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If only... Wait, he scored 4 headed goals which would probably be up there as one of the highest in the division. More than the likes of Morris and Moore who fans were pining over for this specific reason i.e. headed goals.

Facts are friendly and both players played as lone strikers in 22/23, 23/24 and scored a good amount of goals so it's more likely that 24/25 was just an outlier. Selling both of them smacks of throwing the baby out with the bath water. Again, name me a striker in the Championship who scored...

The game has changed from the 1970s and with that the role and expectations of a winger. Sakamoto isn't a standout player in any attacking category No. 23/24 and 22/23 data suggests Simms is a better goal scorer overall. BTA's xG was quite low (remember his wonder goal v Swansea) and despite...

BTA played less minutes and scored the same amount of goals (all comps), at least 2 of goals came from the wing (Oxford & Spurs in the league cup).

If we're looking at goals, 23/24 was an outlier for Sakamoto because that was his best goal tally in Europe by far and scored a lot of goals that we low xG chances. He had a similar season in the J-League back in 20/21. It's possible he improves his output, just not probable. At his current goal...

* appeared in. His MPG (minutes per game) was 53 minutes, which is closer to 27 games rather than 46 (all comps). His minutes per goal was 346.5 last season (slightly better than 1 in 4 over 90m) which isn't too bad. Using his MPG, it's around 1 in 6.5 appearances which checks out really...

For reference, who do you have in mind because there wasn't a single second choice striker in the top 6 who scored more than 5 goals from the bench. Even Keiffer Moore who had a lot of minutes from the bench scored all of his goals as a starter and and his non-penalty goals per minute was worse...

Which, to go full circle, both Simms and BTA have proven in previous seasons they can lead the line and score goals at least in Wright's absence. To manage people's expectations, how many goals do people expect from a sub striker over a season? Looking at the top 6, the only 2 second choice...

I'd like to see EMC make an impact at RW and whilst he may have played his best football at LW, the way he plays could lend itself well to RW. Unless we sign a 'blue chip' LW, there isn't much point moving him about. My preference would be sign a RW but find it interesting we've been linked...

There are raw materials to work with but his work in the box is pretty poor and highlighted by commentators who've watched us and him play. If he's not willing to put the work in to improve and his ego inflated to the point where it impacts the wider group... move him on.

True and reading between the lines, Bassette has been unhappy he's not getting game time but whenever he had game time he hasn't made an impact. If he's going to be a frustrated figure and negatively impact the group, then its for the best we move him on. I do think Robins/recruitment team made...

When you define 'top priority' and positional needs, you're looking at starting players, right? Hence why we signed a highly rated GK because starting Wilson/Collins for 2-4 months on the season was a significant risk. 10 goals from sub strikers isn't a terrible return. The top 3 who play 1...

In 23/24, both Simms and BTA hit double figures playing predominantly upfront on their own in a 4-2-3-1. This narrative they can only play in a front 2 is false. They both had bad seasons last year and the coaching staff need to understand how to get 2 players back to their form previously. If...

Dovin was in fine form between Jan and Feb and a big contributor. However, goals win matches and in that same period, BTA and Simms scored 7 goals v Bristol, Blackburn, Swansea and Sheff W. Without those goals and results, we don’t get a look in at the playoffs and people have forgotten that...

Outside of Rudoni and Wright, there wasn’t much goals in the team. What would we do if Rudoni got injured? He played a role in 33% of all our goals in the league last year. Which is mental. People moan about BTA and Simms but we put in our best run of form playing them upfront together last...

I am including Rapha who may get more minutes this season. If we intend to play 4-2-3-1/4-3-3, we can’t really do that with Rapha, Sakamoto and EMC. If we’re only signing ‘cover’ players, we’re wasting our time. Seriously, it won’t be that difficult to find a winger who scores more goals than...

Why don’t we just wait until the season starts before giving up on any player? Lampard was asked about signing a striker and his answer suggested ‘no’ and given the Bassette rumours, it’s revealing. If you’re King, you’d be putting the onus on a manger to work with Haji and 2 players who...

Not from the bench. Ironically, a lot BTA’s minutes would’ve been out wide too. Leeds sub striker (Joseph) scored 3 goals and 4 of their top goal scorers were wide players. Likewise, Sheff U had 5 wide in theirs and Keiffer Moore scored 5 goals last season from the bench (less than Simms lol)...

Quick comparison: - BTA + Simms = 4374 minutes played, 12 goals - Sakamoto + EMC = 4842 minutes, 9 goals. Let’s put aside that we do not have the depth required to play 4-2-3-1 without playing players out of position… 9 goals from 2 attacking players is just not good enough. For context...

Haji Wright scored 12 goals missing 3 months of the season… even Simms scored 19 goals in his first season here. Meanwhile, our 2 wingers between them didn’t get past 10 goals… that’s actually what’s holding us back.