He wasn't. He got us 2 free kicks, just outside their penalty area. One of those free kicks hit the post. He held the ball up, reasonably well and layed it off, a lot..he had hardly any support and Wright looked better, because he had Rudi and Torp, to play off.
Assante is not a centre forward, as shown in the Hull game. Assante played well wide right, against Derby and QPR. Simms scored 19 goals, season before last, appreciate some in the cup. He had zero support, last night.
It is, but Simms played with players who are not our starting players, for league games. He is always going to look worse than Wright, who plays with Rudi, etc. I thought Simms did okay. He won 2 free kicks, near the goal. One nearly an equaliser, from the free kick..he got his head on balls and...