Chris Wood

[warksclaret]

Apologies if this has already been brought up, but Chris Wood has joined an elite group of players to have scored 10 or more goals in the PL for five seasons. On Tuesday night he scored his 11th goal this season. His continued form has somewhat surprised me after he left Newcastle, but the £15m Forest paid could end up being a great investment if they stay up.Life still in the old dog

[daveisaclaret]

A really brilliant striker at this level who never got the credit he deserved here.

[Bigvince]

Fairly impressive, as this season his goals have come at just over a 100 minutes per goal.

[warksclaret]

A really brilliant striker at this level who never got the credit he deserved here.

I believe we bought him for £15m. He was a key reason we remained in the PL for 7 years, then we sold him for £25m.

[claretonthecoast1882]

I remember reading that if you took Chris Wood's goal away from him he didn't offer much

[123EasyasBFC]

Awoniyi getting injured the first time allowed wood to get back into the side and he’s never looked back. Having 3 players behind him in Hudson-odi, gibbs-white and elanga allows him to just be a poacher. They also have that long ball threat if they are chasing a game to

[Petersa]

I remember reading that if you took Chris Wood's goal away from him he didn't offer much

I also remember someone saying that about Jimmy Greaves!

[Devils_Advocate]

I also remember someone saying that about Jimmy Greaves!

Same was said about Liam Robinson as well

[Quickenthetempo]

I remember reading that if you took Chris Wood's goal away from him he didn't offer much

I was just reading on twitter this week that Forest fans would let Wood go for free at the end of the season.
Not sure if he's out of contract or they're worried about too many players.

[claptrappers_union]

He gets unwarranted hate because of a clause in his contract.

[bobinho]

Did a good job for us - I liked him.

Then he stopped doing a good job for us, so we fell out. As I’m sure you are all aware, us clarets will forgive a lot of things, but not putting a shift in isnt one of them. Towards the end of his time here, his effort levels and interest were appalling form a so called professional footballer.

Can’t argue with his figures though, he’s very steady when he feels like being.

[bfcjg]

His goals dried up for us when it has been alleged that his new employer suggested he could also help his new employer whilst wearing a Burnley shirt, fact or fiction who knows, personally I find it hard to believe but I have heard the rumour ( bloke who knows somebody who drinks a lot of Newcastle brown ale and has a Kevin Keegan perm )

[GetIntoEm]

Best striker we've had in years, would have him back in a flash.

he only got stick from people who dont understand football, and how he plays "hE iS aLwAyS OfFsIDe"

[Tricky Trevor]

He was very good for us until his international travels, for NZ, and specifically, to my mind, the Olympics ruined him. He came back from the Olympics burned out and never got the recovery time he needed. Sad but at the time for the money we, allegedly, got he had to go.

[FeedTheArf]

He gets unwarranted hate because of a clause in his contract.

The clause, IMO, was a more than decent deal for us. We just didn’t make good use of the money.

I think the hate comes from the ‘comfort zone’ comments after he left - which in hindsight were probably spot on!

[claptrappers_union]

He was very good for us until his international travels, for NZ, and specifically, to my mind, the Olympics ruined him. He came back from the Olympics burned out and never got the recovery time he needed. Sad but at the time for the money we, allegedly, got he had to go.

I never understood why fans take it so personally when players move on

[Belial]

The clause, IMO, was a more than decent deal for us. We just didn’t make good use of the money.

I think the hate comes from the ‘comfort zone’ comments after he left - which in hindsight were probably spot on!

Exactly it - if he'd have left and kept it as 'thanks for some great memories etc. etc.' there'd have been no issue. It's that statement he made alongside the speed and lengths he ran to the new club to praise how much he thought of them whilst almost dismissing anything about BFC in the process, then coming out and pretty much saying he couldn't be assed here

[Neil]

Relied on crosses into the box for his goals. The less possession we had, the less crosses came in and subsequently he ended up getting less goals.
Was never really a striker to make something from nothing (though his goal the other night was exactly that) but he did a great job for us in that system.

[boyyanno]

Good goal scorer but I don't think the negativity is due to the way he left and what he said. He's a striker that scores goals yet he's never won over the fans anywhere and that says a lot.

He always felt like one of those strikers that gets the goals but the team suffers as a result imo and that's where I think the negativity stems from. I didn't think he was a great all-round footballer and I thought he was for the scrap heap when he left us- I know the Newcastle fans thought the same.

His stats this season for Forest have been fantastic, probably his best season at this level for goals to minutes so fair play to him.

[Goliath]

I must say I didn't see a Chris Wood redemption coming this season. He's been quite crap since his last season for us but seems to have got his mojo back.
An on form Wood is an absolute nightmare for teams, and that goal he scored with the quick finish from outside the box was him at his instinctive best.

[Woodleyclaret]

Eddie Howe activated Chris Woods release clause and some fool at Burnley (not apparently Sean)signed Wout .
Chris Wood is a top striker and I can see Dirty Leeds being all over resigning him if Forest are foolish enough to let him go

[Vegas Claret]

We all know the real reason Newcastle signed Woody.

[equinox]

His best 'goal' for us was offside.

[Vegas Claret]

His best 'goal' for us was offside.

which goal was that ?

[claretonthecoast1882]

I was just reading on twitter this week that Forest fans would let Wood go for free at the end of the season.
Not sure if he's out of contract or they're worried about too many players.

If they required people to have an IQ in double figures before joining it would help massively

[Quickenthetempo]

which goal was that ?

Dwight McNeil cross

[Quickenthetempo]

We all know the real reason Newcastle signed Woody.

Expecting a toy story joke

[dougcollins]

I remember reading that if you took Chris Wood's goal away from him he didn't offer much

Somebody on R5 said exactly that about Haaland yesterday.

[Taffy on the wing]

Dwight McNeil cross

I haven't seen that goal since it was ruled out..........what a goal!

[Bordeauxclaret]

I haven't seen that goal since it was ruled out..........what a goal!

Was a cracker that one.
His goal on his Premier League debut for us wasn’t too shabby either.

[colne-claret]

Best striker I’ve seen in my lifetime for Burnley. Incredibly underrated. He scored so many important goals for us.

[BurnleyFC]

We all know the real reason Newcastle signed Woody.

It was so Sandro Tonali could make some easy money betting on number of offsides in a game for Wood.

Unfortunately for Tonali, he was signed after Wood left.

[Pickles]

Very underrated by Burnley fans during his time here.

[boatshed bill]

One of a select group who have scored 10 or more goals in a minimum of 5 PL seasons.
He never seems to completely win over the fans though.

[beeholeclaret]

His best 'goal' for us was offside.

Is it the header at Jimmy Mac end which wouldve put us 3-0 up against West Ham?

Because of VAR taking the 'you know what' with supporters I had steadfastly refused to cheer our first goals becuase by the time VAR had considered all options available to disallow our goal the moment had passed. My son told me I was sulking and not to let VAR ruin my matchday experience.

McNeil's fantastic cross and Wood's header was so good that I went beserk cheering at last. However the bstwards disallowed it - not sure whether Wood's nose was offside or something.

I promptly sulked again and didnt cheer again all season. Theyve ruined football with all this crap.

If it was another goal fair enough but that one provoked memories and anger. I feel better now. Thanks

[kentonclaret]

Very underrated by Burnley fans during his time here.

Maybe because when he went through a barren spell, as all strikers have a habit of doing, he offered very little. In his last spell at Burnley played 17 matches scored 3 goals but zero assists. Played 35 games for Newcastle over two seasons scored 4 goals zero assists. Compared to a striker like Gyokeres who has scored 21 goals for Sporting Lisbon this season but has also weighed in with 12 assists. Gyokeres in his final season at Coventry scored over 20 goals with assists again in double figures.

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Some interesting comments, particularly relating to his time at Newcastle and the fans' attitude to him.
When he signed for them they had played 20 matches and won just 1 and conceded 43 goals. Eddie Howe was aware of Chris's workrate and his value at defensive set pieces. In the first 8 games that Chris played in they won 6 and drew 2, scoring 20 goals but conceding just 5. In the remainder of the season they won 4 and lost 5, scoring only 7 goals and conceding 15.
The turn around from conceding 43 in 20 to just 20 in the 17 games in which Chris featured was a major reason that they stayed up. His defensive work went unappreciated by many, many Geordies, even though it was plain to see the difference that he made in defending from the front.
He was never appreciated by their fans.

Just as an aside it is interesting to note that in the 5 seasons in which he has scored 10 or more goals, including this one, he has scored 30 goals in 52 games which have taken place after mid=Februaty in those seasons. HIs total goals for those seasons is 57.

[dougcollins]

Some interesting comments, particularly relating to his time at Newcastle and the fans' attitude to him.
When he signed for them they had played 20 matches and won just 1 and conceded 43 goals. Eddie Howe was aware of Chris's workrate and his value at defensive set pieces. In the first 8 games that Chris played in they won 6 and drew 2, scoring 20 goals but conceding just 5. In the remainder of the season they won 4 and lost 5, scoring only 7 goals and conceding 15.
The turn around from conceding 43 in 20 to just 20 in the 17 games in which Chris featured was a major reason that they stayed up.

Yeah, stats, data, whatever, but the reason Eddie bought him was so we didn't have him.

[morpheus2]

Well done Chris Wood.
While he was here he had to feed on scraps in a boring, boring set up. Those scraps dried up towords the end.
A boring job makes one lose enthusiasm. Everton fans are noticing the same lack of enthusiasm in their team.

[Conroy92]

There is little to no point denying that Wood can score, mainly from inside the box. But he can score.

Towards the start of his spell with us he looked better for the fact the team 'mixed' it up. Something I think that for a long period Dyche did do and dosnt quite get the credit for.

However the last couple of seasons had seen us become a lot more direct. And personally that's when Wood started to look poorer. It becomes more noticeable when the main target your lumping it up to is stood offside frequently. Your overall game becomes more noticeable when your the focal point of a direct style of play. Suddenly your also being asked to hold the ball up, carry it forward and maybe chase over the top. He didn't have the control of Barnes at playing with his back to goal, he had little or no ability to beat a man due to his lack of pace or skill (I'm not knocking him btw it just wasn't one of his strengths) and to compensate for the lack of pace he hung on the last man so tightly for balls over the top he was caught offside quite a lot.

During the peak of Wood we were a lot less direct. And again maybe a partner such as Barnes who can do the ugly stuff led Woods main jobs to be, be in the box, get on the end of anything coming in there and probably still stay on the last man but this time a mix between through balls through and punts over the top. It's harder to make a run onto a ball that's hit straight over the top rather than one that's slipped through or played at an angle.

It's all a bit of an enigma to me the above. In some ways the fact he's consistently hitting the numbers suggests he could be the main focal striker in an attack and someone to build a team round. But after watching us do it at Burnley, the more he became the main man, the worse he looked. He's not enough of a complete forward. But is that because we built a system that didn't suit him? Id be interested to see how forest have used him, I doubt there lumping it up to him.

Looking back he's very meh for me. Neither like or dislike. I liked him less when he left and during that last season but it's all kind of faded, when you look back he was probably as good as a striker as we'll have at this level and that deserves some positive feeling. But one thing he was, was extremely frustrating to watch. Extremely frustrating.