Ellis Simms playoffs reason not played (9 Viewers)

[Skyblueabo1111]

I thought it weird. Simms not played in playoffs? 99 appearances. One game triggers 2 million payout to Everton?

 

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[robinsforever]

I thought it weird. Simms not played in playoffs? 99 appearances. One game triggers 2 million payout to Everton?

Had we gone up that means a profit of 148 million rather than 150 million. If Lampard felt he could be the difference to us going up I'm sure he would have played.
More likely is that he was injured given he has been carrying an issue for a while now and we just put him on the bench to try and kid Sunderland that he was an option off the bench. Lampard doesn't seem the vindictive type to make an example of someone

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

Had we gone up that means a profit of 148 million rather than 150 million. If Lampard felt he could be the difference to us going up I'm sure he would have played.
More likely is that he was injured given he has been carrying an issue for a while now and we just put him on the bench to try and kid Sunderland that he was an option off the bench. Lampard doesn't seem the vindictive type to make an example of someone
Check.99 games

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

99 games

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

Had we gone up that means a profit of 148 million rather than 150 million. If Lampard felt he could be the difference to us going up I'm sure he would have played.
More likely is that he was injured given he has been carrying an issue for a while now and we just put him on the bench to try and kid Sunderland that he was an option off the bench. Lampard doesn't seem the vindictive type to make an example of someone

He wasn't injured

 

[robinsforever]

99 games

Way too risky to not play him for that. Let's say we sell him and he tears it up next season with another club and bangs in 20 goals. Lampard and King would be in for an absolute roasting.

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

Way too risky to not play him for that. Let's say we sell him and he tears it up next season with another club and bangs in 20 goals. Lampard and King would be in for an absolute roasting.

He will

 

[robinsforever]

He will

Sorry pal bur I'm not buying we would jeopardise our chances of being in the PL for the sake of 2 million quid. I'm not a huge fan of King but he isn't that stupid.

 

[Liquid Gold]

This is gonna be one of those bullshit internet things that becomes fact.

 

[fatso]

I thought it weird. Simms not played in playoffs? 99 appearances. One game triggers 2 million payout to Everton?

Weird, but would explain his omition, but then again why have him on the bench???

And let's be brutally honest. He's been fucking shit for ages. I wouldn't want him anywhere near our first team if I were Lampard.

 

[baldy]

I thought it weird. Simms not played in playoffs? 99 appearances. One game triggers 2 million payout to Everton?

99 appearances but being on the pitch ain't one

 

[peteCCFC]

I thought it weird. Simms not played in playoffs? 99 appearances. One game triggers 2 million payout to Everton?

Ellis, are the rumours true that you never sleep and stay up all night playing your Xbox?

 

[quinn1971]

Bit of a strange one, the Mboro game at home was the biggest game of the season, simms starts we win 2-0, he did okay, then doesn’t get a min in a game where over 2 legs wer‘e slinging crosses into the box and need some height

 

[Gint11]

If Simms was good enough, he’d have played

 

[covboy9]

Sadly this guy is crap

 

[Somerset Sky Blue]

I kept wondering if he was injured and that's why he didn't come on
...but then why have him on the bench and he certainly warmed up a few times.
Who is to know what would have happened, but I would have liked to see him in the first leg, especially how the game was developing.

 

[Otis]

Sadly this guy is crap

Bit harsh tbf.

He doesn't post that much really.

 

[Saddlebrains]

He wasn't injured

We didn't owe any payout for appearances

Management patience has ran out

 

[Viktor17]

Ridiculous how stupid twitter rumours start to become gospel. World we live in now I guess.

 

[Jamesimus]

Ellis, are the rumours true that you never sleep and stay up all night playing your Xbox?

Pete, the rumour I started was that he stays up all night watching anime. Stick to the script please.

 

[Jamesimus]

He wasn't injured

We didn't owe any payout for appearances

Management patience has ran out

Surprised it lasted this long tbh. You can still see what he has in moments, unfortunately they became rarer as the season came to an end!

 

[mmttww]

because he'd be on the bench if we couldn't afford to bring him on. Love people's powers of reasoning.

 

[CCFCSteve]

He wasn't injured

We didn't owe any payout for appearances

Management patience has ran out

I still think he’d have been more of a handful than Wright in the second leg

 

[Frostie]

I'm still convinced there's a player in there. It wouldn't surprise me if he went on & did well elsewhere, but it seems Lampard doesn't believe he can get it out of him so probably best he moves on in the summer.

 

[Viktor17]

I'm still convinced there's a player in there. It wouldn't surprise me if he went on & did well elsewhere, but it seems Lampard doesn't believe he can get it out of him so probably best he moves on in the summer.

I agree, there are the ingredients, depends on him ultimately and the system I think, he’s not a loan striker.

think may be best for both to go seperate ways, like you say, wouldn’t surprise me to see him score regularly at next stop.

 

[Grendel]

Bit of a strange one, the Mboro game at home was the biggest game of the season, simms starts we win 2-0, he did okay, then doesn’t get a min in a game where over 2 legs wer‘e slinging crosses into the box and need some height

He was poor against Middlesbrough

 

[quinn1971]

He was poor against Middlesbrough

He’s not been great all season but wev‘e won a lot of games he’s started in, there’s no way he doesn’t play a single minute in those 2 games,

 

[SBT]

Ridiculous how stupid twitter rumours start to become gospel. World we live in now I guess.

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[Caer Urfa]

He was shite for us

 

[Grendel]

I'm still convinced there's a player in there. It wouldn't surprise me if he went on & did well elsewhere, but it seems Lampard doesn't believe he can get it out of him so probably best he moves on in the summer.

I would guess most people who have managed a him feel the same

 

[Kingokings204]

He wasn't injured

We didn't owe any payout for appearances

Management patience has ran out

Whilst I accept that 100%. It still beggars belief he couldn’t be useful for half hour or more when some of our players weren't Great themselves and or couldn’t walk any more.

 

[Jamesimus]

Do we reckon that’s him out the door then? Wonder if we’ll be able to recoup what we spent.

 

[quinn1971]

He wasn't injured

We didn't owe any payout for appearances

Management patience has ran out

Exactly, there’s no way lampards thinking of keeping him, prob wasn’t impressed with him at Everton either, shame, really want him to come good, proved he can score at every level he’s been at

 

[Otis]

Do we reckon that’s him out the door then? Wonder if we’ll be able to recoup what we spent.

You would guess so, wouldn't you

I have stood by him all season and did last season too, but the last time he scored was Feb 15th. When you add in to that, his inability to hold the ball up to allow us to build an attack, you are then left with a big problem.

He may well do well elsewhere, but you would have to think his time with us is at an end

 

[quinn1971]

You would guess so, wouldn't you

I have stood by him all season and did last season too, but the last time he scored was Feb 15th. When you add in to that, his inability to hold the ball up to allow us to build an attack, you are then left with a big problem.

He may well do well elsewhere, but you would have to think his time with us is at an end

Don’t think we can wait for him to come good can we , but you just know whatever club he goes to he’ll be a totally different player, 6 ft 3 shithouse. If your a defender you should hate playing against him, it’s the opposite.