There's nothing like a five-year old YouTube reel of Danish Superliga highlights to prove someone wrong when they tried to show up your argument with actual facts
There's nothing like a five-year old YouTube reel of Danish Superliga highlights to prove someone wrong when they tried to show up your argument with actual facts
I would sign Riis as competition for Simms, not a replacement for him.
I'd let BTA go personally out of any of the forwards we've got.
I'd let BTA go personally out of any of the forwards we've got.
I think both sides of this argument are guilty of not seeing the bigger picture.
There’s certainly something to be said about him managing to score goals in a pretty uninspiring and uncreative Preston team (some things never change / tale as old as time).
Would he be the answer or fit our system better than Simms? I have no idea to be honest.
Say what you want about Simms his passing is absolutely appalling. No point in having a striker who can win the ball if they can't then do anything with it because they just give it away. Lampard will want a striker with better link up play. Riis is not much better in that regard:
Simms:
Vs Riis.
If we signed Riis then I think I'd rather lose Simms than BTA.
Riis and Simms are more alike, BTA would give us something different (like v Boro off the bench, not that he puts in those performances every week though).
The fact Wilder wants him in at SUFC as a direct competitor to Kieffer Moore says that he's not the type of striker Frank will go for. We have one of those already that can't score in Franks system so you wouldn't have two of them surely? We need a younger Adam Armstrong type that makes intelligent runs in the box that creates opportunities and space for both him and others.
That was an unusual circumstance that suited him perfectly, but take your point
Agreed, Riis is better than Simms, but im not convinced hes the best option out there, what is in Riis's favour is the fact that hes a free transfer, so maybe we'd keep all the strikers we currently have and Riis will take Paterson's place, and Bassette goes out on loan. (Purely guessing)
That would still allow us to bring in another striker and sell one of Simms/BTA/Wright
Assuming Riis is a target man because he’s tall. He’s not that type at all.
46 goals for PNE, 3 with his Bonce.
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Riis is a different type of player to Simms, he likes to use the wide areas and cut inside, use his pace and skill. He’s a lot better at defending from the front than simms and wins the ball 3x more often in the final third. He’s not a target man he’s just tall a bit like Wright he looks to use his pace and skill more
Riis' wiki isn't up to date, it was 12 in 45.
and f*ck off, if that's how we finish posts now.
Mate of mine is a Preston fan. Usually a pretty reliable scout. This was his response about Riis...
'I fucking hate him. Lazy lazy bastard when the chips are down or he wants a move. Needs 3 chances to score a goal. Terrible first touch. Only tactic is to twat the ball as hard as possible.
On the plus side, he’s got the capability to win a game for you out of nothing. He’d be a good impact sub for Cov. On a free he’s a no brainer as a play off team sub striker'
'I fucking hate him. Lazy lazy bastard when the chips are down or he wants a move. Needs 3 chances to score a goal. Terrible first touch. Only tactic is to twat the ball as hard as possible.
On the plus side, he’s got the capability to win a game for you out of nothing. He’d be a good impact sub for Cov. On a free he’s a no brainer as a play off team sub striker'
Sounds like good business if we are looking to move one our bench options in Simms or BTA off and sign Riis to replace.
Decent article about Riis here, sounds quite fair.
Expert view on Coventry City free transfer 'target' Emil Riis
Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as we get the expert view from a journalist who has watched reported Sky Blues transfer target Emil Riis every week for the last few seasons
