I don't need to wait - he's a bloody good player who would have served us well and that's a fact.
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Chris Wood, what were we saying?!
- Thread starter chunky44
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I don't need to wait - he's a bloody good player who would have served us well and that's a fact.
danish seagull
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It's a shame we didn't buy him but I'm sure we had our reasons. Maybe Leicester just paid more! Anyway, good hattrick from him today but all 3 were defensive errors
Premiership Dream
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- Nov 16, 2011
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We are all hoping that this Leonardo Ulloa is the answer to our problems im not so sure he is
How good is the spanish 2nd tier
Almeria I only know of cos i race motorbikes at the race track there .....Id be pleased if Ulloa is the answer, but i doubt it
And CMS with hamstring today I doubt that very much !!!
Chris Wood would of been my No1 Choice to go for
How good is the spanish 2nd tier
Almeria I only know of cos i race motorbikes at the race track there .....Id be pleased if Ulloa is the answer, but i doubt it
And CMS with hamstring today I doubt that very much !!!
Chris Wood would of been my No1 Choice to go for
We are all hoping that this Leonardo Ulloa is the answer to our problems im not so sure he is
How good is the spanish 2nd tier
Almeria I only know of cos i race motorbikes at the race track there .....Id be pleased if Ulloa is the answer, but i doubt it
And CMS with hamstring today I doubt that very much !!!
Chris Wood would of been my No1 Choice to go for
A few things:
- Segunda Liga is pretty good and he's scored in the best league in the world as well as against Real Madrid;
- Almeria are hardly an unknown club and were in La Liga very recently;
- As was said in another thread Wood wasn't an option.
Nothings points to him being a guaranteed success but considering you're moniker is Premiership Dream I'd think you'd be more optimistic!
Weststander
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He was shockingly poor towards the end of the promotion season.
He has surprised most, and become a class act.
We were never in the running, as Cardiff and Leicester do a West Ham, and buy their way to the PL with mega rich foreign owners.
He has surprised most, and become a class act.
We were never in the running, as Cardiff and Leicester do a West Ham, and buy their way to the PL with mega rich foreign owners.
Trelford Mills Guide Dog
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- Jun 14, 2008
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Wow, think where we would be if we had kept Murray & Wood. 
Yawn !!!!! Here we go again.
Yawn !!!!! Here we go again.
luppers
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probably did not sign when he heard all the football brains in the East Upper say that we did not want to sign that carthorse,these are the same brains that blame Barnes for breathing out of the wrong nostrel!
Doc Lynam
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- Jun 19, 2011
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Yeah i know seems an odd one, why get a player let him learn his craft after all he's about 6"4" he was only ever going to be one type of player, starts to deliver and they sell him!
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
Did not set the world alight down here but was just something about him,others have stated give it to the seasons end to judge,but i feel Leicester have a bargain-
Bear in mind all the money in the world can not get a player to play for you,they have their own and more importantly their wives/girlfriends feelings to consider too-often this nails down the success of any player at any given club.
Bear in mind all the money in the world can not get a player to play for you,they have their own and more importantly their wives/girlfriends feelings to consider too-often this nails down the success of any player at any given club.
W.C.
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- Oct 31, 2011
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How good is the spanish 2nd tier
Yes, just how good is the equivalent division to ours in the Successive European Championship winning, current world cup holding country of Spain?
I hope it's up to our high standards.
I wasn't his biggest fan during his loan spell here but after the 2-2 draw with millwall recently where he got both and I'd say gave our defence a good going over on his own I thought we had to get in there for him. He now looks one of the best strikers in our league and finally knows how to use that big frame, at £2m he wasn't a steal but I think it was obvious he was ready for this level. We are now paying £1.6m apparently for this argie who has never played in this country and could well take ages to bed in (Drogba took 2yrs) or never bed in (shevchenko or turienzo anyone?). This is a gamble but let's hope he comes in and does a Michu - just wish we had Wood ;-)
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Agree with this, Hold my hands up to not being that impressed with him when here on loan and wasn't keen to see him back. The Millwall game made me realise that I'd been wrong about him.
Premiership Dream
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- Nov 16, 2011
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Lets hope it works out im not convinced....
timco
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He was too tall we are a team of midgets so they can't just lump the ball forward to the big man up front!
TheMajor
BHA>CPFC
And to be honest neither did I.
I , like most on here, thought he was not what we needed at the time. Looks like we may have been wrong but you can't blame Gus for not signing him at the time as he was pretty poor.
slartibartfast
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We are all hoping that this Leonardo Ulloa is the answer to our problems im not so sure he is
How good is the spanish 2nd tier
Almeria I only know of cos i race motorbikes at the race track there .....Id be pleased if Ulloa is the answer, but i doubt it
And CMS with hamstring today I doubt that very much !!!
Chris Wood would of been my No1 Choice to go for
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.