Chris Wood

[Jeffbfc]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cg5d4g1eqj9t

Booked for signing autographs.
WTF
Shows for me how FIFA are so far from reality.

[boatshed bill]

Heard about this... Daft as it can get.

[Greenmile]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cg5d4g1eqj9t

Booked for signing autographs.
WTF
Shows for me how FIFA are so far from reality.

“…as the game was going on” according to the article.

Can’t have a go at FIFA / the ref for that, surely. It’s a ridiculous thing to to in the middle of a game.

(I may be missing some sarcasm here, in which case I apologise)

[Jeffbfc]

“…as the game was going on” according to the article.

Can’t have a go at FIFA / the ref for that, surely. It’s a ridiculous thing to to in the middle of a game.

(I may be missing some sarcasm here, in which case I apologise)

He was in the stand after being substituted!

[bobinho]

FIFA is a joke.

There is literally NOTHING that FIFA endorses that is rooted in common sense or pragmatism.

Everything about the organisation is bent.

It should be dismantled, and exposed for the utterly corrupt organisation it is. There won’t be many employees of it that shouldn’t be in jail.

[Greenmile]

He was in the stand after being substituted!

Oh ok.I thought he’d gone into the stands to sign autographs after scoring, and got booked for time wasting. I only read the first couple of paragraphs for the link, and I’ve had a drink or two. Now I think about it, I’ve had a bit of a shocker there.

I agree with you - poor from the ref, is that.

[Quicknick]

I wish he still played for us.

[GetIntoEm]

I wish he still played for us.

Mad innit how many people used to say he wasn't good enough for us. Best striker we've ever had

[Woodleyclaret]

Agreed totally underrated by some of our fans yet consistently scores 15 goals per season in the Premier league. Eddie Howe activating Chris's release clause was a major factor in our subsequent relegation especially as we got Lump Wout as a non scoring replacement

[ArthurNohair]

He was a bit of a donkey, but he was the best donkey we’ve ever had. His goal to games ratio for us when you look back at it now is ridiculous considering he was playing for a team who played up to 80% of the game without possession of the ball.

[Juan Tanamera]

Best striker we've ever had

Good grief!

[ElectroClaret]

He was a bit of a donkey....

[Awayfromburnley]

Mad innit how many people used to say he wasn't good enough for us. Best striker we've ever had

No, he just needs his autograph to complete the book

[Stalbansclaret]

He scored a hat trick before he went off and signed his autographs too !

[dougcollins]

Best striker we've ever had

He really wasn't.

[fatboy47]

Mad innit how many people used to say he wasn't good enough for us. Best striker we've ever had

Deffo, if you leave out those who were a lot better.

[Quicknick]

Mad innit how many people used to say he wasn't good enough for us. Best striker we've ever had

Certainly since the '60s.

[GetIntoEm]

Since I've been watching Burnley in the 80s then

[Paddy1882]

Read an article today he’s just 13 goals off the same amount of premier league goals as Didier Drogba. Considering Drogba is rated as one of the very best he’s not done bad for himself old Chris.

[KellyClaret]

Read an article today he’s just 13 goals off the same amount of premier league goals as Didier Drogba. Considering Drogba is rated as one of the very best he’s not done bad for himself old Chris.

Doesn't really mean much without knowing how many appearances each has made.

[Jakubclaret]

Well & truly dry powered the day he left. It is what it is I guess.

[CoolClaret]

Doesn't really mean much without knowing how many appearances each has made.

It does when it's near 100 PL goals, which is an incredible achievement, no matter the number of apps.

[Paddy1882]

Doesn't really mean much without knowing how many appearances each has made.

Wood has made 10 more premier league appearances but considering who he’s played for I’d say it’s a fantastic effort

[basil6345789]

Excellent player - too many on here had him down as a bad un. Now, instead of eating humble pie they're using the excuse that he wasn't a fit for us. Crikey, we built our attack around him for years!

[Taffy on the wing]

Damn good player.......end of!

[bobinho]

Agreed totally underrated by some of our fans yet consistently scores 15 goals per season in the Premier league. Eddie Howe activating Chris's release clause was a major factor in our subsequent relegation especially as we got Lump Wout as a non scoring replacement

With respect - utter tosh. Wood had already downed tools and was pretty much ineffective for months whilst turning out and earning a good wage.

Wood had been, and is now, a really good forward for us and others. Play to his strengths and you’ve got a really good and effective forward. But his final months for us were an embarrassment. An embarrassment for him, as it demonstrated his **** attitude, and an embarrassment for us as we had no clue how to deal with it. Him leaving didn’t relegate us. Eddie Howe didn’t weaken us in their favour. Chris wood’s can’t be arsed attitude was a factor in us dropping, amongst other things, and playing the rest of the season for us like he’d started it would have seen us relegated anyway.

Remember a good footballer if you like. Remember a decent forward player who scored some superb and important goals for us, but PLEASE don’t tell me he would’ve kept us up because he absolutely wouldn’t in the mood he was in.

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Chris always scored more goals for us in the second half of the season and there is no guarantee that he would not have done the same when he left.
He score 49 league goals for us and 28 of those came in the second half of the season.

HIs transfer to Newcastle added a lot to their defence of set pieces and this helped them tighten up considerably and start to win matches. At the same time it weakened our defence of set pieces. Bottom line is that Newcastle stayed up and we didn't.

It is pure conjecture that Chris Wood would not have helped us stay up and it is all water under the bridge. He did a great job for us and scored goals in a team big on heart but limited in ability as compared to a lot of PL teams.

[Clarets86]

Doesn't really mean much without knowing how many appearances each has made.

Disagree with this completely - to score a goal in the premier league is scoring a goal in the premier league. Of course nobody in their right mind would say Chris wood was better than Drogba, but you can’t underplay what he’s achieved - fair play to him

[basil6345789]

Chris always scored more goals for us in the second half of the season and there is no guarantee that he would not have done the same when he left.
He score 49 league goals for us and 28 of those came in the second half of the season.

HIs transfer to Newcastle added a lot to their defence of set pieces and this helped them tighten up considerably and start to win matches. At the same time it weakened our defence of set pieces. Bottom line is that Newcastle stayed up and we didn't.

It is pure conjecture that Chris Wood would not have helped us stay up and it is all water under the bridge. He did a great job for us and scored goals in a team big on heart but limited in ability as compared to a lot of PL teams.

He was a multi-tasker, not just a goal scorer

[Woodleyclaret]

Not a signing unfortunately

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Newcastle fans hardly ever had a good word for him because they did not understand his contribution during his first half season to help their defensive frailties.
In his second season, when he played, he never got the service because they didn't put crosses into the box.

At least he stayed loyal and was sent out on loan ---unlike the current incumbent of the number 9 shirt at Newcastle.
His record at Forest speaks for itself with 61 PL starts plus 14 coming on as a sub and scored 37 goals and 4 assists.

[Enola Gay]

Ah, the old 'downed tools' argument.

No recognition that by the time he left he was probably running on fumes after two seasons without a break due to the Tokyo Olympics, and no recognition of the fact that by the time he left we'd pretty much abandoned playing football or creating chances in favour of just pumping the ball up to him (never the best part of his game) or having Westwood dump a never-ending string of crap balls into the channels for him to chase.

Knackered and playing in a awful team seemingly set up to not get anything out of him. No striker was going to shine in that situation.