Had an interesting chat about Woodrow

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  1. Farnham_Red

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    A friend of mine who I hadn't seen all season is a Fulham Season Ticket holder.

    I finally caught up with him yesterday and he asked me how Woodrow was doing. He wasn't surprised when I told him we were impressed with him. He thought Fulham had made a big mistake selling him to us and was surprised he had dropped to a L1 club - he too thinks he will be very good for us in the Championship and wishes they still had him. He had known it was initially a loan and was hoping that he was coming back but thought we had bough him and wanted to confirm :)

    He doesn't expect them to bounce straight back up by the way
     
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    He looks a natural finisher to me. I've really got high hopes he can do well next season. The defenders will be much better but they can't do much if you've got a shot away with your first touch.
     
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    On the flipside, work colleague of mine, Bristol City fan, shocked to hear Woodrow is doing so well. Apparantly did nothing for City on loan and was underwhelming, which I am dubious about. If Woodrow hadn't just penned a new deal, little Lee would no doubt come sniffing.
     
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    Odd how that can happen. Remember Jay Rodriguez on loan at Barnsley and thinking the lad was a waste of space. Convinced Jon Walters would be working at Mcdonalds within a year of him being on loan at ours. :rolleyes:
     
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    Very true sometimes players dont work at a particular club for some reason. First example I remember is we had a bang average player called David Speedie who did nothing for us in the 4th division and no one complained when he left. Imagine my surprise when a couple of year later he turned up at Chelsea and became one of their best players of the 1980's
     
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    And Chris Wood. He came with hype at the time too, was awful.
     
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    That surprises me because I thought Speedie was a good player for us with great potential .
    There were a lot of rumblings from people I knew about him going and were surprised he’d gone to Darlington .
     
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    Speedie was a good player with bags of potential. His big mistake was falling out with Alan Clarke who soon shipped him out. He was brilliant in the air for such a small guy. Having said that, I never expected him to play at such a high level.
     
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    In all my time of watching Barnsley, it's a struggle for me to remember a striker scoring as many goals with first time strikes as Cauley Woodrow.
     
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    If i'm not mistaken Speedie had a big fall out with Clarke hence reason club let him go.
     
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    ....and it was bloody difficult getting in such a good team we had back then
     
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    I did. Pig headed manager meets pig headed player. It was all about fish and chips apparently.
     
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    “David Speedie doesn’t figure in my plans” Alan Clarke, manager of Barnsley FC.
     
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    Agreed JLWBL - his finishing is up there with Jan Aage’s which is a huge compliment
     
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    I always thought he was good for us TBH.
     
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