Yeah. Struck me after Simms’ second one especially, nice team move and a good finish to go 3-0 up and he seemed almost embarrassed to celebrate. Hopefully we can coax him out of his shell a bit more and that’ll help on the pitch.
Lord forgive me for any of my comments bashing Simms, he’s the man. If he can pick that head up and play with some swagger he can be really really dangerous in this league.
He's also 26th percentile for pass completion, 8th for take ons, <30 for blocks, interceptions and clearances.
He's attempted 51 take ons and been successful in 8! That's shocking.
So? Doesn't contradict what I said, he's at best average in the championship. Him being part of a side that got carried to the playoffs on the back of two outstanding players, in one of the easiest years to make it, doesn't change that.
Well, quite, yes. We should've bought a solid creative central midfielder who could come straight in and start games.
I assumed Ayari was going to play there, maybe he will in time. But we should've got him AND another. With Sheaf's injury we're now effectively starting our 3rd and 4th choice...
Because Bayliss and Shipley broke out in L2 where they were genuinely good players for that level?
Eccles is an average championship player at best. It's logical he doesn't get the same praise. If Shipley or Bayliss were still here they'd be getting even more flak.
It’s fairly obvious that a starting midfield of Kelly and Eccles is not good enough to get in the top 6. They are the biggest issue, not the rest of the team.