. This was simply a bad day at the office. I do have concerns about our lack of cutting edge and also have to wonder about Wood’s fitness but let’s judge things once we’ve got say Brady and Vydra actually back playing.
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Re: Chris Wood

Post by ClaretAL » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:08 pm

There were times today where Wood was totally behind play, and 1 clear cut chance where JB got to the byline and squared it in to the 6yd line but wood was 5 yards away, and for much of the match Hendrik was our furthest forward player. I get the top scorer last year shouts, but in a Dyche squad where commitment and effort is everything, I dont see it from Wood.
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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Jakubclaret » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:46 pm

Carport wrote:We should cut the team some slack. Against Southampton first half they totally dominated and played some great football. This was simply a bad day at the office. I do have concerns about our lack of cutting edge and also have to wonder about Wood’s fitness but let’s judge things once we’ve got say Brady and Vydra actually back playing.
Agree it would have probably been a different outlook with them 2 playing Illustrates you only need a knock or 2 & the team/squad is thin on overall quality & will fall short, trying to remain positive but I think this season will be a slog, Watford are no great shakes, plenty of time to improve as a positive.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Down_Rover » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:50 pm

Dodgy witness if ever I saw one.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:07 pm

winsomeyen wrote:If we cant afford to pay the going rate for a class midfielder considering the Sky money and the Gray and Keene transfers then it is fair comment to ask where all the money as gone.
I think it's a fair comment to say you don't know how to run a multi million pound business
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Re: Chris Wood

Post by gandhisflipflop » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:13 pm

KRBFC wrote:We looked much better with Wood upfront on his own than we did with Barnes and Vokes, who both barely touched the ball. We tried 3 strikers, all 3 were sh*t, to me that shows the service simply wasn't good enough.

I think barnes and vokes needed more time and tbh this type of perfoperforce by wood isn't unique to today.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by jojomk1 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:15 pm

Haven't read through all of this thread but clearly Chris Wood does not suit the system that SD prefers, ie long ball punted up front to a striker who, he hopes, will knock the ball down to an advancing no 10
Chris Wood is actually very good in making himself available down the channels where he can make subtle runs, then turn and look for the advancing no 10, a tactic perfectly shown when Barnes scored the great goal away against WHU last season or breaking through on a super through ball to finish as well as he did at Wembley against Spurs
Today showed all that is wrong with our current set up ie Wood up front as the lone striker and tactics that mean we just aimlessly hoof the ball up there
Even when SD decided that the tactics did not suit Wood, the answer was not to play to his strengths (or those of Hendrick) but to bring on Barnes and Vokes who, quite frankly, are way past the skill set required
You either pay £15m for a guy and play to his strengths or waste a lot of time and money

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by boatshed bill » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:34 pm

I get the impression that CW would be really good at attacking the ball from about 12 to 9 yards out, and his main problem is the lack of quality ball.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by TVC15 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:47 pm

jojomk1 wrote:Haven't read through all of this thread but clearly Chris Wood does not suit the system that SD prefers, ie long ball punted up front to a striker who, he hopes, will knock the ball down to an advancing no 10
Chris Wood is actually very good in making himself available down the channels where he can make subtle runs, then turn and look for the advancing no 10, a tactic perfectly shown when Barnes scored the great goal away against WHU last season or breaking through on a super through ball to finish as well as he did at Wembley against Spurs
Today showed all that is wrong with our current set up ie Wood up front as the lone striker and tactics that mean we just aimlessly hoof the ball up there
Even when SD decided that the tactics did not suit Wood, the answer was not to play to his strengths (or those of Hendrick) but to bring on Barnes and Vokes who, quite frankly, are way past the skill set required
You either pay £15m for a guy and play to his strengths or waste a lot of time and money
Or another way of looking at it is that he’s been playing a bit sh-it recently.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by CharlieinNewMexico » Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:30 am

Down_Rover wrote:Please read and understand before you jump in with both feet.

We could have afforded £7/8m but why spend money on a player that would hardly play and waste the budget when we also need a striker.

What do you do to yourself to make yourself so angry?
Arsenal signed Guendouz from Lorient for 7m. Looked an absolute Rolls Royce against Chelsea. Only 19!!!

We're just not very adventurous.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by joey13 » Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:39 am

Probably dreaming about his proper team after there good start , he has a tattoo you know

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by Woodleyclaret » Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:47 am

To have a go at JBG for not scoring is outrageous.He creates our goals.But I agree one up front is nonsense.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by diamondpocket » Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:57 pm

ClaretAL wrote:There were times today where Wood was totally behind play, and 1 clear cut chance where JB got to the byline and squared it in to the 6yd line but wood was 5 yards away, and for much of the match Hendrik was our furthest forward player. I get the top scorer last year shouts, but in a Dyche squad where commitment and effort is everything, I dont see it from Wood.
sensed something similar in Sean's post match interview on Clarets Player where he suggested we didnt have that final urge or desire to get to some of the dangerous balls in we had yesterday. Quite an interesting interview at the end where he admitted that despite looking at the performance overall as being decent those 5 minutes were a real concern and it sounds like things are being looked at in real detail to make a difference.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by aggi » Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:31 pm

The heat maps from here https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/12847 ... d#heatmaps" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; show how isolated Wood is when he's up front by himself very little support from midfielders arriving on the edge of the box
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Re: Chris Wood

Post by KRBFC » Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:39 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:I think barnes and vokes needed more time and tbh this type of perfoperforce by wood isn't unique to today.
Lets string up our top scorer from last year then, scapegoat him. It was no different with Gray, scapegoat despite carrying the side to promotion for large spells.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by CombatClaret » Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:45 pm

CharlieinNewMexico wrote:Arsenal signed Guendouz from Lorient for 7m. Looked an absolute Rolls Royce against Chelsea. Only 19!!!

We're just not very adventurous.
In cases like those transfer fee's are irrelevant, its about where a player might want to go and for how much per week.

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Re: Chris Wood

Post by CombatClaret » Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:57 pm

A lot of people focusing on our lack of goals, I find it more worring that we let Watford ship 3 past us at home. Our defense is our strongest assest and has kept us up these last season.

PREMIER LEAGUE: A POINT PER GOAL, BUT KEEPING THEM OUT WORTH MORE
http://www.sportingintelligence.com/201 ... re-061101/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Last season we achieved an amazing 1.5 points per goal owing to how tight our defense was. I'm worried this kind of trend bucking is not sustainable long term, all it takes is a couple fewer goals scored and a couple fewer clean sheets kept and we are in trouble.

PS. This is not a endorsement to spend silly money on players.

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