Chris Wood

[NottsClaret]

A bit like with Eddie Howe on here, he's one of those that gets some people really irate but I can only just summon the interest to post that he was pretty good for a bit, then fizzled out at the end. Honestly can't see any more to it than that.

[Woodleyclaret]

Scored some good goals for us.If he understood the offside rule better he'd have got more

[Stayingup]

Until Tellas hat trick last week, I think Wood was the last Burnley player to score a hat trick and in the premier league against Wolves. I think Newcastle bought him to help relegate us and help them avoid it.

[NRC]

the "hit double figures four seasons running" is a stat that requires context. As has been said, if you build a team around that individual who is a frontline striker then you'd better be hitting double figures. Secondly, it's also contextual as to the percentage contribution to the number of goals. The larger the percentage of the total the more it makes it look "ordinary," because, in effect, the wider spread of goals being sacrificed in a team built towards that individual dictates that he'd better score goals.

The debate not being had on here is why wasn't it more?

[Steve1956]

Until Tellas hat trick last week, I think Wood was the last Burnley player to score a hat trick and in the premier league against Wolves. I think Newcastle bought him to help relegate us and help them avoid it.

That's a cert ....without Wood as useless as he was towards the end we where never going to stay in that division .... Newcastle paid over the odds to relegate us.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Way too much dumped teenage syndrome on here with regards Chris Wood

[Stayingup]

the "hit double figures four seasons running" is a stat that requires context. As has been said, if you build a team around that individual who is a frontline striker then you'd better be hitting double figures. Secondly, it's also contextual as to the percentage contribution to the number of goals. The larger the percentage of the total the more it makes it look "ordinary," because, in effect, the wider spread of goals being sacrificed in a team built towards that individual dictates that he'd better score goals.

The debate not being had on here is why wasn't it more?

It seemed that Man City had to adjust their game to ccommodate Haaland and when he's not been firing they haven't always won. Their play involved a nmebr of goals scorers. Of couse Pep being a top coach will have that sorted. Your right we didn't have sufficient gaols from other sources. thats why I like Cornet, he could fire them in - when he wasn't injured.

[CnBtruntru]

Has he left? I didn't notice.

[FeedTheArf]

Way too much dumped teenage syndrome on here with regards Chris Wood

I was furious with the ‘comfort zone’ interview after he left, but hindsight is a wonderful thing and it looks like the whole club was in the comfort zone last season.

Thankfully it looks like we’ve woke up!

[Buxtonclaret]

Has he left? I didn't notice.

Some one said he got flagged by a policeman leaving the car park.

[Jakubclaret]

I was furious with the ‘comfort zone’ interview after he left, but hindsight is a wonderful thing and it looks like the whole club was in the comfort zone last season.

Thankfully it looks like we’ve woke up!

Can you really blame people for being completely fed up nobody really believed in the project towards the end of SD tenure.

[ClaretPete001]

the "hit double figures four seasons running" is a stat that requires context. As has been said, if you build a team around that individual who is a frontline striker then you'd better be hitting double figures. Secondly, it's also contextual as to the percentage contribution to the number of goals. The larger the percentage of the total the more it makes it look "ordinary," because, in effect, the wider spread of goals being sacrificed in a team built towards that individual dictates that he'd better score goals.

The debate not being had on here is why wasn't it more?

He had 1 goal in 3 games over 4 seasons in the PL, which is better than Marcus Rashford.

He played in a 4-4-2 so the team wasn't built around him and the team often had 40 per cent possession or less.

But logically I like the idea that the more goals you score the worse goal scorer you are because it means you've taken goals off other people who would have scored more goals is pretty good.

Nichola Sturgeon would have been proud of that thought process.

[Enola Gay]

The team was built around Wood when we had Brady and JBG fit, firing and creating chances, and I don't remember people criticising him then. He suffered more than most from them being unable to stay fit and not be replaced/upgraded.

For me what lessened his effectiveness was our later tactics of using him as a battering-ram/head on a stick/delete as applicable or having him chase Westwood's nonsense no-look garbage down the channels, which seemed almost perversely designed to get as little out of him as possible. Going straight from 20/21 to the Tokyo Olympics to the 21/22 season didn't help either and for a lot of that season he looked absolutely shattered.

As for the 'comfort zone' comment that's boiled so much **** on here... we'll he's right, isn't he? In the absence of any meaningful contributions from Barnes or Rodriguez from 20/21 onwards, if Wood was fit or even within shouting distance of it he played. You can try and push yourself as much as you want but he was under virtually no pressure for his place.

Good player, tailed off from 2020 onwards. Far from the only player in that squad to do that and he wasn't any worse last season than most of the others.

[fatboy47]

The team was built around Wood when we had Brady and JBG fit, firing and creating chances, and I don't remember people criticising him then. He suffered more than most from them being unable to stay fit and not be replaced/upgraded.

For me what lessened his effectiveness was our later tactics of using him as a battering-ram/head on a stick/delete as applicable or having him chase Westwood's nonsense no-look garbage down the channels, which seemed almost perversely designed to get as little out of him as possible. Going straight from 20/21 to the Tokyo Olympics to the 21/22 season didn't help either and for a lot of that season he looked absolutely shattered.

As for the 'comfort zone' comment that's boiled so much **** on here... we'll he's right, isn't he? In the absence of any meaningful contributions from Barnes or Rodriguez from 20/21 onwards, if Wood was fit or even within shouting distance of it he played. You can try and push yourself as much as you want but he was under virtually no pressure for his place.

Good player, tailed off from 2020 onwards. Far from the only player in that squad to do that and he wasn't any worse last season than most of the others.

Mainly this...maybe McNeil was more the provider than Brady in all honesty, unless I'm suffering false memory syndrome.
VK probably shared enola's view on Westwood's contribution...little more than brainless optimism.

[tiger76]

Bagged against City today for his 1st Forest goal.

[Stayingup]

Total t0sser ask brain cell who occasionally posts on here.

[IanMcL]

Wood and also Drisgoll-Glennon scored 2 for Grimsby.

[Crex901]

there he goes scoring against the champs again