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Who wouldn't be happy with a player of Wright's calibre returning back into the fold? He's our best player and league leading player in his position, he is obviously a lot better than Simms and BTA which is why he cost more than both of them and most of Bassette's fee combined. Lampard...

It gives us something substantive that we can work with at least. Just to make you aware, Simms hits his xG from last year (he outperformed his xG in 23/24), it fits your criteria perfectly. If he hit that, would you be happy? Rather than chuck the baby out with the bathwater, Simms gets this...

A number would suffice Webb. 5 goals? 10?

Ok, so what are you expectations for this unnamed striker - how many goals do you expect them to get playing 2nd fiddle to Haji? From my POV, it seems that no one wants to be put a number on it because it's either an unrealistic expectation or its roughly the same as what we've got.

Goals to appearances is the norm so anything other than that is a sneaky manipulation, frankly. Why you'd penalise a striker for scoring multiple goals in a game is baffling. Forget the specifics on individual players, what is your expectations for this unnamed striker? Specifically, a...

Who is good enough then? Piroe was a £10.5m signing to be their man striker and its more accurate to say he was 'eased' into the team. On Salech, I'm pointing out that he's had one half season so next year he could also have his 'terrible twos' season as Simms as had. He's been a 1 in 3 goal a...

If you’re Doug King, you’re not sanctioning another multiple million pound signing on a striker when you have 3 on the books have scored double figures in previous seasons. As well as Bassette. Lampard is supposedly an elite coach, it’s up to him to get the most out of these players. In the...

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...