Chris Wooden has been labelled as ‘oustanding’ by his former supervisor Eddie Howe because the Nottingham Forest purpose machine prepares to face Newcastle on Sunday afternoon.
Wooden, 33, was signed by Howe to assist preserve Newcastle up in 2022 however scored simply 4 Premier League targets in two seasons earlier than being allowed to maneuver to Forest.
He has flourished within the east midlands although, scoring 18 instances already this season to assist propel Forest to 3rd place.
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Howe mentioned: “I feel he has been excellent. Chris, when he got here to us, helped us in a very tough scenario preventing relegation.
“We felt we’d like a focus in that place. Any person who might take loads of stress off of us as a group and provides us a bodily presence. I believed he did all of these issues and was excellent for the group.
“I in all probability under-estimated how a lot he affected our model and play. Then with Alex’s [Isak] return to health and Callum’s [Wilson] return he ended up shifting on.
“I’m delighted for him on a private stage as a result of he is a superb character, gave every thing for us.”
Newcastle have misplaced three of their final 4 video games however are solely three factors off the highest 4 going into the weekend.
Howe desires to see a response from the disappointing defeat at Manchester Metropolis final weekend.
He mentioned: “There are not any certainties in soccer, that I can say with little question. However I feel there’s an understanding that we didn’t carry out.
“There’s an understanding of what we didn’t do properly sufficient. We have now actually coated that with the gamers and we predict an enormous response.”
