It's football. We will ship goals as we have done, Trippier or not.
However we have better quality going forward and much bigger threat to actually score more than we concede against teams around us and potential upsets for those well above us.
Stats are nothing.
What counts is the new start for a player. A sink or swim set up which can only be seen to be good or bad as time goes on...not earlier stats at other clubs.
Look at the players that scored very little but went to other clubs and became prolific.
A change can be famntastic or it can work against you. It depends.
However I think Wood will rise to the occasion. (pun intended).
It doesn't matter what he's touted to be.
A top striker will command a hefty wage and a hefty transfer fee. We don;t offer any illusions of him being in that bracket.
We triggered a release clause because top strikers in January are like rocking horse tish or so highly priced out as to become non negotiable.
This is where we're at.
We are second bottom and in real danger of relegation.
We do not require fancy Dan's at this moment in time, we need grafters and quality with experience.