Richard Wood

[Jonathan]

Has made a huge difference to the team. Leadership on the field breeds confidence throughout.

We need to be ruthless in the summer… but we also need to be sensible. Can we really afford a better central defender at this level? Can he still play enough games at this age? If he can then he is showing he can do a job.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Continuation of this thread...

https://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=290132.30

[Jonathan]

I’d not seen that. Happy for admin to merge / delete this.

[Branton Rover]

Great minds think alike Jonathan

[mushRTID]

The goalkeeper has been just as important. So, so frustrating it wasn’t addressed properly in the summer.

But yes Wood has been excellent, we look a different side with them both on the pitch.

[Jonathan]

The goalkeeper has been just as important. So, so frustrating it wasn’t addressed properly in the summer.

But yes Wood has been excellent, we look a different side with them both on the pitch.

Agreed. Such a shame we didn’t sort the goalkeeping position when all were out of contract.

[The Dav]

Craig in midfield has firmed things up no end, tenacious and hungry and really works the ball well !

[mushRTID]

Agreed the loan signings have all improved us.

[Filo]

Craig in midfield has firmed things up no end, tenacious and hungry and really works the ball well !

He looked a bit lost at the beginning, but he’s really got to grips with the mens game at this level, and makes a big difference to our centre midfield

[ncRover]

It helps that for the first time in years, a mistake hasn’t been made in the transfer window.

Well done to the recruitment team.

[Canadian Rover]

Craig in midfield has firmed things up no end, tenacious and hungry and really works the ball well !

Always wants the ball...he's a player for sure.

[Pancho Regan]

It helps that for the first time in years, a mistake hasn’t been made in the transfer window.

Well done to the recruitment team.

Agreed ncRover.

There has been lots of criticism of our recruitment, some of it justified.
But I feel Grant has done a great job in strengthening the squad in January.

Lo-Tutala, Adelakun and Craig have all made an immediate impact.

Credit due to GM and the recruitment team; let’s hope it is forthcoming from certain quarters.

Taking up Jonathan’s point, the return of Wood has also been a game-changer (literally).
I haven’t seen today’s game but Wood was excellent in the previous couple of fixtures.

[Spilsby Red]

Credit today. That starting eleven were magnificent. The fans were awesome. No negatives. Great 12th man

[Campsall rover]

I did say we had no leader on the pitch and now Wood is playing we do.
What a massive difference he has made.
He might be 38 yrs old but that is only a number.
He can definitely do a job for us next season in this league.
He will help McGrath and Faulkner massively if he stays.

Adalukin has been a massive signing for us.
Thank you Mo Faal for going because if you had stayed we would not of got Adalukin.
I know which one is the better player.

Mathew Craig is growing as a player week on week and has made a big difference to our midfield.
Him and Bailey have given us some solidity and we look much harder to break down with these 2 in the team.

The Keeper is what we needed all season.
Confident, decisive and verbal
We need to sign him if we can because he is in a different league to Lawlor & Jones.

Some seriously good recruitment in January and the return of Richard Wood has completely turned our season round.

If we maintain this level of performance then top half is a realistic final placing for us this season.
4 weeks ago I would have laughed at that suggestion.

Onwards and upwards we go.
I genuinely feel we have got our real DRFC back again.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

We now have that so important spine we were craving for. Trouble is three of them are loans and we can't be sure any of them are gettable.

[drfchound]

It is looking like we will need about 60 points to get a top half finish.
Hard to imagine we can achieve that.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

It is looking like we will need about 60 points to get a top half finish.
Hard to imagine we can achieve that.

We've seen with results today, things can easily change. 

Let's just enjoy the ride.

[Campsall rover]

It is looking like we will need about 60 points to get a top half finish.
Hard to imagine we can achieve that.

24 points from 14 games.
7 wins 3 draws 4 defeats
Why not hound?
Think that’s achievable.

[drfchound]

It is looking like we will need about 60 points to get a top half finish.
Hard to imagine we can achieve that.

We've seen with results today, things can easily change. 

Let's just enjoy the ride.

Absolutely mate.
I haven’t given up on my bet just yet.

[drfchound]

It is looking like we will need about 60 points to get a top half finish.
Hard to imagine we can achieve that.

24 points from 14 games.
7 wins 3 draws 4 defeats
Why not hound?
Think that’s achievable.

I hope it happens for many reasons mate.
If we carry on as we have the last four games, why not indeed.

[GazLaz]

I think in our current situation it would be easy to throw the baby out with the bath water, that said, I’d still release Wood. He wasn’t great yesterday was he? I thought Anderson was head and shoulders above him.

[Alan Southstand]

But it could also be said that Wood brings the best out of him. That’s probably the best Anderson has played this season. How many times has he played alongside Wood?

[dickos1]

The upturn in form is down to a few things
Having the new gk
Having 2 commanding physical centre halves
Having a new cm with legs and bags of quality
Having adelekum in the final 3rd

Keep Anderson and wood fit all next season and we get promoted

[Jonathan]

That’s the thing about Wood, I totally get the point that at 38 he may not look that great when you watch him in isolation. But he definitely brings out the best of others. That certainly includes Anderson and likely the goalkeeper too.

[Bills view]

We have to take a realistic view though. Age, recent injury records and also performances. Many have criticised Anderson in recent times.

Two or three performances/results is not enough.

We need to look forward.

[dickos1]

In league 2 they’re exactly the centre halves u need, like mccombe and jones. Neither could trap a bag of sand but they were proper defenders and what we built our promotion on.
We can do the same again with these two

[danumdon]

“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”

If we can get 25 games from him next season that should see us on the right path.

[Chris Black come back]

We should not be giving another deal to Wood, however influential he has been in the last few games.

[dickos1]

We should not be giving another deal to Wood, however influential he has been in the last few games.

In your opinion.

[selby]

  CBcb, if we had played Wood and Faulkner earlier in the season when they were available for games instead of the players making the same mistakes week in week out we could well have been a lot better off points wise now, which would have not been hard to do.
   We were crying out for strong basic defending, and is all the changes we have made the last few weeks. We made the game hard for ourselves.