West Brom boss Roy Hodgson won’t recall Chris Wood from Birmingham
Wednesday 26th October 2011, 11:29AM BST.
West Brom boss Roy Hodgson today ruled out recalling Chris Wood from his loan at Birmingham despite losing Shane Long to a knee injury for up to six weeks.
The Republic of Ireland international has been ruled out with the bone damage he suffered because of a wild lunge by Alan Hutton in Saturday’s 2-1 derby win at Villa.
But, with Somen Tchoyi and Peter Odemwingie set to start in attack against Liverpool on Saturday and Simon Cox, Marc-Antoine Fortune and Roman Bednar in reserve, Hodgson plans to leave Wood with Blues, for whom he has scored nine goals in just eight starts so far.
The head coach said: “We have no plans to bring him back at the moment. We seem to be doing OK without him and I wouldn’t want to bring him back just to bolster our squad or make our reserves stronger.
“To bring Chris back now would be the wrong thing to do, because he’s getting so much playing time at Birmingham and using it very wisely.”
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I would like to see Chris get a shot in the Prem, but, trust Roy knows what he is doing. However, being top scorer in the Championship and having played in a World Cup 12 months ago, he must be starting to wonder what exactly he has to do get his nose in front of Bednar and Fortune.
If he is happy to stay at Blues for now, and ends up the divisions top scorer, what will his stock price be worth than? what did we get him for from Hamilton Wanderers? another gem down to the scouts, well done, again.
Futures bright.
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I mentioned this to Bomber yesterday but from what I’ve seen of Wood at Blues, whilst scoring goals, his touch and technique’s still a bit short of what we have IMO. I think the worst possible thing could be to recall him and for the crowd to expect him to set the world alight.
I personally think Cox would score a hatful in the Championship given the right service and Bednar’s Championship record is something like 1 in every 2 games. Neither of them can get a sniff of our first-team at the moment.
Leave the kid to develop and watch his transfer value shoot up with it!!
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Let him stay on the learning curve with the Blues. They have a good manager now, so Chris can progress.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Chris Wood is happy at Blues, they’re happy with him, he’s a hero with fans, why rock the boat? Blues manager is proving to be a gem so the benefit for a young man who is learning his trade is first class. The loan system has proven to work well for good reserves. Let’s hope the rest of our loanees are as successful as Chris. I know Jacques le Chapeau
eez verry ‘appy, n’est-ce-pas. Je suis aussi.
PS: There’s an advert on this post page. COR!
What a great pair of legs!
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No. 1, this isn’t about where Roy see’s Chris Wood in the pecking order at the Hawthorns, this is about developing one of the many fantastic young propsects we have at the club. Wood is getting good playing time at Blues both in the Championship and Europe and repaying that faith with goals. His touch and all round play is only going to improve from match time which ultimately benefits us in the long run.
I hope Thorne goes out on loan to Blues too. It’ll be a good development step for him playing in the championship for a good manager in Chris Hughton. When you think about the cards Hughton was dealt towards the end of the summer with the blues ownership being declared bankrupt and having little to no funds, he’s doing a terrific job in my opinion.
It’s also good to see Blues finding their feet with our help i.e. Wood, Myhill, Pablo (albeit permanently) and maybe Thorne. Both clubs benefit. Win, win.
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Get him back asap,our star striker out for 6 weeks and we got striker banging goals in for fun down the road,it makes sence.
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4 best keep my eye on you,those are Woods legs,you,l have len after you and whiskin you away to brighton.
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4.great pair of legs showing on here?just my luck,mine is showing a bowl of curry!looks good though:)
i agree ,leave wood where he is at present.i truly believe he is going to be a fantastic player.being at blues is giving him match practice.
berahino scored for northampton last night.well done to him.another youngster who can not stop scoring,.fantastic.
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Well into my second week of wearing my hat and scarf every day. The missus drew the line when I jumped into bed wearing them. Yes Cyril,I’m as happy as a pig on the wall with two tails, mate. Think I’ll watch the wolves v Man’ city, for another laugh. How is Mick getting on,trying to quell the NETTO-GHETTO hoards?.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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7Donny. That advert only comes up when you post and then only occasionally. It was a ‘dating singles’ advert I think. I can only look these days, but ‘Memories Are Made Of This’ said the old song! Cheers Jack, I may watch the Wulfies on computer tonight. I hope they win though as I hate ‘bought teams’, you know, money no object, biggest pram, dummies, gadgets, must have. And poor old MicMac needs a lift too. Cooome ooon yoooou Wulfies !
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5 NY Baggie
Could not agree more. We must have one of the best young squads in the Prem and the more games they get at a higher level than the reserves the better. These are our team for next year and after. However if Roy thinks they can do a job now I’m sure he will bring them back. Jones has come in and doing a very good job.
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What we should be doing is using the Wood and possible Thorne loan deals to make Foster’s move permanent. Imagine if Blues get promotion on the back of Wood’s goals and we then lose our first choice ‘keeper because of it.
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1, Mon, I read your heartfelt plea to the powers that be at E+S the other day( and very moved i was too ) about Wolves fans on the Albion boards. You bleated on about about how unfair it was to you all, and as you gathered speed, you began speaking for the masses ( which did worry me slightly ) as your a nice bloke with normally lots of interesting stuff to say, but the self proclaimed voice of the Baggie masive you aint. ( that Bully’s job along with his side-kick Rocket.)
And then,,,, I find you on the Wolves boards givin it the big-un?
Not exactally leading by example Mon me old mate.
Give it and youve gota take it pal.
Personally, im just happy your back posting again !! Keep it up and dont let us nasty dings get you down.
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Lonely.
Hate to disagree with you again but I think you’ll find that far from being the ‘self proclaimed voice of the Albion masses’ I’m more often arguing with them.
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14 i agree with lone on this one,you and your other elves think nobody else as got an opinion,thats why other albion fans dont come on here anymore,same suspects everyday day agreeing with each other.
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TopCat15. You are expressing an opinion now mate. The mods haven’t blocked it. You are entitled to it as long as it isn’t thoroughly offensive. Please allow us the same privilege.
Anyway, we are ALWAYS right, (same as you).
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15 Donny & Marie clacka-
I’ve got this day-to-day calendar at home on the theme of Zen Buddhism (no,it’s not a new Man. City player),and today I looked at the latest piece of wisdom on there.
Guess what-I immediately thought of you.
The chinese proverb says-
OUTSIDE NOISY,INSIDE EMPTY.
As you’re on half-term holiday from school this week,you’ll have to ask someone else to explain it to you………..
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13 lonely-
just thought I’d mention that the chinese proverb I’ve quoted above could also apply to the old recycled Mol. if wolves lose any more games.
(p.s.- I see Moxey has told Mick that it’s ‘business as usual’.
I’m sure that will please the wolves fans).
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TC
being confrontational, just to get a response, isn`t actually having an opinion to agree or disagree with is it ?
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17 funny enough WHB said the same thing last week,cought you out aint i.
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16 The thing is its to late now because the famous five on here (and you know who they are) have ruined it for everybody,so theres nobody on here now to make an opinion,everytime snyone disagreed they where cast as a dingle,so well done to you all.
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Hi Lone, oh contraire my furry friend, I’m not setting myself as a spokesman for the Baggies fans on here, I am stating what I thought was obvious, lets put it to the test shall we, how many regular Baggie posters are happy with the nonsensical, vitriolic crap that keeps getting posted on these pages, or think they are has good has they used to be?
You would think given that we are sitting comfortably mid table after beating our two nearest neighbours in one week, one of which we had not beaten at theirs since 1979, and a squad better than we have had for many a longer year, and a manager with some serious nous, and a well run club with no financial worries would be a relevant reason for a fan of most clubs to be feeling pretty good at the moment.
Contrast this with Wolves situation, worst run in decades, fans revolting, Manager publicly calling them for all sorts, Millions of debt just over the horizon, looking like another relegation fight season, again, and its not even November yet, and in all probability going into the next game looking to be humiliated, and you would think they would have more concerns than posting on here.
Has for giving it the “Big un” on the Wolves pages, to what do you refer? do tell, I would like to know the phrase I have used and that has so offended, and its irrelevance to subject it was posted on.
Just look at this page, 17 posts, 4 of them Wolves, I was on a Wolves thread the other day, over a 100 posts, one Baggie post, and some one was still moaning to the moderators about Baggies being allowed on their site. You are absolutely right about one thing, you have to be able to take it if you are going to give it!
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make that 6 out of 22 posts!
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22 WONOH,
other people have asked why we get so many wolves fans on here,and I guess the answer,as you’ve explained,is fairly simple-
if your neighbour lives in an attractive home,that impresses everyone,and your place is falling apart,then even if you don’t like them,you want to jump over the fence and live in their place.
But having done that,you then try to wreck it so that it’s worse than yours……….
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cantello you talk more about wolves than what lone does,your obsessed with them,bout time you got a life,or a job.
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24) umm, time was it would be called what it is, jealousy and envy, however, now days I suppose it would be called imperiled inferiority complex syndrome bought on by socio-economic disadvantages.
Definitely one for Jeremy Kyle!
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Cyril,
Watched the wolves v Man’ City match. wolves started well, then the bottom fell out. Doris the Fries scored a good goal and the inevitable happened they lost again. Can’t win them all can you?.
Cake shop in Manchester made thousands of 6-1 cakes, they sold like hot ones. News report states : The insult made the United fan angry.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Lets hope that we don’t go down the same road we did several years ago, and copy the same cock up that Ron Saunders made when allowing Steve Bull go to the Wolves.That came back to haunt us, Chris Wood must not be sold to the Blue Noses
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25 Tiny Clacka-
you’ve spent months coming over here to try intimidating people with childish and badly written posts,and then you tell me to get a life!!
The only reason I even reply to you is to warn innocent albion fans about this idiot who’s got nothing better to do with his time.
And talking about my private life is none of your business,you really do descend to the gutter.
A sad sad act.
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26 WONOH,
that’s exactly what I said-
I just missed out a few long words that I would have included if I had any idea what they meant………
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22, Mon, Cheers for the reply. You havent offended me at all, and i hope i never do you. When we first crossed swords on here, me and you, i dont think we really liked each other very much. We used to be at it hammer and tongs. BUT, over time, certanally on my part, respest and having a bit of a laff along the way seems to be the order of the day. Thank goodness.
I fully understand that this is your/Albion’s site, and belive it or not i do try to tread carefully when on here offering alternative and constructive views on matters Baggie:) Others dont and the bile does show through and you are correct to be abit narked.
I get kicked black and blue on here, and quite right to. But i mostly do it under me own name. Apart from… only fellow, Lobo solitario, mr.not really, and holiday adventures. Oh, and me close friend Rebecca. Who has the hots for Rocket. (Still).
Me point is, most should know all them aliases are me. They are at the EOTD thinley disguised. Wolves fans posing as Baggies must be irritating and i get your point. Speaking as someone that through an accident of birth used to dislike the Albion; Because of these Albion pages on the good old E+S, i now find that i dont. I could go futher but i would regret it in the morning.
Because we are allowed on each others sites now and again, i now find meself feeling that some of you lot are nearing Human. Haha.
So dont wish for a blanket ban on opposing fans havin a say cus ultimatley it would be worse off without it. Dont u think ?
The censorship employed on the other hand…..
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31 Lonely.
You’ve been much too nice lately, come on give us something to get stuck into you for. You’re right though we don’t really want a ban. As I’ve said before there are loads of decent Wulfies yourself Filton, Malvern, Debenhams, 1877 etc and I don’t really mind the ones that come on and take the Mick (no not him.) It’s this idiot of many names (I owe you an apology for accusing you) and as Kenny Hibbitt pointed out when he was accused, at least he would have tried using a little humour in them.
All the best.
Bully.
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Hi Lone, I think you have misunderstood where I’m coming from, I dont want Wolves fans banned per se, or vice versa, I would like to see nonsensical, irrelevant, and spiteful posts stopped. Ive no problem with Wolves fans taking the mick, or posting on here, as long as it is (or at least attempts to be) humorous, or even slightly relevant, but come on, you read through the obvious Wolves posts on here and tell me what they are bringing to the party?
You can see these pages dying, 31 posts on here, and given we are in a good place at the moment, you would expect a lot more. Contrast that with Wolves, struggling to sell 9000 tickets to play the League Leaders, yet manage to put 1000s of posts from 100s of posters a week on E&S boards and you would have to agree its a bit squiffy, simple question is, where are they all coming from? because they aint at the games?
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33 WONOH.
I think it’s even more amazing that they bother to post when you take into accounr that only 9,000 turned up when it was a fiver to get in and kids for a quid during half term. The football must be really dire.
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