Tea Light in the Dark Universe: Bobby Wood at Hamburg

I believe even Bobby has him beat for most goals in the 2 Bundesliga as well. 23 goals/9 assists for Bobby vs 21 goals/3 assists for Connor.

 

Starting against Hertha Berlin

 

C'mon Bobby show them your Island Style.

 

This is one of the worst Bundesliga seasons ever. About half of the teams are rubbish. That Hannover is one of the three worst in that pile of rubbish is quite the accomplishment.

 

I watched about 20 - 30 mins. Pretty poor game. 96 lost 2-0 The second goal had a bit of Bobby's contribution. He got beat to the endline after a 96 failed to clear. The cross was dropped on a dime, however, and the Hertha striker got a free header from the middle of the goal box. Couldn't have asked for more time or a better ball. Really poor defending.

96 did not have much going forward. Crosses were poor. Had one two chances off balls that dropped into traffic, but nothing to challenging. Good at getting the ball to players wide - often Bobby - but nothing going on in the box.

 

On the bench against Mainz:

Und diese #H96-Profis sind zunächst auf der Bank: #Tschauner#Elez#Albornoz#Bakalorz#Wood#Fossum#Muslija#M05H96#NiemalsAllein ⚫️⚪️💚

— Hannover 96 (@Hannover96) December 9, 2018

 

96 up 1-0.

 

Game's first sub - not Wood.

 

Tied up on a contested penalty (or so one match tracker suggests) - still no Wood - in the 80s

 

What a dive. How was that not overturned?

 

Came in the last minute of regulation (but ahead of 10 minutes of stoppage time -- thanks to a fireworks/smoke delay).

90' Dritter und letzter Wechsel bei #H96: @BobbyS_Wood kommt für Hendrik #Weydandt in die Partie. 🔁 #NiemalsAllein ⚫️⚪️💚 | #M05H96 1:1

— Hannover 96 (@Hannover96) December 9, 2018

 

Ends 1-1after Mainz have a 97th minute goal rightly overturned for offside

 

Looks like we're going to have to keep savoring that Sargent goal as the peak of our season until next year,

 

Well for Bobby if shows he can score you 5-6 goals in 2000 or so minutes he will be able to justify at least a squad position in the Bundesliga and maintain his current wages for the next half a decade or so.

 

He's playing Munich tomorrow. Godspeed to him. A goal or an assist would greatly help him and the club.

 

On the bench:

Zunächst auf der #H96-Bank:#Tschauner#Elez#Albornoz#Bakalorz#Wood#Muslija#Maina#H96FCB #NiemalsAllein ⚫️⚪️💚

— Hannover 96 (@Hannover96) December 15, 2018

 

Bayern up 1-0 2' in...

Good chance we see some Wood here in the 2nd.

 

meanwhile, protests in stands.

"We want Hannover 96 with 50+1!"
"96 doesn't belong to just one person!"#H96 fans hold banners protesting against club president Martin Kind. #H96FCB pic.twitter.com/Tg8jdZIzMW

— DW Sports (@dw_sports) December 15, 2018

 

Wood earns a DNP today, as Hannover loses 0-4 to Bayern.

 

this was not a thing of beauty. H96, 50+1 are in trouble.

 

Perhaps fortunate for Wood, but hard to understand.

Wood is one of the more defensively helpful strikers you could put out there, though perhaps not as big a "spear-point" counterattacking threat as he could be (Not that familiar with 96's other choices.)

Result is not a big surprise anyway. If H96 had expected any points from BM this season they also believe in the toothfairy

 

I think it is pretty clear. Hannover have two more games in the next 7 days, and they are vs Freiburg and Dusseldorf. In other words: they have some chance of wining those games. Today was a no-hoper.

 

After Hannover goes down, if a third Bundesliga club buys Bobby, he'll have the rare chance to achieve a hat-trick of relegations.

 

He's starting against Freiburg. It'd be a solid time for a goal.

 

Kickoff!

Aaaand they're down 1-0. First-minute handball and a penalty.

Hannover is ********ing miserable.