Once again we looked better without Woodrow

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  1. Wilmersdorfer Winky

    Wilmersdorfer Winky Well-Known Member

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    He's undoubtedly a great player and I'd have a very hard time regularly dropping him from the first 11 if I was Struber, but it's becoming and more and more apparent to me that he doesn't quite fit as either a 9 or 10 in our system. It's been said by others on here for a long time (notably Red Rain) and I'm finally coming around to their way of thinking.

    We're clearly not going to change the way we play to suit Woodrow and nor should we. So the question is, if somebody is offering us good money for him and we have a replacement lined up that is better suited to Struber's way of playing, shouldn't we just sell now while his price is high? If we take him through to January and he's not playing every game and not scoring/assisting often enough, that will only mean we get a lower price for him than we could currently. Replacing him now with a full season ahead would be better than another 3-4 months or trying to mould him into a different player and then scrambling for a replacement in January when the market is notoriously more difficult to navigate.

    Fully expect him to start and score on Saturday now.
     
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    Leave Woody alone. He has shown he's a class player for us from the moment he came. I'll be gutted if he leaves, we needed his goals last season.
     
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    I am a big fan of Cauley too but I know exactly where you are coming from with what you are saying there.

    I suspect we will be selling him and are just lining up the replacement first (probably the young Croatian lad). Similar situation likely to play out regarding Mowatt and Whiteman too.

    If this turns out to be the case then it is at least a step forward in our transfer policy, if we are prepared to line up replacements before selling our most sought after players.
     
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    History shows he would not be adequately replaced. He's a very good player and I am confident Gerhard will work out how to use him best.
     
  5. Wilmersdorfer Winky

    Wilmersdorfer Winky Well-Known Member

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    As would I, don't get me wrong. But we're too emotional as fans to make rational decisions.
     
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    We’ve sold all our assists (Brown), so we may as well sell all our goals (Woodrow) too.

    When was the last time we didn’t sell our top scorer the following season?
     
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    True but getting rid of the experience of Brown, Woodrow and Mowatt when we've yet to win a game this season doesn't sound a rational decision to me.
     
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    Wilmersdorfer Winky Well-Known Member

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    Selling Mowatt would be irrational. Woodrow? I'm not sure.
     
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    He's a very good player, and a great finisher, BUT.....he has no pace! I wonder if an early injury or two has set him back a bit! I'm really surprised we sold Brown as he had the legs, we will really miss his work rate and pace up top!
     
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    Woodrow isn't in great form in front of goal, but he's got the most quality in our squad. We'd be mad to sell him uness there's a huge offer
     
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    An in form Woodrow would get plenty of goals if played up front with Frieser, with a decent no. 10 behind him.

    Stick with Thomas or Simoes at 10, or maybe we even Styles or Mowatt, Frieser up front / drifting right, with another striker to compete for that role, and Woodrow and Schmidt competing for centre forward role.

    Obviously this leaves Chaplin. So will be difficult to sign a target man, and keep both Woodrow and Chaplin. We can only have so many players.
     
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    Woodrow has 33% of our goals this season despite being played out of position and he would have two more if he'd been playing in the position which the (evidently even slower) Frieser has played so far. Sorry, but I don't get the love-in with the chunky Austrian to date - yep, he runs about a bit but in terms of hurting the opposition he looks like Ritzmaier mark 2 to these clearly uneducated eyes at the moment.

    A Kulenovic type WITH Woodrow would at long last seem to be a step forward, anything else would be retrograde imho.
     
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    I thought he showed an extra bit of quality and calmness on the ball last night when he came on. Difficult to be coming in to a side winning 2-0 and to make an impression as you'd always hope, as a home supporter, that the pendulum will swing your way second half which it did.

    Frieser has looked the strongest of all our players so far with his back to goal. I think Woodrow partnering with him is a great option for Struber, and it allows the flexibility to drop him in at 10 to change things - something many supporters have criticised our bench for lacking (options).

    I know exactly where you're coming from, but on this occasion I'd rather be focusing on Schmidt's first real Barnsley performance and how good his movement and leading the press was. Woodrow is a quality player and you can never have enough of those in your squad when you're in our position.
     
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    What's it like up on that educated pedestal of yours?
     
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    Have to agree, iv not seen anything in frieser yet to warrant a starting place certainly not Infront of Woodrow. He actually reminds me of Chris dagnall at the moment.
     
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    I think Woodrow is a great player but needs a target man like K Moore to play off as does Chaplin. We may acquire one before this transfer deadline . I think had Moore stayed he would have made the kind of impact he did at Wigan. Big target men however don't come cheap so we shall see what happens before deadline day.
     
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    Need to keep him unless a big offer comes in. He is a striker that will get you double figures each season and those are hard to come by, plus he is very experienced at this level. Unless someone pays upwards of 5/6 million he shouldn't go anywhere.
     
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    We need to keep our best players, Woodrow is without doubt the best finisher at our club. Need to keep him 100%, the goals will return
     
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