November 14, 2024 • 8 mins
A Hamilton homecoming looms for All Whites striker Chris Wood.
The Nottingham Forest forward will suit up for tomorrow night's World Cup qualifier against Vanuatu in Hamilton - where he kicked off his senior men's playing career.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'd be let's talk all white football and nowt World
Cup qualification. David choked form all White joins us. Now, David,
is my suggestion just give the all whites the points?
It will save everyone a lot of time and money.
Is that a cruel thing to say and welcome?
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah, it's probably pretty accurate.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Yeah, I'm torn really because it's a chance, I suppose
for the Island nations to get on their biggest stage,
but for the All Whites it's sort of a bit
of a non event in terms of quality of opposition.
They are head and shoulders better and they should cruise
through this part of qualification. But in saying that it's
(00:49):
a ticket to the big dance, isn't it? So they
are not meaningless matches, but they are matches that the
all Whites should absolutely win and win.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Well, well, let's take another view. How about this for review?
It is a stacked all white side. They're playing at home.
What a chance people to go and see these guys,
see their heroes on their way to a World Cup.
So there's a positive for you, Tody.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
And look, the all whites now consist of players who
are applying their trade in good leagues around the world.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
So these guys are good.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
They are players that are proving themselves at international level,
none more so than obviously Chris Wood. But sprinkle around
them in top leagues around the world now are his teammates.
So it is a chance to see good footballers play
football at home. And that's a mouth warding opportunity really
to see, as you say, for the young football community
(01:42):
and the young sporting community, a chance to see their
heroes in real life.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Also great opportunity. And we can't brush over this for
Darren Bezy to actually work with his top team. We're
sentily his top team after dragging them from all four
points of the planet together and then setting them down
and go right, this is what we have to do
because that's his lot, isn't it. That's what Darren Bezi
has to deal with on a monthly or weekly a daily.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Well, look, to be honest, he's sort of slept walking
away into this job.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
In some ways. It was a job that was advertised
that he stepped.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Into an interim way has now made it his own.
He gets a chance to put his stamp on it,
and that's rob be interested to see can he get
this all right side playing a brand of football that's
not only winning football, but easy on the eye, because
as we know, football has sort of revolutionized itself over
the last few years, playing out from the back, keeping
(02:33):
the ball on the ground, keeping those skillful players actively
involved in the game, and that's what we want to see.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I was a big fan of the old Hoff it
up the middle and that was a great part of
what So what are you expecting from bas what expecting
from the side, What do you want to see put
in place?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
David choke Well exactly as I spoke about.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
If you think about the Wellington Phoenix, their success was
based around playing last season, playing a brand of football
that was good to watch and keeps the ball sort
of recycling and moving. That's what you want to see
the All Whites side dominate possession, create chances, score plenty
of goals, and they should get an opportunity to do
that and actually put a stamp on the way they're
(03:15):
going to play, because there'll be plenty of opportunity later
on in this tournament to see them playing insides who
are better than them, but they go in as strong favorites.
They need to really dictate how this game is going
to go.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
There's been a lot, sorry, there's been a lot made
recently of Chris woods achievements again this time at the
top level EPL and what he's done astonishing, and he
still keeps coming back to New Zealand. I think that
commitment when you consider the flight, I don't care if
your first class or not. It's horrible. He goes back
(03:48):
and forth and back and forth and back and forth
because he loves playing for his country. I mean that
that's a hero for his Zealnd sport, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
He is a champion, There's no question about it.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I don't use that lightly for Chris Wood because he's
never turned down the opportunity to play for his country.
He turns out and gives his best every time. He'd
be well within his rights to pull the odd injury
and roll himself out of some of these hams, but
he doesn't do so. He makes himself available and he
looks like the kind of guy who's proud to represent
his country, which is a terrific thing when these games
(04:21):
are a little bit sort of one sided. But he
is a fantastic player. His numbers are phenomenal in the
Premier League. I'm not sure people realize just how good
Chris Wood has proved himself to be, because you know,
he's an old fashioned center forward in many ways, but
he's at the top of his game, playing in the best.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
League in the world, you would argue with the Premier.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
League, and scoring goals regularly. So Chris Wood for me,
is an absolute champion.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well that's worth the price of admission. Go along and
watch that guy play, because you see him on the screen,
you see him in the EPO, you see what he does.
He picks up awards, he scores goals, and why wouldn't
you go there and watch that because he would be
up and what the top handful of players to ever
played for the all Whites, the.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Likes of.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Winton, Ruthers and who else would you throw him up
there with.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
You'd absolutely have him up there with Rufer who. Winton
was no doubt our best player, player of the century
in the last century. But Chris Wood, when he finishes playing,
I think will reflect on a career that is equal,
if not all surpassed Winton in terms of goals at
the top level, and that's what he's paid to do.
(05:32):
Score goals. He has scored goals wherever he's gone and
performed at the top of his game. Not only will
it be good to watch on the field, he's the
kind of guy who will hang around and sign the
autographs and do the selfies.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
He looks to me like, as I said, just an
absolute champion.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Alan's got left in the top leagues over in Britain.
How long goning to last?
Speaker 4 (05:51):
For Well's I think he's got two or three seasons
left in him, and he'll be working hard to get
another contract beyond his current one with Forest, because he
will come to the end of his run at sometime.
But he looks like he keeps himself in good nick.
He lives a good lifestyle. By the looks of me,
he's not burning out and at the moment he's in
rude form.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
He is in great nick in this case.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
So I suppose feed him and see what happens. He
described them before David showed as a traditional old school
center for Could you explain that to people who maybe
aren't that o fay with what that actually means?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Like me, Well, he's a big man, he'll play right
up the middle of the park.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
He'll be on the end of all sorts of crosses.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
He's not the kind of player that you'd say is
clever with his feet, but he knows where the goal is.
He'll head it off left or right. He's a finisher,
so his goals will be scored from sort of in
around the box general, although I saw him get one
from outside a week or two back in the Premier League,
so he's not It's not that he's not capable of
scoring those sort of worldies, but he will finish all
(06:56):
chances and he walks workers socks off.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
He will workers right around the park.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
The modern game has the smaller player able to sort
of apply their craft to the game. Chris Wood is
old fashioned in the sense that he's a target man
style of striker.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
One last thing, I know what I want to see
it to this match, plainly a victory or well owned one,
but no one broken, right Is that simple?
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Yeah? Correct?
Speaker 4 (07:21):
You want to get through these matches and send them
back to their clubs in good neck because that's important
as well. They should, I think, use their players intelligently.
So when they've got themselves in front, maybe there will
be a chance to give other players a run, et cetera,
et cetera. They've got two games they should win, and
I've got to say, i don't know if you knew
the stats, but I've got a nephew playing for Samoa
in the second game, so I'll be torn one hour
(07:43):
to support my nephew and I'll have to I have
to go with your Whites obviously for the win. So
it's a fantastic weekend. But young Harry Choate will be
playing for Samoa, so you'll hear the choke name, but
it won't be in an all white should It will
be in the blue of Sama.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
For more from sports Talk, listen Lived and News Talks.
They'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'd be let's talk all white football and nowt World
Cup qualification. David choked form all White joins us. Now, David,
is my suggestion just give the all whites the points?
It will save everyone a lot of time and money.
Is that a cruel thing to say and welcome?
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah, it's probably pretty accurate.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Yeah, I'm torn really because it's a chance, I suppose
for the Island nations to get on their biggest stage,
but for the All Whites it's sort of a bit
of a non event in terms of quality of opposition.
They are head and shoulders better and they should cruise
through this part of qualification. But in saying that it's
(00:49):
a ticket to the big dance, isn't it? So they
are not meaningless matches, but they are matches that the
all Whites should absolutely win and win.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Well, well, let's take another view. How about this for review?
It is a stacked all white side. They're playing at home.
What a chance people to go and see these guys,
see their heroes on their way to a World Cup.
So there's a positive for you, Tody.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
And look, the all whites now consist of players who
are applying their trade in good leagues around the world.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
So these guys are good.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
They are players that are proving themselves at international level,
none more so than obviously Chris Wood. But sprinkle around
them in top leagues around the world now are his teammates.
So it is a chance to see good footballers play
football at home. And that's a mouth warding opportunity really
to see, as you say, for the young football community
(01:42):
and the young sporting community, a chance to see their
heroes in real life.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Also great opportunity. And we can't brush over this for
Darren Bezy to actually work with his top team. We're
sentily his top team after dragging them from all four
points of the planet together and then setting them down
and go right, this is what we have to do
because that's his lot, isn't it. That's what Darren Bezi
has to deal with on a monthly or weekly a daily.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Well, look, to be honest, he's sort of slept walking
away into this job.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
In some ways. It was a job that was advertised
that he stepped.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Into an interim way has now made it his own.
He gets a chance to put his stamp on it,
and that's rob be interested to see can he get
this all right side playing a brand of football that's
not only winning football, but easy on the eye, because
as we know, football has sort of revolutionized itself over
the last few years, playing out from the back, keeping
(02:33):
the ball on the ground, keeping those skillful players actively
involved in the game, and that's what we want to see.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I was a big fan of the old Hoff it
up the middle and that was a great part of
what So what are you expecting from bas what expecting
from the side, What do you want to see put
in place?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
David choke Well exactly as I spoke about.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
If you think about the Wellington Phoenix, their success was
based around playing last season, playing a brand of football
that was good to watch and keeps the ball sort
of recycling and moving. That's what you want to see
the All Whites side dominate possession, create chances, score plenty
of goals, and they should get an opportunity to do
that and actually put a stamp on the way they're
(03:15):
going to play, because there'll be plenty of opportunity later
on in this tournament to see them playing insides who
are better than them, but they go in as strong favorites.
They need to really dictate how this game is going
to go.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
There's been a lot, sorry, there's been a lot made
recently of Chris woods achievements again this time at the
top level EPL and what he's done astonishing, and he
still keeps coming back to New Zealand. I think that
commitment when you consider the flight, I don't care if
your first class or not. It's horrible. He goes back
(03:48):
and forth and back and forth and back and forth
because he loves playing for his country. I mean that
that's a hero for his Zealnd sport, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
He is a champion, There's no question about it.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I don't use that lightly for Chris Wood because he's
never turned down the opportunity to play for his country.
He turns out and gives his best every time. He'd
be well within his rights to pull the odd injury
and roll himself out of some of these hams, but
he doesn't do so. He makes himself available and he
looks like the kind of guy who's proud to represent
his country, which is a terrific thing when these games
(04:21):
are a little bit sort of one sided. But he
is a fantastic player. His numbers are phenomenal in the
Premier League. I'm not sure people realize just how good
Chris Wood has proved himself to be, because you know,
he's an old fashioned center forward in many ways, but
he's at the top of his game, playing in the best.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
League in the world, you would argue with the Premier.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
League, and scoring goals regularly. So Chris Wood for me,
is an absolute champion.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well that's worth the price of admission. Go along and
watch that guy play, because you see him on the screen,
you see him in the EPO, you see what he does.
He picks up awards, he scores goals, and why wouldn't
you go there and watch that because he would be
up and what the top handful of players to ever
played for the all Whites, the.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Likes of.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Winton, Ruthers and who else would you throw him up
there with.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
You'd absolutely have him up there with Rufer who. Winton
was no doubt our best player, player of the century
in the last century. But Chris Wood, when he finishes playing,
I think will reflect on a career that is equal,
if not all surpassed Winton in terms of goals at
the top level, and that's what he's paid to do.
(05:32):
Score goals. He has scored goals wherever he's gone and
performed at the top of his game. Not only will
it be good to watch on the field, he's the
kind of guy who will hang around and sign the
autographs and do the selfies.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
He looks to me like, as I said, just an
absolute champion.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Alan's got left in the top leagues over in Britain.
How long goning to last?
Speaker 4 (05:51):
For Well's I think he's got two or three seasons
left in him, and he'll be working hard to get
another contract beyond his current one with Forest, because he
will come to the end of his run at sometime.
But he looks like he keeps himself in good nick.
He lives a good lifestyle. By the looks of me,
he's not burning out and at the moment he's in
rude form.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
He is in great nick in this case.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
So I suppose feed him and see what happens. He
described them before David showed as a traditional old school
center for Could you explain that to people who maybe
aren't that o fay with what that actually means?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Like me, Well, he's a big man, he'll play right
up the middle of the park.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
He'll be on the end of all sorts of crosses.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
He's not the kind of player that you'd say is
clever with his feet, but he knows where the goal is.
He'll head it off left or right. He's a finisher,
so his goals will be scored from sort of in
around the box general, although I saw him get one
from outside a week or two back in the Premier League,
so he's not It's not that he's not capable of
scoring those sort of worldies, but he will finish all
(06:56):
chances and he walks workers socks off.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
He will workers right around the park.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
The modern game has the smaller player able to sort
of apply their craft to the game. Chris Wood is
old fashioned in the sense that he's a target man
style of striker.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
One last thing, I know what I want to see
it to this match, plainly a victory or well owned one,
but no one broken, right Is that simple?
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Yeah? Correct?
Speaker 4 (07:21):
You want to get through these matches and send them
back to their clubs in good neck because that's important
as well. They should, I think, use their players intelligently.
So when they've got themselves in front, maybe there will
be a chance to give other players a run, et cetera,
et cetera. They've got two games they should win, and
I've got to say, i don't know if you knew
the stats, but I've got a nephew playing for Samoa
in the second game, so I'll be torn one hour
(07:43):
to support my nephew and I'll have to I have
to go with your Whites obviously for the win. So
it's a fantastic weekend. But young Harry Choate will be
playing for Samoa, so you'll hear the choke name, but
it won't be in an all white should It will
be in the blue of Sama.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
For more from sports Talk, listen Lived and News Talks.
They'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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