Chris Wood's goalscoring record at Burnley

[TVC15]

Good player but wish he could pick it up at halfway line, turn on a sixpence, beat 8 men and smash into the top corner more than he does.

Would also be good if instead of scoring 14 goals a season if he could score say...44 goals a season.

Plenty of room for improvement for me.

[Sarum]

Good player but wish he could pick it up at halfway line, turn on a sixpence, beat 8 men and smash into the top corner more than he does.

Would also be good if instead of scoring 14 goals a season if he could score say...44 goals a season.

Plenty of room for improvement for me.

Quite!

Seriously though, it's been evident for a while that fans get frustrated with him for being caught offside quite a lot. And it's very easy to blame the player himself for this.

But maybe we could look at it differently: Premier league coaches know full well that this is a tactic that Sean is likely to employ against them (because history shows that there's a reasonable chance of it paying off sometimes). Ahead of a fixture against us they are bound to drill their defences to know how to deal with this particular threat. Most experienced Premier League defenders will have learned by now exactly how to read that we're about to launch it to him and will make absolutely sure they're ready to catch him offside. So it could be argued that it's less about CW's timing and speed etc and more about opponents knowing how to counter the tactic.

The downside of the tactic, though, is that it can stop a breakaway attack from building any further And, if the free kick is near the halfway line, then it results in the opposition taking possession and being able to set up more pressure on our defence.

[MACCA]

It's a dilemma.

On one hand Wood scores quite often but the football isn't great.

On the other Vydra isn't prolific so far but gets the team playing good football. Brings others into play much more.

Imagine if the PL allowed us to play Wood AND Vydra.

The first half v Palace was a cracking watch, some lovely stuff played.

[Ashingtonclaret46]

You only miss chances if you get yourself in a position to score them. He doesn't hide, even when things are not going his way and his goal return per matches played is very good.

[mdd2]

And yesterday showed us why he is a good 'un with more to come. Nothing one footed about that goal.

[CryerBFC]

Will never forget that goal he scored for Leicester against us which feels like a long time ago!

Wouldn’t mind seeing a few more of those long distance efforts, he’s certainly got a good strike in his locker. He’s been a great signing and as others have said, one of the first on the team sheet when fit

[buzzclarets79]

Get a RB like Trippier and Wood will score 20+ a season.

[JohnMac]

Invaluable for us and with Jay Rodriguez alongside him we look better than ever, especially when we try to play on the grass. I still want to see Barnes and Vydra playing a part as we could offer an attacking threat for 90 minutes when appropriate.

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Talk on here about us playing better when Vydra is in the team prompted my looking up a few stats.
Over the last two seasons he has started just 10 PL games and we have won 6 drawn 2 and lost 2. He has only scored 3 goals, however, one of those was when he came on as sub at Southampton this season and proved to be the winner.

[MACCA]

Talk on here about us playing better when Vydra is in the team prompted my looking up a few stats.
Over the last two seasons he has started just 10 PL games and we have won 6 drawn 2 and lost 2. He has only scored 3 goals, however, one of those was when he came on as sub at Southampton this season and proved to be the winner.

Who were the losses against?

I recall him starting v City twice were he should have score, and 1 were I dont think he touched the ball ( one may well have been in the cup )

[SGr]

Chris Wood scored as many non-penalty goals (13) as Raul Jimenez this season. In less appearances.

Let that sink in.

[claretandy]

Here's the list of top scorers, we couldn't afford anyone higher apart from probably Ings.

1 Jamie Vardy Leicester City 23
2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Arsenal 22
3 Danny Ings Southampton 22
4 Raheem Sterling Manchester City 21
5 Sadio Mane Liverpool 19
6 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 18
7 Marcus Rashford Manchester United 18
8 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 18
9 Raul Jimenez Wolverhampton Wanderers 17
10 Anthony Martial Manchester United 17
11 Sergio Aguero Manchester City 16
12 Tammy Abraham Chelsea 15
13 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City 14
14 Gabriel Jesus Manchester City 14
15 Richarlison Everton 14
16 Chris Wood Burnley 14

[CnBtruntru]

Honestly have to say he can be annoying for 85 minutes as he seems to do nothing, but his finishing at times is excellent, he is a bit like Marmite.

[Ric_C]

Our 4 strikers at the moment (in order)

Best finisher
Wood
Barnes
Jay Rod
Vydra

Best at holding up play
Wood
Jay Rod
Barnes
Vydra

Best linking play
Vydra
Jay Rod
Wood
Barnes

Best movement
Wood
Vydra
Jay Rod
Barnes

I don't really get anyone who could criticise Chris Wood. Sure he has his off days, but for £15 million he has been an absolute steal.

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Who were the losses against?

I recall him starting v City twice were he should have score, and 1 were I dont think he touched the ball ( one may well have been in the cup )

City in the 0-5 this season and West Ham 2-4 last season. I did not include any cup appearances, just PL.

[Dyched]

He knows he has to play on the line of offside due to not having the pace. Faster players can get away with delaying their runs when playing with our level of midfielders. In doing this he’ll be caught offside often due to our midfielders dwelling on the ball. Play him infront of De Bryune, B Fernandes and it’s a different story. Apart from those 2’s passing ability all they do is look around before they receive the ball rather than receiving it and then looking. It’s split second stuff but makes a huge difference.

[Super Teds]

Before this season, yes, but this season I can only really think of 1 or 2 and he has been our most clinical striker.

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top ... nce_missed


Like others, I think he's decent for us but can be frustrating. Can seem to be miles off the pace some days

[Vegas Claret]

The reason he is offside so much is the same reason he scores so many. He has no pace so plays on the shoulder of the last defender, like with yesterday's goal. If he didn't do that, he'd be offside far less but he's also be less prolific.

maybe it's my imagination but It feels like he hasn't been offside as much this season - anyone got the stats on that ?

[Vegas Claret]

Here's the list of top scorers, we couldn't afford anyone higher apart from probably Ings.

Ings is on 75K a week so we couldn't afford him either !

[Super Teds]

maybe it's my imagination but It feels like he hasn't been offside as much this season - anyone got the stats on that ?

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top ... al_offside

although better than the year before! you can change the year on the link

[Vegas Claret]

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top ... al_offside

although better than the year before! you can change the year on the link

thanks Super Teds, I know he has missed games but there is a slight improvement

[tiger76]

Here's the list of top scorers, we couldn't afford anyone higher apart from probably Ings.

1 Jamie Vardy Leicester City 23
2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Arsenal 22
3 Danny Ings Southampton 22
4 Raheem Sterling Manchester City 21
5 Sadio Mane Liverpool 19
6 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 18
7 Marcus Rashford Manchester United 18
8 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 18
9 Raul Jimenez Wolverhampton Wanderers 17
10 Anthony Martial Manchester United 17
11 Sergio Aguero Manchester City 16
12 Tammy Abraham Chelsea 15
13 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City 14
14 Gabriel Jesus Manchester City 14
15 Richarlison Everton 14
16 Chris Wood Burnley 14

It's also worth noting that Chris Wood has played less minutes then 10 of those listed above him, if he can stay injury free next season he could be looking at beating this season's tally. And all the others listed apart from Richarlison who Everton forked £50m out for, are playing for a big 6 club, or a top 6 club, so that's puts Woody's numbers into context.

[CharlieinNewMexico]

He has decent pace for a big lad. I wouldn’t exactly say he’s slow. Alright it’s not in the Sterling class but once he gets away it’s good enough to outpace defenders usually. I still like him playing right on the line like his goal on Sunday. Worth a few offsides I think.

[Spijed]

Here's the list of top scorers, we couldn't afford anyone higher apart from probably Ings.

1 Jamie Vardy Leicester City 23
2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Arsenal 22
3 Danny Ings Southampton 22
4 Raheem Sterling Manchester City 21
5 Sadio Mane Liverpool 19
6 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 18
7 Marcus Rashford Manchester United 18
8 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 18
9 Raul Jimenez Wolverhampton Wanderers 17
10 Anthony Martial Manchester United 17
11 Sergio Aguero Manchester City 16
12 Tammy Abraham Chelsea 15
13 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City 14
14 Gabriel Jesus Manchester City 14
15 Richarlison Everton 14
16 Chris Wood Burnley 14

When you strip out penalties how does Wood compare?

[boatshed bill]

When you strip out penalties how does Wood compare?

When you analyse goals per chance created he might go up that table.

[jurek]

His run and goal against Brighton was near on perfect.
He could have been offside but backtracked a little to make sure he wasn't
and then controlled the ball well and slotted home.
Not an easy chance as such but took it as well as some other top strikers
might have done.
Scored 14 goals this season and missed a few games as well.

All in all as good as we've got.

The only problem is that when he plays we tend to play it up to him
too often and become a little one dimensional.