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DT-R

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #71
shmmeee said:
Young English goals and assists from midfield? Got to be £20m hasn’t it?
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IF, and it's a big IF, we had to sell him and we let him go for much less than £15m, King would have a lot of scrutiny and questions would seriously need raising.

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clint van damme

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #72
DT-R said:
IF, and it's a big IF, we had to sell him and we let him go for much less than £15m, King would have a lot of scrutiny and questions would seriously need raising.

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He's fucking mustard.
We will do well hold onto him if we don't go up. But if that happened I'd want north of 15 mil
 
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procdoc

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #73
shmmeee said:
No that’s true. But I think that means you need even better individuals if you haven’t got a system. I agree getting someone in who can set up a back four would be the biggest bang for your buck. Don’t know how likely that is tho.
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Do you have no self awareness? Literally no one agrees with the majority of the shite that you post, that should tell you something
 
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slyblue57

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #74
Blind-Faith said:
Wilson 8.5
MVE 8
Thomas 7
Kitching 7
Bidwell 7
Grimes 8
Sheaf 8
Rudoni 9
Wright 6
Simms 5
Sakamoto 8


BTA 7- did more in his cameo than Simms did all game
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Sakamoto was tremendous today both attacking and defending, easily an 8 / 8.5
 
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mmttww

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #75
I cba doing scores, but Bidwell deserves a shout out. Did everything really well today. Should keep his spot.
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #76
slyblue57 said:
Sakamoto was tremendous today both attacking and defending, easily an 8 / 8.5
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I genuinely didn't see any player less than an 8 today , first half we were phenomenal.
 
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DT-R

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #77
clint van damme said:
He's fucking mustard.
We will do well hold onto him if we don't go up. But if that happened I'd want north of 15 mil
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I'll be honest, the fact that he's not "really" proven. Yes, he's had a fantastic season, but 1 season doesn't automatically mean he'll get prem interest. Even if he does, with the vik money coming in (and hopefully Hamer money when Blumts lose him to Leeds) we shouldn't need to cash in. Especially if we don't go up I'm sure we'll lose MVE so shouldn't need to cash in on both. If that's the case, will he push for a move? I doubt it, he'll wanna stay put with FL and learn. I don't think we'll be in a position of needing to sell him and I can't see him wanting to move on just yet. If we were fail again next season though it might be a different story.

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bigbeatpete

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #78
Wilson 8 - did well after a long stint out. Couple of crucial saves and distribution was pretty good too.
MVE 8 - back to what we know he can do.
Thomas 7 - look better with him at the back
Kitching 7 - Solid
Bidwell 7 - solid
Grimes 7.5 - solid
Sheaf 8 - form improving at the right time
Rudoni 9 - no explanation needed for Ma-rudonis performance
Wright 7 - ok, but made some odd decisions when he had options
Simms 6.5 - tale of two halves, good first half and maybe should have scored one of his chances. Right to be subbed in the second half.
Sakamoto 7 - caused boro problems, got the assist for the 1st.

BTA 7.5 - did well
Allen 6 - did enough in the short spell on the pitch
Eccles - as above
 
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SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #79
Ben Wilson 9 -time to give him the respect he deserves. Lots of people can't see past the argument that he's been a number 2 for most of his career so must be rubbish. Never let us down and to come into a game of this magnitude and put in that performance says something about him.
 
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Snaily

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #80
MalcSB said:
Confident scoring.
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Thank you Malcolm
 

Hobo

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #81
They got the job done, in a game not lacking in pressure, a collective 10.
 
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Blake

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #82
steve cooper said:
I had to count the Boro players on the pitch a couple of times, Wright had 3 or even 4 players marking him at times
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Wright forced the turnover that led to our first goal.
 
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robbiekeane

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #83
mmttww said:
I cba doing scores, but Bidwell deserves a shout out. Did everything really well today. Should keep his spot.
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fewer better sights in football than just seeing jake bidwell absolutely a steamrolling down the outside on the overlap
 
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Otis

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #84
mmttww said:
I cba doing scores, but Bidwell deserves a shout out. Did everything really well today. Should keep his spot.
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Very pleasantly surprised, because the last couple of games, he has seemed way off it.
 
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MalcSB

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #85
Otis said:
Very pleasantly surprised, because the last couple of games, he has seemed way off it.
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Saving himself for the big games.
 
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Bernie Rhodes Nose

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #86
bigbeatpete said:
Wilson 8 - did well after a long stint out. Couple of crucial saves and distribution was pretty good too.
MVE 8 - back to what we know he can do.
Thomas 7 - look better with him at the back
Kitching 7 - Solid
Bidwell 7 - solid
Grimes 7.5 - solid
Sheaf 8 - form improving at the right time
Rudoni 9 - no explanation needed for Ma-rudonis performance
Wright 7 - ok, but made some odd decisions when he had options
Simms 6.5 - tale of two halves, good first half and maybe should have scored one of his chances. Right to be subbed in the second half.
Sakamoto 7 - caused boro problems, got the assist for the 1st.

BTA 7.5 - did well
Allen 6 - did enough in the short spell on the pitch
Eccles - as above
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Wilson our king of shithousery!
 
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Houdi

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #87
Grendel said:
Wright always creates some opportunities and also worked back well enough.

Simms was shockingly poor
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Yes Wright can be infuriating at times, but always is capable of moments of magic.Simms to me is stealing a living as a professional footballer.
His first touch is so poor, for someone of his size he is easily bullied off the ball,.He hasn't scored for months, even worse he never really looks like scoring . BTA in his cameo posed more threat than Simms has managed in the last 10. games. If we are to realise our dream, we simply can't afford to carry passengers.
 
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Otis

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #88
Houdi said:
Yes Wright can be infuriating at times, but always is capable of moments of magic.Simms to me is stealing a living as a professional footballer.
His first touch is so poor, for someone of his size he is easily bullied off the ball,.He hasn't scored for months, even worse he never really looks like scoring . BTA in his cameo posed more threat than Simms has managed in the last 10. games. If we are to realise our dream, we simply can't afford to carry passengers.
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Simms is the player I am always willing on. Just desperate for him to do well.

But just how much more patience can we have with him?

The bottom line is he is supposed to be a goalscorer, but his return this year is shocking.

He did have that one great chance after about 4 mins in yesterday and I thought he had scored for a split second, but then after that, he offered pretty much no goal threat.

I would go with him again on Friday though. I think BTA is better when he is not starting.

Simms' career here though, needs seriously looking at in the summer.

Maybe he will do better elsewhere. Maybe he needs to drop down another division in order to thrive.

He's just not physical enough, struggles to retain possession and hold the ball up and he's just not scoring anywhere near enough goals.

You now watch him score on Friday.

My overall thought of him is, that I feel sorry for him, to be honest. He seems a very decent guy and I would love him to succeed here, but it's just not happening, is it, right now
 
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Monty

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #89
Otis said:
Simms is the player I am always willing on. Just desperate for him to do well.

But just how much more patience can we have with him?

The bottom line is he is supposed to be a goalscorer, but his return this year is shocking.

He did have that one great chance after about 4 mins in yesterday and I thought he had scored for a split second, but then after that, he offered pretty much no goal threat.

I would go with him again on Friday though. I think BTA is better when he is not starting.

Simms' career here though, needs seriously looking at in the summer.

Maybe he will do better elsewhere. Maybe he needs to drop down another division in order to thrive.

He's just not physical enough, struggles to retain possession and hold the ball up and he's just not scoring anywhere near enough goals.

You now watch him score on Friday.

My overall thought of him is, that I feel sorry for him, to be honest. He seems a very decent guy and I would love him to succeed here, but it's just not happening, is it, right now
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Fully agree. I think his biggest problem is he is too nice. He needs to be able to be aggressive on the pitch and realise it's his job and then Mr nice off the pitch. Do we use sports Psychiatrists at the club?
 
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mmttww

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #90
bigbeatpete said:
but made some odd decisions when he had options
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Yeah, this was frustrating yesterday. It's becoming a bit of a thing with Wright. Need him to make decisions quicker or execute his decision with more urgency. Took too long and took too many touches quite a few times.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #91
mmttww said:
Yeah, this was frustrating yesterday. It's becoming a bit of a thing with Wright. Need him to make decisions quicker or execute his decision with more urgency. Took too long and took too many touches quite a few times.
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It is who he is
He’s a fabulous footballer
 
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mmttww

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #92
Sky Blue Pete said:
It is who he is
He’s a fabulous footballer
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I hear you, and I know it's what he's about to an extent, but when he makes quick decisions he's just as effective for me (see: Sunderland).

Need a more even split between him being hyper composed and more explosive. He wasted quite a few great positions yesterday from my POV.
 
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Chris1987

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #93
Otis said:
Simms is the player I am always willing on. Just desperate for him to do well.

But just how much more patience can we have with him?

The bottom line is he is supposed to be a goalscorer, but his return this year is shocking.

He did have that one great chance after about 4 mins in yesterday and I thought he had scored for a split second, but then after that, he offered pretty much no goal threat.

I would go with him again on Friday though. I think BTA is better when he is not starting.

Simms' career here though, needs seriously looking at in the summer.

Maybe he will do better elsewhere. Maybe he needs to drop down another division in order to thrive.

He's just not physical enough, struggles to retain possession and hold the ball up and he's just not scoring anywhere near enough goals.

You now watch him score on Friday.

My overall thought of him is, that I feel sorry for him, to be honest. He seems a very decent guy and I would love him to succeed here, but it's just not happening, is it, right now
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Great summary which I totally agree with
 
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Chicken Mcgraw

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #94
Wilson 6
MVE 7
Thomas 7
Kitching 6
Bidwell 7
Grimes 3
Sheaf 8
Sakamoto 7
Rudoni 9
Wright 6
Simms 6
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #95
Bidwell looked a lot more like it yesterday, got forward well and defended well and looked sharp
 
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clint van damme

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #96
Chicken Mcgraw said:
Wilson 6
MVE 7
Thomas 7
Kitching 6
Bidwell 7
Grimes 3
Sheaf 8
Sakamoto 7
Rudoni 9
Wright 6
Simms 6
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Grimes 3, FFS Boosh!
 
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Evo1883

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #97
Otis said:
Simms is the player I am always willing on. Just desperate for him to do well.

But just how much more patience can we have with him?

The bottom line is he is supposed to be a goalscorer, but his return this year is shocking.

He did have that one great chance after about 4 mins in yesterday and I thought he had scored for a split second, but then after that, he offered pretty much no goal threat.

I would go with him again on Friday though. I think BTA is better when he is not starting.

Simms' career here though, needs seriously looking at in the summer.

Maybe he will do better elsewhere. Maybe he needs to drop down another division in order to thrive.

He's just not physical enough, struggles to retain possession and hold the ball up and he's just not scoring anywhere near enough goals.

You now watch him score on Friday.

My overall thought of him is, that I feel sorry for him, to be honest. He seems a very decent guy and I would love him to succeed here, but it's just not happening, is it, right now
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Ultimately you are correct and even if he scores Friday and then at sunderland its hard to see him as a player sustain form long enough to help us in the long run

Hes had a poor campaign , 6 goals is not what we are looking for from our main striker
 
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Chicken Mcgraw

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #98
clint van damme said:
Grimes 3, FFS Boosh!
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Felt Azaz constantly got behind him and was really dictating play from 20 minutes onwards. Interesting that Carrick moved him from the wing into the 10 specifically to target Grimes. Luckily, Sheaf was superb and kept the midfield battle competitive.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #99
Evo1883 said:
Ultimately you are correct and even if he scores Friday and then at sunderland its hard to see him as a player sustain form long enough to help us in the long run

Hes had a poor campaign , 6 goals is not what we are looking for from our main striker
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If a manager can ever get him to have the bit between his teeth he’ll have a cracking centre forward. Nobody has done it so far
 
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Evo1883

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #100
Brighton Sky Blue said:
If a manager can ever get him to have the bit between his teeth he’ll have a cracking centre forward. Nobody has done it so far
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Ultimately hes not good enough
 

Otis

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #101
Evo1883 said:
Ultimately hes not good enough
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I think we need to try this...

A player got concussed during a game playing for Partick Thistle. The physio went on to tend to him and then called over to the bench to say that the player didn't know who he was. The manager, John Lambie, told the physio to tell the player then, that he was Pelé.

We need to make Simms believe he is Harry Kane
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #102
Evo1883 said:
Ultimately hes not good enough
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Think it’s all psychological
 
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Otis

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #103
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Think it’s all psychological
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Yeah. He's not psychologically good enough.
 

clint van damme

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #104
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Think it’s all psychological
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Was on about this yesterday. You hear of some players,who strut about giving it the big shot and though people don't like it maybe you need that attitude.
I see Simms regularly round Earlsdon and he seems very quite, very withdrawn and he looks, for a big guy, as though he wants look smaller and blend into the back ground.
Just seems to be his way.

I expected him to have had another purple patch by now but it just hasn't happened.
 
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Evo1883

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #105
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Think it’s all psychological
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Can't trap a ball , pass a ball ,head a ball or hold up a ball or hit a ball clean.. thats beyond mentality
 
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