He needs to elbow a few defenders in the ribs get in their faces, wind them up etc…Simms needs to find the inner monster. He's basically unchallenged for the ST role now.
Does anyone have a list of fit players?
Wilson, like nearly all our recent keepers, has regressed.
I'm not expecting the 2nd coming of Gordon Banks, I'm expecting him to be less shit than Colliins.
Shouldn't be on motorbikes with the risks involved
Never want to put anyone out of a job but it's got to be time to have a look at upgrading the goalkeeping coaching set up this summer. Not one keeper over the last few years has improved consistently. Dovin has done well enough but he was brought in at great expense as a top prospect so we should expect he would.
Throughout his time here Simms has shown both why he got a PL contract and why he was let go. He has the physical attributes to be dominant in this league but rarely uses them.
At the start of the season, most thought we'd got a pretty deep squad and would be able to rotate, Where has all that depth gone, 4 injuries and we're fucked??
At the start of the season, most thought we'd got a pretty deep squad and would be able to rotate, Where has all that depth gone, 4 injuries and we're fucked??
4? I count 6.At the start of the season, most thought we'd got a pretty deep squad and would be able to rotate, Where has all that depth gone, 4 injuries and we're fucked??
Far to placid, he should be calling for the ball & giving his team mates bollockings when they don't give it to him . Getting more stuck in, swearing & shouting & strangely getting booked more often .We don't know much about his mentality apart from what we perceive from watching him - a placid gentle giant. I hope behind the scenes the coaching staff are telling him he needs to find the aggression or he won't be here much longer.
EcclesWho’s the 6th
Dovin
Thomas
Torp
EMC
Bassette
Bta just coming backEccles
Why would you expect a journeyman goalkeeper like Wilson, brought in as backup, to progress?
Bta just coming back
And Collins is mentally unwell
Whats Johnson Clarke-Harris doing these days?
Never want to put anyone out of a job but it's got to be time to have a look at upgrading the goalkeeping coaching set up this summer. Not one keeper over the last few years has improved consistently. Dovin has done well enough but he was brought in at great expense as a top prospect so we should expect he would.
Some tutoring for Ellis Simms about when to be a shithead on the pitch would be good.
We’ve also scored goals to compensate…
The personnel that made 5-3-2 work are not available and this is something people have overlooked when calling for 5-3-2.
Behave.Bingo. I'd genuinely have JCH leading our line over our current options.
Particularly with our wingers. Sakamoto and EMC are good players but when they have ineffectual games, who is on the bench to change the game? I’m hoping for more from EMC next season as he’s shown some great glimpses but the season has been stop-start for him. Sakamoto, imo, would make a fantastic role player in a top 3 team but he doesn’t have the consistent output to be the main guy.
It’s lucky MVE is a robust player because he’s had to play nearly every minute of every game this season and last.
Even at CM, the people happy with Andrews being a 4/5th choice in preseason were made to look silly given how many injuries we’ve picked there.
At LB, Bidwell and JDS aren’t really Top 6 calibre imo. Defensively, I’m not convinced with Lati and Binks as backups and a top end CB would elevate Thomas and Kitching imo.
Need to be smarter in the free market i think. We can't be paying what you'd consider to be good money for all those positions.Said before if the money was there I’d want: GK, CB x 2, RB, LB, CM x 2, RW, ST
But whether we’ve got the cash for a noticeable upgrade on the likes of Lati, Eccles, BTA, etc is a fair question.
Said before if the money was there I’d want: GK, CB x 2, RB, LB, CM x 2, RW, ST
But whether we’ve got the cash for a noticeable upgrade on the likes of Lati, Eccles, BTA, etc is a fair question.
Think that's highly unlikely.
Even a Vic big move will probably mean being able to hold on to a saleable asset rather than go on a spending spree
I think they'll be some money available but I think Frank will have to wheel and deal.
You use the free market so you can have the money available for 2 or 3 signings that truly make a difference. For example and i'm just giving one off the top of my head, you get rid of BTA for £3.5 million (rumours in Jan teams were prepared to give us our money back) you bring in say, Emil Riis, on a free. You've not really downgrading your backup striker option at all, in my opinion of course, and you are now £3.5 m up to put towards someone else.Think that's highly unlikely.
Even a Vic big move will probably mean being able to hold on to a saleable asset rather than go on a spending spree
I think they'll be some money available but I think Frank will have to wheel and deal.
You use the free market so you can have the money available for 2 or 3 signings that truly make a difference. For example and i'm just giving one off the top of my head, you get rid of BTA for £3.5 million (rumours in Jan teams were prepared to give us our money back) you bring in say, Emil Riis, on a free. You've not really downgrading your backup striker option at all, in my opinion of course, and you are now £3.5 m up to put towards someone else.
Torp, Dovin, EMC, Bassette.4? I count 6.
So we do have 6 out thenTorp, Dovin, EMC, Bassette.
Thomas is back next week, Eccles is training and BTA is playing again
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