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Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest | England)

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about 1 year ago · edited about 1 year ago · History
Wood off for Awoniyi. It’s weird. I feel he’s had much better games, but he walks away with 3 goals courtesy of the brilliance of Elanga, MGW’s ability to sell a severe grapple from Lamptey as a foul and his own deceptively simple approach. 

17 goals for Wood, 9 clean sheets for Sels with a potential for one more, and Forest 3rd with 14 rounds to go. 


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about 1 year ago · edited about 1 year ago · History
Finishes 7-0!!
An incredible 12 goal turnaround from last weekend (5-0 loss) for Forest. That must be some sort of record.

Shame Wood went off (82 mins) at 5-0. He could have really created some history in the final mins

GOOOAALLL! IT'S 4-0! Wood gets his second as Elanga registers another assist! The Swede drives down the right of the box and Wood tracks him, before receiving a simple pull across to tap in for his 16th goal of the season. It's simply men against boys.


PENALTY! The corner comes in and Lamptey wrestles Gibbs-White to the floor! Completely off the ball, what was the defender thinking?

GOOOAAALL! Wood gets his hat-trick from the spot! After conceding five at Bournemouth, Forest have now scored five. Verbruggen goes left as the big Kiwi slots the ball into the bottom-right for his second triplet in a Forest shirt. That's 17 
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Banzai!...AIEEE!!!martinb
about 1 year ago
Still good for everyone to get some confidence back. Awoniyi looking the sharpest he’s been this campaign. Silva fired up. Sosa too. 

Good response to getting a lesson from Bournemouth. Gotta keep going though. Back to consistency. 

Laughing at the end when everyone fancied a goal, Sels was out doing some sweeper keeping a couple of times to bl-dy well make sure of his clean sheet. 

Where were Brighton? They folded like a…geez. 


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about 1 year ago · edited about 1 year ago · History
martinb
Wood off for Awoniyi. It’s weird. I feel he’s had much better games, but he walks away with 3 goals courtesy of the brilliance of Elanga, MGW’s ability to sell a severe grapple from Lamptey as a foul and his own deceptively simple approach. 

17 goals for Wood, 9 clean sheets for Sels with a potential for one more, and Forest 3rd with 14 rounds to go. 

He's had better games and got criticism; people are so results oriented. Glad he signed another Forest deal as he suits the players around him.
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coochieemartinb
about 1 year ago
OMG I'm literally pulling an all-nighter for the ufc just to find out I missed a Chris Wood hatty!

Good on him tho, really wish I knew and watched
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about 1 year ago
He’s now in the top 50 all time EPL goal scorers, jumping ahead of Carlos Tevez, Fernando Torres and Eden Hazard with last nights effort. 
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dunnixElemenopmartinbmrsmiis+3
about 1 year ago
17 goals in the EPL and its only the start of February. My god! More EPL goals than Torres and Tevez. My god!
Chris should be right up there for NZ sportsman of the year. 
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coochieedunnixElemenopLG+6
about 1 year ago
100% agree but sadly in Olympic year the best we can probably hope for is for him to be a finalist. The judging is so friggen  weighted for Rugby and Olympic sports its ridiculous.

GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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about 1 year ago




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about 1 year ago
austin111
17 goals in the EPL and its only the start of February. My god! More EPL goals than Torres and Tevez. My god!
Chris should be right up there for NZ sportsman of the year. 

Chris Wood should be NZ sportsman of the year. 

Fixed it.
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KiwiMancunianLGNelfoosnewzealandpower+2
about 1 year ago
coochiee





And the interview doesn’t get to Gibbs-White who also had a triple. An assist forcing the oggie, a goal and a penalty won. 

It’s definitely been these two lads who’ve done it for Woodsy. 

If he can get sympatico with Elliot Anderson and a few more from the FBs etc he’ll be out of sight. 


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LGMoOi Oi Edgecumbe
about 1 year ago
Baze take note, this is how you unlock the Woodsman!

Queenslander 3x a year.

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LGmartinbMo
about 1 year ago
I'm sure if Baze could pick Elanga and Gibbs-White he would. Elanga absolutely on fire. His crossing to Wood a thing of beauty.
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martinbOi Oi Edgecumbe
about 1 year ago · edited about 1 year ago · History
coochiee
I'm sure if Baze could pick Elanga and Gibbs-White he would. Elanga absolutely on fire. His crossing to Wood a thing of beauty.
If Libby can create those runs down the left hand side they same way he has for Empoli and sneeks those passes Elanga dose, I don't think it is out of the picture.
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LGMoNinjatheprof
about 1 year ago
Get De Vries, Garbett and Libby down the left and we’ll be getting plenty of chances to the Woodsman.
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dunnixHuJasperNixLG+3
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
coochiee
I'm sure if Baze could pick Elanga and Gibbs-White he would. Elanga absolutely on fire. His crossing to Wood a thing of beauty.

Gillion should watch that game from Elanga and Gibbs-White. 


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Buffon IIcoochiee
about 1 year ago · edited about 1 year ago · History
martinb
coochiee
I'm sure if Baze could pick Elanga and Gibbs-White he would. Elanga absolutely on fire. His crossing to Wood a thing of beauty.

Gillion should watch that game from Elanga and Gibbs-White. 

Too busy watching his own feet.
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about 1 year ago
You know what- I’d probably switch Salah and Wood though…


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AucklandPhoenixdunnixFohepatitis+2
about 1 year ago
The Guardian football cartoonist has described Chris Wood as " the Messi of Middle Earth" LOL
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YoungHeartHM
about 1 year ago
https://theanalyst.com/2025/02/chris-wood-stats-nuno-perfect-fit
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about 1 year ago · edited about 1 year ago · History
Forest win 4-2 on pens. Finished 2-2 after NT/ET

Virtual Forest 2nd team, and Wood off the pine at 103 mins. He of course slots his pen in the shootout 

Gibbs-White, Anderson and Williams also all off the pine convert their pens
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360578477/chris-woods-forest-survive-major-fa-cup-scare-after-penalty-drama

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JamesBoMoWibblebutt
about 1 year ago
coochiee
Brutal, that pen looked like it sucked the life out of the crowd.
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about 1 year ago
Not as much as when Sels saved Exeter's 2nd pen

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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about 1 year ago
1-1 at the half, another peach to add to Wood's highlight reel. Hopefully he can add to it in the second!
Annual finals disappointment enthusiast.

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martinbnewzealandpower
about 1 year ago · edited about 1 year ago · History
Unfortunately Forest go down 2-1.
18th EPL goal for the Woodsman. Insane

Goal at 4.30 mins in below highlights. Some luck yes, but beautifully taken. Last reply shows it takes a small deflection from a Fulham player to beat their GK.

https://dasfootball.com/fulham-nottingham-forest-match-highlights-2025-02-15/

https://dasfootball.com/fulham-nottingham-forest-match-highlights-2025-02-15/
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about 1 year ago
A Great watch
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newzealandpowerOi Oi Edgecumbewa
about 1 year ago
So no Halberg for Wood. Probably not a huge shock in an Olympic year, especially when the guy he was up against won gold in a track and field event (one of the few genuinely global sports at the Olympics imo). 

Does make you think what it would take for him to win though. Suspect even 20 EPL goals and Champions League qualification wouldn't do it unfortunately, despite how huge of an achievement that would be. 
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LGNelfoosnewzealandpowertheprof
about 1 year ago
Can see him winning it in 12 months. 

Keeps scoring like he is rest of this EPL season, and first half of the next he'd have to be the early favourite. AWs seal WC qualification. Non Olympic year.

Think there is an awakening in the non football media, that he is doing some amazing stuff in agruably the world's biggest football league.

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FitzymartinbNelfoos
about 1 year ago
Bindon winning the young athlete award should give enough of an indication that the judges are looking at football in general very differently than they used too.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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coochieeJasperNixloNelfoos+1
about 1 year ago
theprof
Bindon winning the young athlete award should give enough of an indication that the judges are looking at football in general very differently than they used too.

I'd go with 'some indication' rather than 'enough'. How massive the sport is and how tough it is to get to the top should be a big part of the considerations.

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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about 1 year ago
Huge game for Wood and both teams today. 

Forest with the speed wobbles having lost to the equally noveau riche of football quality in Bournemouth and Fulham. 

Both Newcastle and Forest want to anchor themselves to the top part of the table. Both are quality sides. Isak is an amazing striker and Newcastle have midfield riches. 

If not the last boss, maybe the equivalent for strength. Can Forest find their confidence and consistency? Can Woodsy bag a couple and keep 30 goals alive as a dream? 

The Titans of Forest take on the Giants of Newcastle to determine the winner of that contest! Tonight. 


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