Bristol City boss Derek McInnes wary of Leicester City striker Chris Wood
Bristol City boss Derek McInnes knows only too well who Leicester City's dangerman will be at Ashton Gate this afternoon.
New City striker Chris Wood started his career at the King Power Stadium in fantastic form, scoring three times in his first two games. That has come as no surprise to McInnes, who had the New Zealand international on loan from West Bromwich Albion last season.
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Chris Wood
Wood scored three times in 19 appearances for the Robins, but has scored 14 so far this season and McInnes knows he is a player his side must keep an eye on today.
"Because of his frame, everyone thinks he is a target man, but he is a lot more than that," said McInnes.
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"He is also a very good scorer of goals and we always thought he would do that in a forward-thinking team that was going well.
"He scored some important goals for us last season and he always got himself in positions to do that.
"Obviously, he started this campaign brilliantly, scoring goals for Millwall.
"Now he has earned himself a very good move to Leicester, who will be in the shake-up for promotion to the Premier League at the end of the season.
"His movement is good, he can cause problems in and around the box and he will have a good partner in David Nugent.
"Leicester have a few players we will need to concentrate fully on and Chris is certainly someone we will have to be aware of."
McInnes believes City are one of the strongest sides in the Championship but hopes his relegation battlers can still cause an upset this afternoon.
"I said when we played Leicester earlier in the season that they were as good as anything in this league," he added.
"They already had a good squad of players under Sven-Goran Eriksson, and Nigel Pearson has come in and added to that.
"They have a good mixture of youth and experience, know-how and pace, and we saw the way they dispatched Huddersfield (6-1) the other week.
"If they get their tails up, Leicester can be a formidable team. But they are also a team we feel we can cause problems and beat."
Comments
by Alanprichard
Monday, January 14 2013, 8:23PM
“ghostof66pah
Ghosty I don't think your post deserved 5 reds. But have a bit more faith in our boys. We are now without a shadow of doubt the best club in this league!!”
by Wiltsfox
Saturday, January 12 2013, 6:35PM
“Absolutely brilliant, other results going our way too (Boro and Palace both lost and Hull one-down as I type)! The acquisition of Wood is a masterstroke and he'll fire us to the Promised Land.”
by yorkiefox
Saturday, January 12 2013, 4:21PM
“Wiltsfox
it sounds a brilliant performance. Dyer and Marshall both off colour today as well !!
James again immense.”
by Wiltsfox
Saturday, January 12 2013, 4:10PM
“Yorkie!! Three up by half time and our man has his hat-trick!! Bristol dead and gone, just a question of how many we'll score now....”
by yorkiefox
Saturday, January 12 2013, 12:48PM
“Wood will become a marked man but that will be to Nugent's advantage with Knocky and Dyer offering other problems for the opposition defence to solve.
As the others thrive, Woods markers will drift and that will give Wood opportunities.
I would rather have our firepower than any other front line in the division. I really cannot wait for match days now that Wood has given us the final piece of the front line jigsaw.
James has solidified the midfield and released Drinkwater to orchestrate our attacks with Knocky being so unique that even our players sometimes cannot read what he is going to do next. Marshall seems to be struggling for confidence at the moment which I hope will soon pass.
Keane was vital to sign up as an extension to his loan and Morgan and Konch can talk to him to keep him right in the match. albeit at Moore's expense, but his time will come. At the moment Moore is filling a role similar to Paul Madeley in the heydays of Leeds- Mr Utility - on the sidelines but ready to play one of 5 defensive and midfield positions at the drop of a hat and got a lot of matches under his belt through injuries to others. He will emerge further and is being 'nursed' by the management at present.
3 points today please and an enlargement of our goal difference with another clean sheet.”
by ghostof66pah
Saturday, January 12 2013, 10:57AM
“Wood played v Bristol City in a 1-1 draw in October. According to the report, he didn't do much except put an easy header straight to the keeper. So to take the pressure of Chris, i'd say he hasn't really any form v Bristol City so don't expect him to win the game for us single handedly!
Other players need to BIG up and do a lot better than last season when we lost 2-3..”
by LCFC_Dave15
Saturday, January 12 2013, 9:09AM
“Come on city, we can win today!! Lets hope 'Borough lose and palace lose, we would go 3rd. Up the foxes!! :-D”