Tea Light in the Dark Universe: Bobby Wood at Hamburg

Is this guy a midfield provider who will provide Bobby with a ton of sick assists?

 

He's supposed to be. Still young

 

He is but still very young

 

HSV has some good attacking playmakers so I think that'll ultimately help Bobby

 

I always end up buying this kid in Fifa lol. He has a crazy high ceiling in the game.

 

Which makes me wonder why Barca ultimately agree to sell him.

 

Barca should certainly defer more to the all knowing masters at EA Sports when evaluating their academy talents.

 

They have a buy back option for the next two years.

 

Well it's not even that. I'm remember seeing soccer circles blow up a few years ago when he came on the scene in his native Croatian league. He looked like a kid who was beyond his peers. I thought he had the makings of world class player. And he didn't look too shabby with Gijon last season.

 

Criminy, he looks 15, tops. I guess the photo is telling us he passed the medical?

 

If he's good enough for Barca, they can buy him back at 10 million euros, which is as cheap as it gets for a player that is well, good enough for Barca.

 

I concur. I wanna say I remember their top scorer last season had 7 goals in the bundesliga. Coming from 2 Bundesliga maybe the expectation are a bit lower. but if he notches 10 he should be a Hero for them and for us. I want him starting for us in Russia.

and it'd be nice to see a non-white American born NT player to score for us in the WC. i had figure Jozy might do the same in 2018 but who knows.

 

is anyone still following Union Berlin? hows' their start to the year?

didn't he win their Player of the Year back in May?

 

Damn bro why you gotta get all racialist on us ?

 

well it's not like it's a bad thing to be discussed. A lot of folks have brought up that he's Hawaiian

 

Interview with Bobby Wood from Bild

http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/h...r-eine-dicke-nummer-werden-46933350.bild.html

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Hooray! - Bobby is here!

Wednesday night beat newcomer Bobby Wood (23) after his home-vacation in California for the first time in Hamburg. Today are for the US-Kicker lactate test and fitness checks on the program.

BILD: Why have you chosen to HSV?

Wood: "A few years ago the club was still a really big number in the Bundesliga and has played in Europe. Club and city have the potential to come back there again. That's what we all want and I will do my Best possible. "

BILD: What for a striker-type fans can look forward to?

Wood: "I see myself as clear center forward who not long flare and quickly gets in a strike. There I showed my best performances for Union Berlin and the national team. "

IMAGE: Speaking of national team. In the Copa America you have turned up neatly, were in five of six games in the starting lineup.

Wood: "For me personally it was pretty neat. We played a good tournament. Too bad that it was not enough at the end for more. "

Hooray! - Bobby is here!

Wednesday night beat newcomer Bobby Wood (23) after his home-vacation in California for the first time in Hamburg. Today are for the US-Kicker lactate test and fitness checks on the program.

BILD: Why have you chosen to HSV?

Wood: "A few years ago the club was still a really big number in the Bundesliga and has played in Europe. Club and city have the potential to come back there again. That's what we all want and I will do my Best possible. "

BILD: What for a striker-type fans can look forward to?

Wood: "I see myself as clear center forward who not long flare and quickly gets in a strike. There I showed my best performances for Union Berlin and the national team. "

IMAGE: Speaking of national team. In the Copa America you have turned up neatly, were in five of six games in the starting lineup.

Wood: "For me personally it was pretty neat. We played a good tournament. Too bad that it was not enough at the end for more. "

IMAGE: Instead of enjoying your vacation, you have been training diligently on the system of basketball club LA Lakers ...

Wood: "I was just important that I appear physically in top condition in Hamburg. Now I'm dying to get my fitness on the square. "

BILD: What do you already know from Hamburg ?

Wood: "Nothing really. Although I have already found a nice apartment in the city center. Only problem: My furniture is still in my old apartment in Berlin ".

Besides Wood are now also Johan Djourou (29), Zoltan Stieber (27) and Albin Ekdal (26) after their national team leave open at HSV again ...

 

Bobby Wood: "I'm here to score goals. I play a very physical style of football and I am quick." #HSV pic.twitter.com/uriQsPqGnx

— HSV News English (@HSVnewsEN) July 22, 2016

Wood: "I see myself playing the centre forward position. I have rarely played on the wing."

— HSV News English (@HSVnewsEN) July 22, 2016

 

Must be an idiom that I haven't learned yet, but eine dicke Nummer translates as "a fat number?" I guess Hamburg has to cut down on all that saturated fat.

 

Did he pass his "lactate test"? I bet it was painful.

 

Great photo

 

Halilovic is a good player for his age. Definitely has a chance to help Bobby out immensely.

 

Alen is a runt with a baby face. I was surprised to find out he's 20 already.

 

They get 5.5 million Euros in cash over the next year or so, which is useful.
They get his wages off the books for as long as he's with Hamburg, which is handy.
They get a too-good-for-another-loan-but-not-yet-good-enough player PT and out of the dressing-room without selling him to a LaLiga competitor.
They get a guaranteed buy-back option for 10 million Euros exercisable at any stage over the next two years.

It's a no-brainer when you think about it.

It's also really good news for Bobby: one of Europe's top AM prospects with 35 LaLiga games in his debut season providing Wood with the ammo next season is something to look forward to. Let's hope they both stay healthy.

 

Hamburg's local newspaper Abendblatt has a poll going, asking who should be the HSV forward next season:
Lasogga 6%
Wood 60%
Both 33%
Other 2%

 

Is Lasogga that terrible or is Wood hype on the rise? (I'm sure a pun is there but I can't see it)