Chris Wood, what were we saying?!

[Blues Rock DJ]

without ploughing through 3 pages and apologies if already said.....Wood does not suit our style of play .

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Looks like he has improved, but still not sorry we didn't sign him.

 

[Premiership Dream]

How big do you think we are? If you went to Almeria, I bet theyd be scratching their heads over "Brighton?" .... Its spanish football, so "probably" as good if not better than the Championship, and he has pretty good stats. yet youd go for Chris Wood (not good enough for WBA, has scored goals at Brighton, Birmingham, Millwall, Leicester) but NOT a guy who has good stats for a solid second div team in the country that are pretty much the bees knees in football at the moment.

I know its only opinion, but I dont think you can assume that spanish football is of a poorer standard than ours - all evidence points the other way. He may be a flop. But I dont that will be a reason.

I think we are massive, we live in town that has gained city status in recent years, we are one of the most visited places in the uk and a top destination for weekends away etc etc

Almeria dosen't even have passport control at their airport you just walk straight out its a sleepy town in southern spain

 

[Da Man Clay]

I think we are massive, we live in town that has gained city status in recent years, we are one of the most visited places in the uk and a top destination for weekends away etc etc

Almeria dosen't even have passport control at their airport you just walk straight out its a sleepy town in southern spain

I'm not entirely sure what that has to do with anything? Wigan is hardly a hotbed of culture in this country but seem to do pretty well.

Anyone who scores nigh on thirty goals at any professional level is doing well. Let alone the equivalent league to ours in Spain.

 

[Premiership Dream]

I'm not entirely sure what that has to do with anything? Wigan is hardly a hotbed of culture in this country but seem to do pretty well.

Anyone who scores nigh on thirty goals at any professional level is doing well. Let alone the equivalent league to ours in Spain.

What I was saying is yes we are a bigger club than Almeria and I think the championship is of a higher standard than the Spanish equivalent

Look below at the Almeria squad from august 2012.....heard of any of the players? I havent but im sure Almeria Fans have heard of

Bridge, Saltor, Kuszczak, Vicente, Orlandi, Lopez

Current squad

Retrieved on 2 August 2012[1]

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Esteban (third-captain)
3 Uruguay DF Marcelo Silva
4 Argentina DF Hernán Pellerano
5 Spain DF Ángel Trujillo
6 Spain MF Fernando Soriano (vice-captain)
7 Spain MF Verza
8 Spain MF Aleix Vidal
9 Brazil FW Charles
10 Spain MF Rubén Suárez
11 Spain MF Abel Molinero
15 Spain MF Corona (captain)
17 Spain DF Álvaro Mejía
18 Spain DF Christian
19 Spain MF Carlos Calvo
20 Spain DF Rafita
21 Uruguay DF Adrián Gunino (on loan from Fénix)
22 Spain MF Javi Casquero
25 Spain GK Diego García
28 Spain DF Raúl García
33 Burkina Faso FW Jonathan

 

[Rich Suvner]

I wasn't bothered to see Wood leave after his loan spell, but he has clearly started to prove himself capable in the Championship.

But maybe our style didn't suit him here? And Millwall and Leicester have played more to his strengths? I think once we let him go, we passed on any chances of buying him at a later date - why would a player want to go back to a manager who didn't have the faith only a year earlier?

And perhaps the change in fortune in front of goal is what we'd see from CMS if he left us? I still don't think we play to his strengths.

 

[BensGrandad]

Wood will always do well in a route one playing team we are not such a team.

 

[Da Man Clay]

What I was saying is yes we are a bigger club than Almeria and I think the championship is of a higher standard than the Spanish equivalent

Look below at the Almeria squad from august 2012.....heard of any of the players? I havent but im sure Almeria Fans have heard of

Bridge, Saltor, Kuszczak, Vicente, Orlandi, Lopez

Current squad

Retrieved on 2 August 2012[1]

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Esteban (third-captain)
3 Uruguay DF Marcelo Silva
4 Argentina DF Hernán Pellerano
5 Spain DF Ángel Trujillo
6 Spain MF Fernando Soriano (vice-captain)
7 Spain MF Verza
8 Spain MF Aleix Vidal
9 Brazil FW Charles
10 Spain MF Rubén Suárez
11 Spain MF Abel Molinero
15 Spain MF Corona (captain)
17 Spain DF Álvaro Mejía
18 Spain DF Christian
19 Spain MF Carlos Calvo
20 Spain DF Rafita
21 Uruguay DF Adrián Gunino (on loan from Fénix)
22 Spain MF Javi Casquero
25 Spain GK Diego García
28 Spain DF Raúl García
33 Burkina Faso FW Jonathan

That's because we've got quite a large spanish contingent. Show them Bristol City's squad, or Derby's, Or Cardiff's and they wouldn't have heard of them either.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Almeria dosen't even have passport control at their airport you just walk straight out its a sleepy town in southern spain

Brighton doesn't even have an airport, what does that tell you?

 

[k2bluesky]

He did'nt slip through our fingers. Wood did not enjoy his time on loan here.

This, the way we play will not suit many strikers. Leicester's style of play suits him perfectly, top 2 finish for them I'm sure and Wood will punish us (again) when they come here.

 

[Premiership Dream]

Brighton doesn't even have an airport, what does that tell you?

Errr have u never noticed Shoreham Airport BN post code ..........leave it with u

 

[Premiership Dream]

That's because we've got quite a large spanish contingent. Show them Bristol City's squad, or Derby's, Or Cardiff's and they wouldn't have heard of them either.

We are talking about Brighton ......Not Cardiff, Bristol City, or Derby ....dont move the goal posts!!!!

Also that steal leaves Kuszczak, Bridge, and the fact we know they know our players shows we must be the bigger club end of!

 

[chucky1973]

Woods have proved me wrong. I was in the No camp when people were talking about us potentially buying him....

 

[Thunder Bolt]

We are talking about Brighton ......Not Cardiff, Bristol City, or Derby ....dont move the goal posts!!!!

Also that steal leaves Kuszczak, Bridge, and the fact we know they know our players shows we must be the bigger club end of!

He isn't moving the goal posts but comparing like for like.

 

[Notters]

Brighton doesn't even have an airport, what does that tell you?

That it's heyday as a resort was before aeroplanes were invented?

 

[albionalex]

I don't need to wait - he's a bloody good player who would have served us well and that's a fact.

How is it a fact? This is the only time in his career he has been prolific. He could easily carry on this from and get Leicester promoted but he could also just as easily lose form and score 3 goals for the rest of the season.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

What I was saying is yes we are a bigger club than Almeria and I think the championship is of a higher standard than the Spanish equivalent

Look below at the Almeria squad from august 2012.....heard of any of the players? I havent but im sure Almeria Fans have heard of

Bridge, Saltor, Kuszczak, Vicente, Orlandi, Lopez

Current squad

Retrieved on 2 August 2012[1]

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Esteban (third-captain)
3 Uruguay DF Marcelo Silva
4 Argentina DF Hernán Pellerano
5 Spain DF Ángel Trujillo
6 Spain MF Fernando Soriano (vice-captain)
7 Spain MF Verza
8 Spain MF Aleix Vidal
9 Brazil FW Charles
10 Spain MF Rubén Suárez
11 Spain MF Abel Molinero
15 Spain MF Corona (captain)
17 Spain DF Álvaro Mejía
18 Spain DF Christian
19 Spain MF Carlos Calvo
20 Spain DF Rafita
21 Uruguay DF Adrián Gunino (on loan from Fénix)
22 Spain MF Javi Casquero
25 Spain GK Diego García
28 Spain DF Raúl García
33 Burkina Faso FW Jonathan

Don't really get your point.......I'm sure Swansea supporters hadn't heard of Michu 'til he signed, doesn't make him bad, or from an inferior club.....

 

[Da Man Clay]

We are talking about Brighton ......Not Cardiff, Bristol City, or Derby ....dont move the goal posts!!!!

Also that steal leaves Kuszczak, Bridge, and the fact we know they know our players shows we must be the bigger club end of!

As someone else has mentioned - comparing like for like. One is a bigger side, one the same, one smaller.

I'm still not sure what your point is. Are 'worse' (in your eyes') clubs not allowed to have players good enough for our level?

No doubt you'd be delighted if we were signing someone from League 2 with his sort of goal-scoring record just because you'd heard of him.

 

[portslade seagull]

He has basically grown up whilst out on almost continous loan for the last 2-seasons

 

[Rogero]

Will he slip through again?