Simms was our starting number 9 for the majority of our surge up the league . Agree he should score more but he adds to the team when he is playing wellIf a stupid offer comes in for Wright then he goes but for a small squad he’s great that he can play LW and Striker. Versatile players are handy in this league
Simms is not good enough and needs a fresh start somewhere else
BTA I’m sure will end up at Blackburn or Stoke
I'm not having this Wright not turning up for big games bollocks. He's just out of form. He's played well in big games for us before, Wolves Away for example. The guy had a shit injury, the type that lingers, who knows it was probably adrenaline that got him that hatrick in his return.
Let's not pretend that Vik made much impact in the 3 playoffs games he played either. Shit happens, bad timing for the form of our strikers that's all.
I'm not against always looking to upgrade but Wright is a fine player who is out of form/unfit that is all
Get Sergeant inWright - Doesn't turn up in big games
Simms - Not developed, doesn't look like he ever will
BTA - Not a good enough starter
We need to move them all on to generate some funds for quality.
There is something fundamentally off with the way we play and its impact on the strikers.
Wright, Simms and BTA’s production is all down from last season. I don’t think they’ve all become bad players.
There were rumours that Simms was carrying a long term-ish injury and the same must be true for Haji. It was like watching Kane at the Euros (2024) all over again.
There is no evidence of injuries.
Simms production last season in the league was no better than- he’s not good enough at this level. Haji was fine until the last few games and for some reason he’s just nosedived.
Our ITKs have suggested that’s the case. Players playing with injuries will be kept under wraps as much as possible. So there won’t be ‘evidence’ as you put it.
It’s the eye test, Haji looked a shadow of himself and in my opinion, it didn’t look like he’s was being lazy but no where near 100% for 120m.
Simms scored 19 goals last season and more goals from open play than Haji last season. Your point is based on a falsehood.
Our ITKs have suggested that’s the case. Players playing with injuries will be kept under wraps as much as possible. So there won’t be ‘evidence’ as you put it.
It’s the eye test, Haji looked a shadow of himself and in my opinion, it didn’t look like he’s was being lazy but no where near 100% for 120m.
Simms scored 19 goals last season and more goals from open play than Haji last season. Your point is based on a falsehood.
Simms scored in 9 league games last season. Your defence of someone who’s underperformed massively is just strange.
I suspect the manager of the club sees things very differently to you
It's totally not what we need. Shift 1 of you can but the less chun we have the better. I'd definitely keep Haji, he's good at this level.I agree with many of the comments on the thread but it just seems unfeasible that we swap all 3 strikers in the summer, though I wouldn't complain if we did
That's blatantly not true.Wright - Doesn't turn up in big games
It's the end of the season. Most players on that pitch last night would've probably be carrying some kind of knock, strain or just generally not be at 100%.
I'm afraid regardless of how you spin it Simms' performances this season on the whole have been consistently poor.
How many games did Haji Wright score in? Non-penalty goals only would be 12 games (13 with penalties).
So what separates your high praise for Wright versus scathing views on Simms is 3 or 4 games last season. Not to mention Wright missed more big chances than Simms last season too.
This ‘scored in x league game’ stats is nonsense and we’ve spoken about it before. Even Gyokeres in 22/23 scored in 17 (or so) games in 22/23 which shows even the best Championship strikers rarely score in 50% of games they play.
It’s the manager whose chose not to give him one minute in the two biggest games of the season - not me
Probably a mistake. Lampard sees Haji as the man to lead the line and since he’s come back, barring the league game v Sunderland… hasn’t been convincing in that role.
With the game heading to penalties, Wright was never coming unless he had to.
I was talking about Wright’s performances.
More generally, if you have 3 Championship strikers with decent records and they’ve all underperformed this season… it might not be them at fault.
He put BTA on.
He didn’t use him on Friday
Suggests he isn’t in his plans
You also referred to Simms carrying an injury which apparently in part explains his consistently awful performances and him not scoring a goal since February. Must be some 'injury'.
In one of the City Unseen videos I’m sure one of the coaches was eyeballing Simms in the changing room after the game.He put BTA on.
He didn’t use him on Friday
Suggests he isn’t in his plans
If all the strikers are out of form, does that say more about them or the team?
If all the strikers are out of form, does that say more about them or the team?
Wright has averaged a goal every 1.5 games this season.
JDS better than bidwell according to lampard then..It’s the manager whose chose not to give him one minute in the two biggest games of the season - not me
Over the course of the whole season Wright hasn't been out of form though. He's scored 12 goals despite missing nearly 4 months of the season. It's only these past 3/4 games he's been genuinely dreadful.
With BTA his form replicates that at West Brom. Erratic.
Simms has been consistently poor since the back end of last season.
I'd say the problem lies in the quality of recruitment than the team or existing management.
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