Wood .. done deal !

[Turfmoorspirit]

Oh well ! http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...chris-11013939

[warminsterclaret]

Excellent news. Welcome Chris!

[Norder]

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if true....and Wood now plays for us - I should be excited....Wow - we bagged a big goalscorer from the Championship, Happy Days.

.....problem is - I don't yet feel anything positive.....he poached loads last season - and from what i've seen, was allowed into a goalscoring position unchecked for most of them....poor defending. Will he get away with that at this level ?
So...other than wait for the ball near goal - what else can he do - what of his other skills....I Dont Know - so can only wait to be amazed by his 20+ goals to come.

[warminsterclaret]

Lineker was a poacher.

[Norder]

Lineker was a poacher.

.....as was Jimmy Grieves and as are many others - and they get goals....the cheap and ugly way.

thing is...I like nothing more than seeing them shut out of a game.

[Altobelli]

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if true....and Wood now plays for us - I should be excited....Wow - we bagged a big goalscorer from the Championship, Happy Days.

.....problem is - I don't yet feel anything positive.....he poached loads last season - and from what i've seen, was allowed into a goalscoring position unchecked for most of them....poor defending. Will he get away with that at this level ?
So...other than wait for the ball near goal - what else can he do - what of his other skills....I Dont Know - so can only wait to be amazed by his 20+ goals to come.

Gray was the same in the Championship yet found wanting in in the PL, Wood I fear will be the same, Spirit you have sent me to bed a little sad as I wanted Andone.

[warminsterclaret]

I wonder if Dyche is going to bed a little sad also. I doubt it.

[Norder]

Gray was the same in the Championship yet found wanting in in the PL, Wood I fear will be the same, Spirit you have sent me to bed a little sad as I wanted Andone.

....oh there's a positive Alto - Wood has better ball control than Gray had !!!

....and even so, many still complained that Gray didn't get fed the perfect ball....there's a problem - you make play around a poacher, then there's more fail area around the (obvious) target - can stop the balls getting to them and/or stop them from getting the ball.
But the more skill a player has....the more unexpected, less obvious and full of surprise he is - balls can come in from anywhere - or they can take them in themselves....makes special from nothing - and harder for any team to defend against....is the the preferred option, Imho.

....also hope were still looking at an Andone or the like - not going to end our goal hunt with Wood I hope.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I told you all on Tuesday that this deal was going to happen.

It's not like you did not have time to prepare yourselves for the arrival of a twenty goal a season international striker.

Mighty Leeds done again!

[In Dyche We Trust]

Time will tell if he turns out a turkey or not- we all lnew that Burnley was never a place that those other 2 foreigners would come so we left with a risky sam vokes mark 2-

didnt excite me much either and SD has previous in picking duff strikers