Richard Wood medical at Rotherham (p4 - gone)

bloody long medical whats wrong with him

cafctom said:

Bloody hell, the World Cup was doing a great job of distracting me from the debacle going on at Charlton!

What debacle is this ? Have I missed something ?

ShootersHillGuru said:

cafctom said:

Bloody hell, the World Cup was doing a great job of distracting me from the debacle going on at Charlton!

What debacle is this ? Have I missed something ?

The one that involves letting our best players' contracts run down to nothing, selling the best of those that do have contracts, making bizarre managerial appointments every five minutes, and an owner who has a network of five clubs with a bunch of pony players swapping between them every now and then.

That one.

Fiiiiiish said:

Pelling1993 said:

Richard Wood is toilet, would rather give a youngster a chance like Joe Gomez

If Wood is toilet then sum up Docherty's spell with us.

A hole in the floor used a toliet

I lost count of the number of goals Wood was at fault for last season. If Rotherham buy him and he is the quality of player they are after then good, they will take one of the three relegation slots. He always gave 100% so for that i have nothing against the bloke! just his 100% is League One standard.

I just hope this does not lead to Gomez starting, 17 is too young for the Champ no matter how good he is, maybe some bench appearances and league cup games but if he is one of our main 3 it is too early in his development.

AddicksAddict said:

South London Press says Wood did not trigger the extension in his contract.

Cause Roly does not want him.

madadd said:

Atletico Addick said:

Pelling1993 said:

Richard Wood is toilet, would rather give a youngster a chance like Joe Gomez

A 17 year old CB playing against some very lethal strikers, his confidence could take a battering before he's even 18. Needs a lot more time, it's playing with his future in the game, needs a loan spell like Popey first.

normally I would agree with you, however JG is 'different gravy' he is pure class and makes it look easy, most exciting player I have watched in a long time

Yes but he has not made marking Championship strikers look easy .. hes made 16-18 year old strikers look easy..

Gomez is FAR to young to be starting in championship he is to learn at the moment and would be dominated by someone like Yann Kermorgant.

I admire your belief in our young players and love the fact your backing him but honestly .. he is no where near ready yet

A nice loan to a league 2 club will do him very well

madadd said:

Atletico Addick said:

Pelling1993 said:

Richard Wood is toilet, would rather give a youngster a chance like Joe Gomez

A 17 year old CB playing against some very lethal strikers, his confidence could take a battering before he's even 18. Needs a lot more time, it's playing with his future in the game, needs a loan spell like Popey first.

normally I would agree with you, however JG is 'different gravy' he is pure class and makes it look easy, most exciting player I have watched in a long time

Wasn't Rufus 17 when he broke into the first team?

If he's good enough, he's old enough!

kings hill addick said:

madadd said:

Atletico Addick said:

Pelling1993 said:

Richard Wood is toilet, would rather give a youngster a chance like Joe Gomez

A 17 year old CB playing against some very lethal strikers, his confidence could take a battering before he's even 18. Needs a lot more time, it's playing with his future in the game, needs a loan spell like Popey first.

normally I would agree with you, however JG is 'different gravy' he is pure class and makes it look easy, most exciting player I have watched in a long time

Wasn't Rufus 17 when he broke into the first team?

If he's good enough, he's old enough!

19

If Gomez is good enough then he should play some games. The key would be to get the right man alongside him. Gomez doesn't have to play every week but he shouldn't be hidden away either.

There have been examples before of young players playing at the back;

Tommy Caton played for Manchester City in Division 1 when he was very young.

Bobby Moore was 17 when he made his debut.

Last season Hamburg played a 17yr old centre-back (Jonathan Tah) and he did really well before they gave him a rest.

It's not really about age....it's about talent, strength and the ability to learn quickly. If a young player has all of those attributes then he should be seriously considered.

Gomez getting some first team action this season would certainly be an incentive to sign a new contract
Wood was a fine squad player but hardly irreplaceable