“I like the signing of Wood. He had a big impact on that game today, the little flick-ons that he wins in the last 10 minutes that just keep the ball alive in that corner, means that it’s not coming back at you all the time.

For me, I think that fixed presence, I don’t think Newcastle have had that for a few years whereby they’ve got someone to be able to play up too.

Yes, he’s not going to score a great amount of goals. I don’t really care about that to be honest with you. It’s not his job in the team to score goals. I know he’s a centre forward and people might find that really strange for me to say.

I think Wood’s a really good signing, it’s reliable. It’s what was needed.”

Some interesting points here. I quite agree on what he's saying, but at the same time I don't think it's unfair to ask of a striker to contribute with goals as well as decent hold-up play. We are going to need some goals from Wood if we are to stay up.